After Hurricane Beryl’s Cataclysmic Impact, a Caribbean Leader Envisions a Resilient Future

By Talya Meyers When a vicious Category 5 hurricane formed in the Atlantic in late June, the world held its breath. There was no question that the impacts from Hurricane Beryl would be cataclysmic. But across the Caribbean, carefully coordinated...

France legalizes drone pesticide spraying for steep farmland and Caribbean plantations

A new French law allows drones to spray low-risk pesticides on hard-to-reach vineyards and banana crops, reviving aerial pesticide use banned across Europe since 2009. Stéphane Foucart reports for Le Monde. In short: France’s Parliament approved...

Ministry of Finance to host 2026 National Budget consultations

The Ministry of Finance is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2026 National Budget Consultations, which will be held across all parishes and Carriacou beginning Monday, 25 August 2025. These consultations are a key element of the...

PM meets with Principal Officer assigned to US Embassy

by Linda Straker Cindy Diouf is the newly appointed Principal Officer assigned to US Embassy, Grenada Diouf met with Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on 18 August 2025 Discussions included visa restrictions, security partnerships and supporting...

The 50 Best Luxury Hotels Will Definitely Inspire Your Next Getaway

Get ready to pack your bags, it’s time to set yourself into the lap of luxury. Luckily, there are so many options at your fingertips, no matter how or where you choose to indulge. In fact, TZR has rounded up the 50 dreamiest luxury hotels in the...

Nigeria-Saint Lucia Bilateral Relations under PBAT: The Strategic Autonomy Components

Bola A. Akinterinwa Saint Lucia is an Eastern Caribbean island nation, located in the northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It had a population of only 179,285 people as of 2023 according to the...

Fascism’s New Face is Still The Same!

On July 3, the Meeting of Promoting Teams of the Antifascist International is taking place at a right time. The stated objective is “to update and strengthen our shared agenda in a critical moment of regional and global tension amid the escalation...

“Defeatism Has No Place” in Liberation Struggles, Frantz Fanon’s Daughter Says 

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Public gatherings this week in Jackson, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana — featuring an especially distinctive guest — will...

Two Vermont inns among nominees for 2025 Historic Hotels of America Annual Awards of Excellence

Von Trapp Family Lodge and Resort (1942) Stowe, Vermont. Credit: Historic Hotels of America and von Trapp Family Lodge and Resort. Vermont Business Magazine Historic Hotels of America has announced the Nominee Finalists for the 2025 Historic...

Fragility, Beauty, and Urgency Characterize Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025

The finalists of this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition (previously) have really blown it out of the water. From hundreds of baby octopuses in the waters around Indonesia to remarkable humpback whales to a dramatic encounter with a...

Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century

Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...

Barbados shines in spectacular CARIFESTA XV opening

68 By Tracy Moore Barbados took centre stage at Queens Park as the opening ceremony of CARIFESTA XV unfolded in a dazzling showcase of culture, heritage, and artistry. To the crowd’s delight, the Bajan delegation marched in to Peter Ram’s “Tuking...

CariCOF warns of intense heat and active hurricane season across the Caribbean

The Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is forecasting neutral El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions for the Pacific, while warning of persistent abnormal warmth north of the Caribbean and a highly active heat and rainfall season...

Can Ethiopia solve the West’s “puzzle” about Africa?

Thomas Jefferson, president of the US from 1801 to 1809, should have known about Ethiopia, the Kenyan scholar Ali Mazrui suggested in his keynote address to a conference held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 2007. I assisted Mazrui...

How to island-hop the Caribbean by ferry

For most travelers out there, you're probably treating the Caribbean the way you think you're supposed to: fly in, park yourself on one island, fly out. Fragmented airlift and maddening routes, like flying back through Miami or San Juan to reach...

Safe Spice of the Caribbean

by Senator the Honourable Adrian Thomas, Minister for Tourism, the Creative Economy, and Culture Grenada has once again proven that we are more than just the “Spice of the Caribbean,” we are the “Safe Spice of the Caribbean”. As we reflect on the...

GFA hosts commercialisation symposium

The Grenada Football Association (GFA) successfully hosted its Commercialisation Symposium on Saturday, 28 June, bringing together representatives from 36 clubs across Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique. The symposium forms part of the...

Caribbean Corals: Bleaching ravages a region built on reefs as aid falls short

(Centro de Periodismo Investigativo), Bleached corals at Santa Monica Rock, British Virgin Islands, last November. Some corals have recovered since then as the waters cooled in the winter months, but others died. Though this year is slightly...

Caribbean Corals: Bleaching Ravages a Region Built on Reefs as Aid Falls Short

On a sweltering day in 2023, British Virgin Islands fisherman Zacchari Stoutt was suiting up for a routine dive when he glimpsed something unusual on the seafloor. At first, he thought it was a sunken boat. “It was quite visible,” recalled Stoutt,...

MP David: Creative artistes deserve year-round support

Greater support is being urged for Grenada’s creative artistes, including those who contributed to making Spicemas 2025 a successful carnival. Veteran parliamentarian Peter David, in making the call for increased artistes’ support, said they...