Windrush generation: Formal apology for 18 people
(BBC) 21 August, 2018 - Eighteen members of the UK's Windrush generation who could have been wrongfully removed or…
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Jamaican-Canadian Civil Rights Leader Is Dead
(Jamaica Gleaner) 21 August, 2018 - Bromley Armstrong, a Jamaican who blazed a path as a trade unionist and…
Forget Doorframes: Expert Advice on Earthquake Survival Strategies
(Scientific American) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok and the adjacent Gili…
Whetting the appetite for slow food
HOLETOWN, Barbados (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Spooning raw yellowfin tuna caught off the Barbados coast into a…
Why the Flooding in Grenada is a Clear Reminder of its Vulnerability to Climate…
(IPS) - Grenada is still tallying the damage after heavy rainfall (earlier this month) resulted in “wide and…
Preparations move into high gear for Caribbean Week of Agriculture in Barbados
A Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) website was launched earlier this week as preparations moved into high gear…
Farming is hard work, but try it: 15-year-old encourages other young people
(Jamaica Observer) At just 15 years old, Matthew Thomas has already made a name for himself locally as the farmer…
VIDEO: Climate Change Could Have Devastating Consequences for Saint Lucia
(IPS) - The Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia is home to more than 2,000 native species — of which nearly 200…
PM Rowley leads tributes to VS Naipaul
Sir Vidia, who was born in Chaguanas on August 17, 1932, wrote more than 30 books, won the Booker Prize in 1971 and…