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Caribbean Women: Our health is our freedom

By Brenda Roach From Words in the Bucket Women in the Caribbean need more research and awareness on endometriosis. “Endo what?”, she said. This is a common response of those who have never encountered this disease.  Pronounced en-do-me-tri-osis, it is one…

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OECS YES In Action features Tamara Prosper

Grenadian designer empowering a movement of environmental consciousness through fashion. This month, OECS YES In Action caught up with Tamara Prosper, a 32 year old Grenadian entrepreneur using recyclable materials to build and environmentally sustainable brand while inspiring her clients…

Cricket: Wehby to head task force on corporate governance reform

From Windies ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies announced today that Jamaica senator Don Wehby has been appointed chairman of a Task Force on Corporate Governance Reform. The purpose of the Task Force is to help ensure that the…

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West Indies dump cricket president Dave Cameron

From Business Day London — Controversial Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron has lost a vote to remain in the post, the governing body announced on Sunday. Cameron was defeated eight votes to four by Ricky Skerritt, a former West Indies team…

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The Caribbean needs to work on its homophobia, but it doesn’t need a lecture

By Janine Mendes-Franco From Global Voices The test cricket fixture of the Wisden Trophy Test Series is now over, with the West Indies beating England in two of three matches to emerge the winners. But the spotlight on the two teams has intensified, thanks…

Wrong turn leaves Caribbean-bound bird in Abbotsford

By Ben Lypka From Langley Times Cape May warbler spotted at Mill Lake Park, attracting interest of Fraser Valley birders Imagine preparing for a winter full of sun in the West Indies, but instead ending up in Abbotsford’s Mill Lake Park….

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The intoxicating languor of the Caribbean

From Repeating Islands WRITTEN IN 1929, PAUL MORAND’S CARIBBEAN WINTER IS FINALLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. IF YOU DISREGARD THE RACISM, IT’S A TRAVELOGUE THAT’S HARD TO BEAT A review by Ian Thomson for The Spectator. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing…

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Caribbean stars light up Sharjah sky on third day of T10

By Barny Read From ESPN If there’s one thing the Caribbeans know how to do, it’s party. And on day three of this year’s T10 League they brought the house down in typically legendary fashion. The first game of the…

West Indies players in Dubai T10

BY AZAD ALI From Caribbean Life Two-time World Cup, winning captain, Darren Sammy says the plethora of West Indies players picked in the Twenty10 draft for the Nov. 23 to December tournament set for the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Dubai, is…

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UWI celebrates with leaders

BY GEORGE ALLEYNE From Caribbean Life Seventy of the outstanding Caribbean graduates from the University of the West Indies of the period ranging between 1960s and 2000s got a chance to relive their passing out experiences at Cave Hill Campus…