With global forecasts positioning travel and tourism as a leading driver of Africa’s economic growth over the next decade, Jamaica’s Minster of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has highlighted the strategic importance of the Caribbean in engaging members of the African Diaspora domiciled in the Americas to forge stronger partnerships between both regions and benefit from this… Read More

Torino ancora nella morsa del caldo: l’Arpa Piemonte ha emesso un bollettino che prevede, sino a giovedì 24 agosto compreso, bollino rosso, ovvero allerta per caldo di livello 3, il massimo. Temperatura percepita fino a 41 gradi nella giornata di domani e poco sotto oggi e giovedì, e in salita anche i livelli di concentrazione… Read More

Torino accoglie la nazionale azzurra illuminando la Mole Antonelliana con il logo dei campionati europei di volley. Le azzure saranno in campo questa sera e domani al Pala Gianni Asti per affrontare le ultime due partite che chiudono la Pool B degli Europei, un girone di qualificazione che le ha viste finora protagoniste e a… Read More

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday updated New Yorkers on the state’s ongoing efforts to support asylum seekers, help them find shelter, and connect them with critical social services as they arrive in New York. This includes $250 million in funding already sent to the city, progress resulting from continued advocacy with the federal government, and… Read More

The best rums in the world are back in the heart of the French Caribbean for the sixth annual edition of the Caribbean Rum Awards St, Barth, according to Caribbean Journal. The Journal said on Wednesday that this year’s festival, which runs Oct. 31-Nov. 4, includes the world’s most exclusive rum competition and a full… Read More

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said on Friday that statistics show that border crossings in July by Caribbean and other migrants along the Southwest Border of the United States were lower than in July 2022.  CBP also said Border Patrol encounters remain lower than during the months leading up to the… Read More

Preparations for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) much-anticipated State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) are well underway, with the program set to take place at The Shore Club Turks & Caicos on Providenciales from Oct. 9-13, 2023. CTO said on Monday that its business meetings and destination media briefings will precede the official conference program,… Read More

Hazra Ali, the Trinidad and Tobago-born chair of Mayor Eric Adams’ Caribbean Advisory Council, Friday evening spearheaded what has been described as a Mas Camp/Panyard Stakeholder’s tour in Brooklyn, as mas camps and steel bands prepare for the much-anticipated West Indian-American Day Carnival Week. Ali – who last week was presented with a US Presidential… Read More

The General Secretariat of the Washington, D.C.-headquartered Organization of American States (OAS) has congratulated the member states for the approval of the Declaration for the Rights of All Women, Adolescents, and Girls in Rural Areas of the Americas, including the Caribbean. The Declaration, adopted at the 53rd General Assembly, held in June, establishes that between… Read More

Delegates attending the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Index at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, say AI can contribute greatly to transforming development models in region to make them more productive, inclusive and sustainable. But delegates also said “reflection, a strategic vision, regulation, and regional… Read More