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OPINION: A 747 Aircraft recently arrived in St Vincent operated by Vincentians
By Jolly Green Boeing 747, First flight February 9, 1969. Introduction to service January 22, 1970, with Pan American World Airways. According to manufacturers, 747s are capable of 20,000 cycles, so if that’s two flights per day at 8+ hours…
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CDB to improve climate resilience in Sandy Bay, St Vincent
From Caribbean News Now BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The board of directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved financing of USD13.4 million to the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines to enhance the resilience of the Sandy Bay…
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Invitation to launch & public consultation of OECS development strategy
OECS Media Alert: ‘Its Your Future – Its Your Say’ Public Consultation on the OECS Development Strategy Thursday, March 21, 2019 — The OECS Commission in conjunction with its extensive stakeholders over a period of two years has developed a leading…
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Caribbean islands jolted by earthquake
CMC From Nation News PORT OF SPAIN – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.6 rocked several Caribbean islands early Wednesday morning, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has said. SRC said…
Caribbean islands rattled by two earthquakes
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rattled Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake, which occurred at 10:33 am (9:33 am…
Caribbean ‘frontier societies’ like St Vincent are defined by the ever-present interplay between the civilised and the wild
By Philip Nanton From LSE Historical shifts and contemporary changes in St Vincent and the Grenadines reveal how the frontier between the wild and the civilised is ever-present and continually shifting in the Caribbean and beyond. Colonisers once recoiled from…
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Belize’s thriving Afro-Caribbean community
By Heide Brandes From BBC When West Africans on their way to the New World’s slave markets escaped in 1635, they intermarried with Caribbean islanders to create a new and distinct culture. The boats came at dawn along the shores…
ECSC paving the way to a modern, efficient judiciary for the Eastern Caribbean
From Searchlight Last week the body of legal professionals across nine Caribbean countries gathered for a full ceremonial Opening of the Law Year, for the first time since 2016. The normal routine for the Opening of the Law Year consists…
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TT ruggers perfect at RAN Sevens
By Andrew Gioannetti From NewsDay tt BOTH TT’s men and women’s teams enjoyed a flawless day of rugby as they won all their group matches to enter today, the second and final day of the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens…
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Why we need to protect turtles
Courtesy Richard Branson, Virgin Airlines From OECS Incredible to see these cute leatherback turtle hatchlings flip flopping over each other on Necker’s Turtle Beach as they make their way down to the ocean for the first time. One of my…
