“If you go into Tesco or Asda, you’re able to shop freely, and conveniently. We started thinking to ourselves, why can’t we as Africans have that?”
They say you only have 18 summers with your children before they desert you in favour of their own adventures. So, how to make the most of your time off together?
Mainland U.S. residents who are not Puerto Rican rarely pay attention to the politics of the island. If there is a hurricane, or some other natural disaster there, media will cover it, but soon enough, the coverage fades. So it’s up to us “not-Boricuas” to pay attention and speak out against policies and laws that are negatively impacting Puerto Ricans. We must join their voices and amplify their cries for justice. One key law enacted in Puerto Rico that is having a disastrous impact on Puerto...
Sometimes you need something easy to make that’s good enough for company. These beans have a hint of sweetness from the mango with a layer of spiciness underneath. You can halve this recipe if you aren’t serving a crowd, or you can freeze the leftovers for another night. Serve over rice, in a burrito, or by themselves as a side.
The private jets of Asda's billionaire owners, the Issa brothers, flew between London and the Caribbean more than 50 times over a two-and-a-half-year period, City A.M. can reveal.
Exclusive: Richard Black, 70, was locked out of Britain in 1983 over a passport error, despite living in England since he was a six-year-old boy
Leaders have failed to tackle invasion of sargassum, which may have a bumper year in 2024Schools evacuated due to toxic gas. Smelly tap water at home. Tourist operators and fishers struggling to stay in business. Job losses. Power outages affecting tens of thousands of people at a time. Dangerous health problems. Even lives lost.Such crises were some of the consequences of sargassum seaweed in the islands of the Caribbean in 2023, which have become common in the region since 2011, when massive...
The president of Guyana’s scolding of a BBC reporter struck a chord with many who feel silenced by western dominance and the legacy of economic violence Caribbean nations have such a long history of economic violence, manipulation and exploitation perpetrated against them by the west that it is generally expected that they take it on the chin. Recently, however, their leaders have been standing up to a spate of condescension and sanctioned bullying.In an interview with the BBC reporter Stephen...
A Texas mother was arrested last week for abandoning her two small children so that she could go on a Caribbean cruise vacation, according to police. On Thursday, 29-year-old Lakesha Woods Williams was arrested on two charges of child endangerment. Williams is alleged to have left her 6-year-old and 8-year-old children alone in her high-rise apartment in the Memorial neighborhood of Houston. Police say the mother left her kids alone at home for six days as she took a Caribbean cruise...
The disease caused huge fatalities during the 18th century
A thrilling start to a stay at Casa en el Agua in Colombia's San Bernardo archipelago in the Caribbean Sea is guaranteed - because the only way to reach this hostel is by boat.
Virgin Atlantic Holidays returned to making a profit for the first time since 2018, newly-filed documents have revealed.