UPDATE on Hurricane Dorian and The Bahamas Tragedy
(GOFAD, 6 September 2019) Since this Blog was written on Tuesday September 3, the death toll has risen to 30 and…
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How can art become the Caribbean’s new economic engine
(IDB) A lonely girl in Barbados needed to draw. It was an “urgency,” she says. Starting with one simple notebook,…
Sun, Sea And Sargassum
(Jamaica Gleaner) Against the background of recent concerns raised by Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett about the…
Jamaica allows medical marijuana, but now what?
(Miami Herald) The tour bus pulls up in front of the “Legal Cannabis Sold Here” billboard at the entrance of the…
Newly retired Saint Lucia Director of Statistics reflects on robust tenure
It was not directly my intention to become a statistician but, by virtue of having been assigned to the statistical…
Marrying tourism and digital agriculture to benefit female farmers in Saint Lucia
Keithlin Caroo is the founder of Saint Lucian non-profit Helen’s Daughters. Helen’s Daughters was formed in 2016 in…
How Jamaica is changing global conversation on sustainable tourism
(Caribbean Journal) Tourism isn’t just the beating heart of the Caribbean economy — it’s one of the largest…
Wake Up and Smell Organic Coffee
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 20 2019 (IPS) - In 1992, the idea of replanting her father’s ruined coffee farm seemed…
Eko –all in the family
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday)THE Greek myth of Narcissus inspired the name of local band, Eko.
In the story,…