The UK government announced that John Rankin, Bermuda's current Governor, has been appointed Governor of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) come January 2021. Rankin will be replacing Governor Augustus Jaspert whose term ends in early 2021. The Government of the Virgin Islands website said that Rankin is
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has been so extremely active that storms are now being named by the Greek alphabet. For only the second time in history, the National Hurricane Center used the Greek alphabet for storm names as the season's 23rd storm threatens the Gulf Coast. On
Multi awarded photographer and videographer Derek Galon shares the recovery of Dominica three years after being badly beaten by Hurricane Maria. Galon shared in his Youtube channel his memoirs of the terrible devastation caused by Maria to Dominica on 18 September 2017. “Lots of this footage is
OECS Media Release - The Government of New Zealand and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission recently strengthened their collaboration on environmental sustainability to include the area of geothermal energy development. New Zealand and the OECS Commission will partner to deliver a study
Small-ship line leads the pack In seven weeks, the Caribbean's pristine beaches and seas will be visited by cruise lines and yachts again. This is according to a report by The Points Guy. In a Zoom call hosted for the travel media, travel agents and top SeaDream
A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) travel bubble will be launched on Friday, 18 September, to resuscitate the regional travel and tourism sectors challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic since March. CARICOM Heads took this decision following a Special Emergency Session. The leaders were guided by a report from
Hurricane Paulette battered Bermuda last Monday with strong damaging winds and torrential rains knocking down utility poles and leaving some roads unpassable. Even if the island was battered by Paullete, the Bermudian spirit remains unshaken. “After a day and night of high winds, driving rain and
JetBlue announced the addition of more than half a dozen new routes across the Caribbean region beginning November 2020. The expansion includes new flights from Newark International Airport to six Caribbean countries namely Aruba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Sint Maarten, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos as
Contributed by Sofia Olson The previous and current government of Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) has negatively impacted the Citizenship by Investment Programme in ways and means that rob the residents and economic citizens of SKN. These are all happening without any visible effort to address
Paulette, Rene and Twenty are just 3 of the 6 weather systems being monitored by the National Hurricane Center in the Atlantic amid La Niña. Hurricane Paulette Hurricane Paulette could directly hit Bermuda by Monday and stirs up waves and rip currents on the U.S. East Coast. A
