House Hunting in Grenada: A Better ‘Beach Hut’ in the Caribbean

Two-Bedroom House by the Sea in Grenada $1.95 MILLION (5.2 MILLION EASTERN CABINET DOLLARS) This two bedroom ranch style house It offers views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from a bluff above a white sandy beach on the southeast coast of Carriacou, an island in Grenada. Built in 2014 of green-hearted wood …

Royal Caribbean Cancels Three Upcoming Tours

Royal Caribbean International announced on Friday said it is suspending some of its upcoming cruises due to concerns about the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. The company, one of the world’s largest cruise operators, said it had stepped “very carefully”. This Royal Caribbean cancels for the second time this week journeys. “We regret that we had …

House Hunting in Barbados: Living Outdoors in the Eastern Caribbean

The three-bedroom guest cottage is open to the pool and has solar panels on the roof to heat hot water. The bedrooms with brine pine ceilings and en suite bathrooms are on either side of the living room and kitchenette. The lower level of the cottage, descended from the garden staircase, contains the living room/game …

Pioneering Caribbean Historian Julius S. Scott dies at 66

The title of the book comes from William Wordsworth’s tribute to Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture in 1802: “The common wind has no breath/It will forget you” – a wind that carries ideas spread by sailors, enslaved people and free people of color engaged in Atlantic trade. Julius Sherrod Scott III was born on July 31, …

Tropical Storm Grace Accelerates Over Caribbean, Towards Islands

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Grace formed in the eastern Caribbean Saturday morning, creating tropical storm warnings for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other parts of the Caribbean. The storm is moving west at 22 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, the center said in a statement. …

Two New Documentaries Give Caribbean Stories the Depth They Deserve

It’s night time in Puerto Rico. A dembow beat, the rhythmic foundation of reggaeton, the throbbing, slicing in thick air. A man glows with sweat, washing the droplets off his shoulders as an amber light rubs gently against his dance partner. The crowd cries out as a beloved reggaeton anthem resounds in the distance. A …