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Hilton and Small Luxury Hotels of the World Mark One-Year Partnership with Global Expansion

Hilton and Small Luxury Hotels of the World Mark One-Year Partnership with Global Expansion

Hilton’s luxury story is no longer defined solely by Waldorf Astoria (though, there's plenty to brag about on that front), Conrad or LXR Hotels & Resorts. One year into its exclusive partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Hilton has...

Conditions good for Invest 91L to strengthen. What you should know 

Conditions good for Invest 91L to strengthen. What you should know 

Invest 91L could become a tropical depression early next week, NHC said. AccuWeather forecasters said Invest 91L has a high risk of organizing into a tropical storm and could become a hurricane. The next named storm of the Atlantic hurricane...

Judges who will decide regional unsung heroes announced

A panel of five distinguished persons has been assembled to decide the first regional winners of the relaunched CIBC Caribbean Unsung Heroes. The panel is headed by Independent Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, Senator Francis Lewis a...

Hockey India Felicitates Vandana Katariya and Lalit Upadhyay for Their Stellar Careers

Hockey India Felicitates Vandana Katariya and Lalit Upadhyay for Their Stellar Careers

Mumbai, September 6: Hockey India on Friday felicitated two stalwarts of Indian Hockey - former Indian Women's Hockey Team forward Vandana Katariya and former Indian Men's Hockey Team forward Lalit Kumar Upadhyay - for their outstanding...

Sports News | Termination of Contract Between USAC and ACE Leaves Players in Limbo: Corey Anderson

Sports News | Termination of Contract Between USAC and ACE Leaves Players in Limbo: Corey Anderson

Dallas [US], September 6 (ANI): The sudden termination of the contract between USA Cricket (USAC) and American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) has left players uncertain about their professional futures. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, USA all-rounder...

U.S. Coast Guard Repatriates Nearly 200 Undocumented Haitian Immigrants

U.S. Coast Guard Repatriates Nearly 200 Undocumented Haitian Immigrants

by Mitti Hicks September 5, 2025 Since the beginning of fiscal year 2025 on Oct. 1, the DHS says U.S. Coast Guard crews repatriated over 600 undocumented Haitians compared to 857 aliens to Haiti in FY24. The Department of Homeland Security says...

Bridgetown port sets new container delivery record

Bridgetown port sets new container delivery record

61 The Port of Bridgetown has delivered its busiest week on record, moving more than 1 000 containers in just seven days—a 13 per cent increase over the previous peak of 927 containers earlier this year, its chief executive announced. The surge...

Last year was region’s hottest on record

Last year was region’s hottest on record

Caribbean climate scientists have confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record for the region since measurements began in 1950, according to the University of the West Indies. In 2024, they found, the region’s average annual temperature was...

Govt steps up support for budding beekeepers amid hurdles

Govt steps up support for budding beekeepers amid hurdles

48 Faced with steep equipment costs and a scarcity of land, aspiring beekeepers in Barbados are getting a helping hand from agriculture authorities, who say they are determined to grow the industry into a thriving, sustainable business—despite...

Nutritional Cannabis101: A return to our roots

Nutritional Cannabis101: A return to our roots

PAID POST: By Williiam Courtney, MD in partnership with Marcia B. Moulon, Esq. - Thursday, September 4th, 2025 at 7:00 AM Marcia Moulon esq. and William Courtney MDDisclaimer: The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the...

Morning Edition:05th September 2025

Morning Edition:05th September 2025

In this episode of Morning Edition, we are joined by Criminologist Daurius Figuera to discuss the growing concerns about narco-trafficking affecting our country. TT joins the growing list of Latin American countries including Argentina, Ecuador,...

Mahama directs appointees to expedite labour mobility agreements to enable Ghana export nurses to 8 countries

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said President John Dramani Mahama has directed his appointees to expedite work on the labour mobility agreements with eight countries to enable Ghana export nurses and other...

The Ocean’s Eyes and Ears 

The Ocean’s Eyes and Ears 

I inhale sharply through my regulator as I look up at the enormous cloud of fish—silver scales flashing as they split down the middle to avoid colliding with me. We’re maybe 200 yards offshore, if that. I had no idea schools this size came in so...

Duchess of Kent obituary: modernising member of royal family

Duchess of Kent obituary: modernising member of royal family

The sight of a distraught Jana Novotna sobbing on the Duchess of Kent’s shoulder after losing to Steffi Graf in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon in 1993 touched many hearts. “I wanted to handle myself well,” Novotna (obituary, November 20,...

Dr. Poon to Keynote tourism conference

Dr. Poon to Keynote tourism conference

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has announced that Dr. Auliana Poon, one of the world’s foremost authorities on tourism and sustainable development, will deliver the keynote address at the 2025 State of the Tourism...

PwC, cybersecurity expert collaborate for regional stock exchange

PwC, cybersecurity expert collaborate for regional stock exchange

Business Ryan Hamilton-Davis An Hour Ago Dr Dustin Fraser - Top accounting firm PwC is partnering with cybersecurity researcher and practitioner Dr Dustin Fraser to conduct a feasibility study on the creation of a regional stock exchange for...

Small-island states face ‘clear and present danger’

Small-island states face ‘clear and present danger’

Created: Sep 05, 2025 08:00 AM Trucks transport tanks east from Valencia, Venezuela last week after the government announced a military mobilisation following the American deployment of warships off Venezuela (Photograph by Jacinto Oliveros) An...

Human development ‘not progressing’

Human development ‘not progressing’

Human development in the region has not been progressing since the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the finding of the 2025 Human Development Report. Rodrigo Barraza, Sustainable Development Goals technical specialist at the United Nations Development...

Munro, Pooran hit fifties as TKR storm past Royals

Munro, Pooran hit fifties as TKR storm past Royals

Sports Jelani Beckles 15 Minutes Ago TKR captain Nicholas Pooran attempts a run in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League match against Barbados Royals at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba, on August 29. - Photo by Lincoln Holder...

This week in entertainment: From Giorgio Armani's death to podcast controversies and Sol Phenduka's exit

This week in entertainment: From Giorgio Armani's death to podcast controversies and Sol Phenduka's exit

Lawsuits, reunions, tributes, new podcast shows and a major anniversary drove the entertainment conversation this week. Here’s a fresh wrap of the biggest local and international stories over the past seven days. Italian fashion designer Georgio...

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