Caribbean cooking shares a lot with West African cuisine, through ingredients like cassava, certain peppers, sweet potatoes and plantains and spices such as ginger, cinnamon and allspice that are commonly used in both cultures. That’s something Los Angeles-based celebrity chef Ameera Muhammad noted after a visit to Ghana and a subsequent visit to Antigua. “There […]
By Lincoln DePradine Dr Ira Moulton Taylor spent several decades pastoring in various places, from Antigua and Trinidad in the Caribbean to Toronto and Maryland in North America. He died December 29 in Toronto, two days short of his 101st birthday. However, those who knew Taylor – a national of St Kitts & Nevis – […]
Amazed at the cost of an airline tickets these days? If you can hold your breath for a few months or so there is relief in sight. Jetlines, a new Canadian discount airline made an inaugural flight from Toronto to Vancouver this month and has just received US approval to fly from Canada to Las […]
As the Antigua and Barbuda Cruise Tourism season officially kicked off this past week, the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA), alongside the Antigua Cruise Port, welcomed the return of the regional ferry service, L’Express des Iles from Guadeloupe. After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Guadeloupe-based ferry arrived in Antigua Saturday morning […]
Looks like COP27 has pulled the rug from under the Western nations’ feet. The West has realized that the world has started seeing behind its cloak of farce initiatives The west is again using de-risking as a weapon to punish the Caribbean nations for their audacity to call the west out on its hypocrisy and […]
Travel news by Stephen Weir Fortuna Bay, Freeport, Grand Bahama – The Viva Wyndham all-inclusive hotel has a special travel promotion running until March 31, 2023. The resort is offering all-inclusive package deals of 45% off bookings and resort rates as low as $99 per adult, per night. Promotion excludes travel booked around Christmas and New […]
By David Jessop The late Queen Elizabeth II was widely revered for her sense of duty, her wisdom, her advice and the continuity she provided. As head of the Commonwealth and Britain’s monarch, she represented selflessness and dedication rather than self-interest. She believed in the higher authority to whom she is now accountable. This and […]
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, on Friday called on the United Nations Security Council to live up to the ideals for which it had been established as he lamented the myriad of challenges confronting the global community, including climate change and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Browne, addressing the 77th session of the […]
Dawn has barely broken, and Alton’s bakery in a side street on the outskirts of Antigua’s capital is already abuzz with activity. A baker is using a long plank to place loaves into a vast wood-fired oven. Someone else has the task of wiping the ashes off the bread when it comes out, filling the […]
By Anthony Joseph Anthony Joseph, publisher of The Caribbean Camera, was one of two Canadian media representatives who were in Antigua for the recent carnival as guests of the government of Antigua and Barbuda. One of the highlights of my visit to Antigua during the recent carnival was a tour of Ras Freeman, the […]
