Jean Holder’s Caribbean Tourism: A review comment by Ralph E. Gonsalves
Dr. Jean Holder’s book Caribbean Tourism, published late last year by Canoe Press of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), is an excellent, comprehensive survey of the historical evolution of tourism…
Rough sailing when virus comes aboard
By Christopher Elliott, From Washington Post What’s worse than being stricken with a stomach bug on vacation? Maybe it’s being quarantined on a cruise ship with hundreds of other passengers suffering from the same illness. That’s what happened to Randy…
Five Trinidad nationals detained for alleged Venezuela coup plot
From Caribbean360 Five Trinidad and Tobago nationals, including three Muslim leaders, are being held in Venezuela amid charges of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Saturday March 29, 2014, CMC – Five Trinidad…
Debra Ehrhardt and her award-winning play coming to Cayman
From Cayman Drama Society “Jamaica Farewell” is the next production at Prospect Playhouse for five performances only The Cayman Drama Society’s next production, “Jamaica Farewell” plays a limited run of one weekend only on Friday, April 4th at 7:30pm, Saturday,…
Caribbean film industry to get online database
From Guardian Media In a move that is expected to provide significant growth within the burgeoning local and regional film industry, the T&T Film Festival (TTFF) is set to create a Caribbean Film Mart and Virtual Marketplace (Regional Film Database),…
Fresh Performance: Contemporary performance art in NYC & Caribbean
From Fresh Milk The full documentary Fresh Performance: Contemporary Performance Art in New York City and the Caribbean, the culmination of a collaborative project between Fresh Milk and New York-based, Guyanese artist damali abrams is now available for viewing online….
Traditional Caribbean sorrel drink.
From Caribbean Pot If there’s one drink in the Caribbean which screams “Christmas” it would definitely have to be sorrel. From Trinidad and Tobago in the south (include Guyana in mainland South America) to Jamaica in the north, as you…
BBC could face legal action over Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘racist remark’ on Top Gear
By Heather Saul from BBC Actress Somi Guha launches formal complaint over alleged racist remark following ‘slope’ comment The BBC is facing demands that it conducts a formal investigation after their presenter Jeremy Clarkson allegedly used a racist term to…
Pietersen in Caribbean Premier League draft
From Breitbart AFP: England exile Kevin Pietersen’s career as a freelance cricket for hire is set to take him to the West Indies after the star batsman announced Friday he’d entered the draft for this year’s Caribbean Premier League. Despite…
