BVI student-entrepreneur seeking to create niche market for her island home Michelle Nurse Dec 10, 2019 0 This month, OECS YES In Action caught up with Sharayah Brown, a 19-year-old business owner from the British Virgin…
Paradise Destinations Say It’s Time to Pay Up for Climate Michelle Nurse Dec 9, 2019 0 From Belize to Jamaica, rising temperatures and sea levels are threatening some of the most picturesque vacation…
Why tiny Belize is a world leader in protecting the ocean Michelle Nurse Nov 7, 2019 0 Fish stocks are stable and reef health improving, in part thanks to Belize’s substantial ‘no-take’ zones. Now…
UPDATE on Hurricane Dorian and The Bahamas Tragedy Volderine Hackett Sep 9, 2019 0 (GOFAD, 6 September 2019) Since this Blog was written on Tuesday September 3, the death toll has risen to 30 and…
How can art become the Caribbean’s new economic engine Michelle Nurse Jul 10, 2019 0 (IDB) A lonely girl in Barbados needed to draw. It was an “urgency,” she says. Starting with one simple notebook,…
Sun, Sea And Sargassum Michelle Nurse Jul 9, 2019 0 (Jamaica Gleaner) Against the background of recent concerns raised by Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett about the…
Jamaica allows medical marijuana, but now what? Michelle Nurse Jun 28, 2019 0 (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 Michelle Nurse Mar 27, 2019 0 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 Michelle Nurse Mar 26, 2019 0 Keithlin Caroo is the founder of Saint Lucian non-profit Helen’s Daughters. Helen’s Daughters was formed in 2016 in…