Barbados poet laureate on mission to share stories of enslavement
Esther Phillips says her poetry’s ‘ultimate goal’ is to achieve justice for those who suffered at hands of European colonisers Esther Phillips, the Barbados poet...
Category : Caribbean
Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean’ hopes to unearth ships and treasure
Exploration of Bahamas seabed will be first time notorious New Providence hideout has been searched The Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film...
Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows
Fourth most important food crop in peril as Latin America and Caribbean suffer from slow-onset climate disaster The climate crisis is threatening the future of...
Hurricane-battered Grenada grapples with climate crisis and legacy of slavery
Island country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery When category 4 Hurricane Beryl hit...
US man shot dead after hijacking small passenger plane in Belize
Two people injured after man took control of plane at knifepoint before being shot by another passenger A US man has been shot dead after...
Caribbean is friend of US, not an enemy, tariff-hit regional leaders tell Trump
Barbados PM and Caricom chair calls on Washington to engage in talks to ‘keep prices down for all of our people’ The Caribbean is a...
Scientists identify ‘tipping point’ that caused clumps of toxic Florida seaweed
Giant blobs along 5,000-mile-wide sargassum belt has killed animals, harmed human health and discouraged tourism Scientists in Florida believe they have identified a “tipping point”...
Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence
A spate of murders has taken the Caribbean nation’s total to 623 in 2024, of which nearly half were gang related and almost all linked...
Weather tracker: Tropical Storm Sara and Super Typhoon Man-yi wreak havoc
Powerful storm systems bring heavy rainfall, widespread flooding and landslides to Central America and Asia Tropical Storm Sara has caused significant disruption across Central America...
Weather Tracker: Hurricane Rafael triggers nationwide blackout in Cuba
Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua also reeling after fifth major hurricane of season causes landslides and flooding Hurricane Rafael became the 17th named storm...
