It Is Getting Better in the Air Near Venezuela By Stephen Weir For weeks, uncertainty hung over Caribbean travel as heightened U.S. military activity around Venezuela triggered airspace restrictions that disrupted flights across the region. Travellers heading to destinations such as Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and several Eastern Caribbean islands found themselves rethinking plans amid […]
US Immigration decision leaves Caribbean officials waiting Caribbean governments are seeking clarity after reports that the United States has included at least 11 CARICOM countries among 75 nations affected by a temporary pause on immigrant visa processing. Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, The Bahamas and St Vincent and the Grenadines, all named in the reported policy […]
Community leader Lisa Rutty has formally announced her candidacy for re-election to the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council, pledging to continue advancing advocacy, engagement, and practical support for Jamaicans living abroad, with a strong focus on Canada’s growing diaspora. The GJDC, which succeeded the former Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board, was created to deepen diaspora participation worldwide […]
For decades, red wine has enjoyed a reputation as the healthier choice at the dinner table, often praised as a heart friendly indulgence compared with white wine or other alcoholic drinks. That belief, once supported by selective scientific findings, is now facing scrutiny as medical evidence evolves. Health experts say the idea that red wine […]
By Neil Armstrong As an active member of the Jamaican diaspora living in Canada, media and healthcare leader Danae Peart has a new resolve for 2026 — she wants to become one of the representatives in Canada for the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC). Her two decades of governance, media savvy, and being a cultural […]
The University of the West Indies has conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree on Jamaican music icon Marcia Griffiths, recognising her extraordinary contribution to reggae music, Caribbean culture, and global popular music over a career spanning more than six decades. The award was presented during a UWI graduation ceremony attended by university officials, students, […]
Climate crisis reframed as global human rights The global debate over climate change had increasingly shifted beyond carbon targets and temperature curves, reframing the crisis as one rooted in human rights. That shift was underscored earlier this year in Geneva when United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk challenged governments to confront the […]
A New Year’s resolution – atomic habits By Ron Cheong With the New Year near many of us will be thinking of our New Year’s resolutions – those from last year we didn’t keep, and our new resolutions for 2026. To help in this direction I recall a bit of inspirational wisdom I heard as […]
Hurricane Disrupts Jamaica’s Tourism Recovery Jamaica’s air travel figures for 2025 tell a story of progress interrupted, as a late-season hurricane erased months of recovery and left the island with its sharpest passenger decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. Data released by the Pacific Airport Group GAP shows that total passenger movements through Jamaica’s two main […]
St. Kitts PM signals push to address falling birth rates Prime Minister Terrance Drew has announced plans to take a policy submission to Cabinet aimed at reversing declining birth rates in St. Kitts and Nevis, framing the issue as central to the country’s long-term social and economic stability. In a brief social media post this […]
