In The Caribbean

  • Commentary: Tourism Matters: A few rays of sunshine on the horizon
    There is a very fine line when writing a column like this. The risk of being branded as a pessimist is high. I only hope that readers will focus on the message that I am trying to convey and perhaps apply some of the content objectively to look at issues in a broader, more holistic way. When I heard the minister of tourism recently predict...
  • Guyana examining PetroCaribe economic zone proposal
    GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana is examining a proposal by Venezuela to set up a PetroCaribe Economic Zone (PEZ), which was proposed at the recently concluded ministerial meeting of PetroCaribe and the summit of heads. Speaking after attending the summit in Venezuela...
  • Top enforcement officer in USVI environment agency arrested on drug trafficking charges
    ST THOMAS, USVI -- On Friday night, Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) Commissioner Alicia Barnes informed US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh that the agency’s director of enforcement, Roberto Tapia, was arrested by federal law enforcement officers.
  • Sports Commentary: The New York Knicks lost a series they should have won
    When I first arrived in the United States 35 years ago, I was introduced to a sport I knew very little about called basketball. In all my life living in Belize the only two sports I played when I was growing up was football -- what the Americans call “soccer” -- and cricket. I played football so much that many times in my life it...
  • US embassy issues warning over armed robberies in Bahamas
    NASSAU, Bahamas -- The United States Embassy in Nassau has issued a security alert to American citizens residing in and traveling to The Bahamas about an increase in armed robberies on New Providence. The alert came after American sailor Kyle Bruner was murdered during an armed robbery.