Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness marks 16 years of service and support

0 The Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness (BAEH) is marking its 16th anniversary with a record of outcomes that the organisation says proves homelessness in Barbados can be reversed with consistent intervention, structure and partnership. In a...

Barbados Puts the Brakes on Uber.

- Advertisement - Uber will have to play by Barbados’ rules if it wants to operate on the island. Transport and Works Minister Santia Bradshaw, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, said that any rideshare company entering the market must obey local...

Major shifts offer chance to reshape global economy: UNCTAD chief

Major shifts – from new trade patterns and resilient services to clean technologies and artificial intelligence – offer a chance to reshape the global economy for greater inclusion and resilience, said UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan. In...

Barbados crowned Caribbean’s leading wedding destination for second year at World Travel Awards

Miss Cayman Islands Captures International Crown

Raven McTaggart is Crowned Miss Global International 2025 as Cayman hosts prestigious pageant for second consecutive year. Cayman is celebrating big on the world stage as for the first time ever, the Cayman Islands has brought home an...

Tipperary ranked among Lonely Planet’s latest top global holiday destinations for 2026

Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has unveiled its list of the 25 best places to visit in 2026, with an Irish favourite earning a prestigious fifth-place spot: Tipperary. READ NEXT: IN PICTURES: See the best of the shots after Thurles...

Tipperary named as one of the best places to visit in 2026

Travel publication Lonely Planet has released its list of the 25 best destinations for 2026, with an Irish hot spot landing in at number five. The wide-ranging list suggests adventurers enjoy the "breezy coastal living" of Phuket, the "Bronze Age...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – October 20, 2025- Cayman’s Monique Hamaty-Simmonds featured

All Aboard: San Juan welcomes cruise community The countdown is over — tomorrow the FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show kicks off in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Today, delegates from across the Caribbean, Latin America, the United States and beyond are...

Tropical disturbance poses torrential rainfall threat for the central Caribbean

A sprawling, fast-moving tropical disturbance raced through the Windward Islands on Sunday and entered the Caribbean, where it’s set to become a formidable rainmaker for days on end. Odds are rising that Invest 98L will become a tropical storm...

Cemex exits Panama as it concentrates on USA

Caribbean Cement recently exported cement to Curaçao as Cemex continues to bet on its Jamaican subsidiary. CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. has sold its Panamanian operations for US$200 million ($31.83 billion) to Grupo Estrella as it continues its bolt-on...

Forty-two years after the assassination of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop, can the Caribbean remain a ‘zone of peace’?

Feature image via Canva Pro. October 19 marked the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Maurice Bishop, who became the prime minister of Grenada in a bloodless, popular revolution that ousted Eric Gairy’s government in 1979. Along with seven...

P&O Cruises launches Barbados beach weddings

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Forum set to explore how philanthropy can drive sustainable development across the Caribbean

The Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhil) will host Future Forward 2025 from October 28 to 31 at the AC Hotel Kingston, bringing together Caribbean and international changemakers to reimagine how philanthropy can drive sustainable...

Women Impact Awards to celebrate Caribbean and diaspora trailblazers

As the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhil) prepares for Future Forward 2025, one of the most anticipated events of the four-day forum is the Women Impact Awards, set for October 29 at the AC Hotel Kingston in Jamaica. The awards celebrate...

Obeah Opera based on the Salem witch trials a hit in Barbados

WHILE Jamaicans fret over whether to get rid of their Obeah Act, a groundbreaking a cappella musical Obeah Opera has successfully completed its recent historic run in Barbados, staging a profound cultural “reconnection pilgrimage” that honours the...

In Nobody’s Backyard: Open Letter Opposing US Military Incursions and Reaffirming the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace

Yesterday, October 19, marked the anniversary of the US invasion of Grenada. Forty-two years later, regional sovereignty remains a vexed question in the Caribbean, and it is being put to the test by the current US military incursions that have...

Rediscovered History: Erasmus Williams Unearths Original Notes from the Assassination of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop — A Caribbean Journalist’s Time Capsule of Tragedy and Truth

Basseterre, St. Kitts — October 2025 (SKN Times): In a powerful moment of Caribbean historical reflection, veteran St. Kitts–Nevis journalist and former Press Secretary to Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Erasmus Williams, has revealed...

FROM ERASMUS WILLIAMS’ HANDWRITTEN ARCHIVE: Original notes from the 1983 assassination of Grenadian leader Maurice Bishop surface after four decades—offering a rare, visceral window into one of the Caribbean’s most haunting political upheavals.

By Erasmus Williams – Covering the Assassination of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop of Grenada Rediscovered original reports on the 1983 assassination of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop reveal a gripping, first-hand chronicle of revolution, tragedy, and...

Green champions Caribbean irrigation, investment priorities at FAO food forum

Jamaica last week underscored its leadership in advancing climate-resilient agriculture and regional food security during the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2025, a flagship event of the World Food Forum (WFF) held at the Food and Agriculture...

Stormont speaker Edwin Poots took his wife on Barbados trip

Edwin Poots was accompanied by his wife on the Assembly speaker’s recent all-expenses-paid trip to Barbados, it can be revealed. Glynis Poots travelled alongside her husband and Assembly Chief Executive Lesley Hogg to the week-long Commonwealth...