Grenada was recently acknowledged by The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) in collaboration with ForwardKeys for its substantial double-digit increase in overseas visitor arrivals during the first half of 2024. This announcement was disclosed in the most recent Caribbean Travel Trends report, distributed at
The National Disaster Centre announced that a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea buried over 2,000 people alive. The risk of few survivors being found is increased by the hazardous terrain and the challenge of transporting relief to the spot. The local authorities' estimations of the
Pope Francis appeared in Rome's Olympic Stadium on Saturday to provide a symbolic start to a soccer match as part of the Vatican's "World Children's Day" celebrations. Francis, 87, who has had episodes of ill health, stepped up from his chair by the side of the
Discover Dominica Authority is pleased to announce the addition of new and expanded air travel services to the island nation. This expansion encompasses the recently introduced WINAIR flights connecting Dominica and Martinique and the supplementary Saturday flight incorporated into American Airlines' recently declared daily winter
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched an essential mission in Dominica to assess and improve the country's maternal and perinatal health services. This four-day expedition, headed by two outstanding specialists in their fields, demonstrates PAHO's continuous commitment to assisting Dominica in building her
Press Release - As world leaders converge for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, vulnerable islands say urgently that enhanced international cooperation is critical to rescuing faltering sustainable development goals for SIDS. Islands are in grave danger of falling further behind on sustainable
Haiti's health system is now "on the verge of collapse," UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Haiti Bruno Maes warned, citing an alarming decline in the number of hospitals still operational in the violence-stricken Caribbean country. As gang-led anarchy persists in the capital, Port-au-Prince, only six
Every year, different travel and marketing firms issue a list of the most amazing and safest destinations to visit. I recently discovered Off Path’s travel list, which featured some of the safest Caribbean destinations to visit: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint
OECS - The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), through the European Union (EU), funded the BioSPACE project and donated a new fibreglass boat to the Woodford Hill Bay sea moss farmers in the Commonwealth of Dominica. The boat, valued at $72,000 EC Dollars and
With almost 38% of the votes counted, figures from the Dominican Republic's central electoral board show that Luis Abinader is in the lead with 59.24%, followed by three-time former President Leonel Fernandez with 26.97%. Luis Abinader, the very popular incumbent and anti-corruption campaigner of the Dominican
