Noble: Our leaders are writing bad cheques—T&T can only ignore reality for so long

This week, two quotes came to mind as I read the local newspapers. The first was from Benjamin Franklin, who was accused of treason (by leaking letters) in 1774. These letters criticised the colonial rebels even though it was clear that his own...

Integrating DNA Sequencing and AI for AAV Genome Integrity

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Timing, Targeting, & Technology: Your New Collections Playbook

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Carnival Cruise Line's Dress Code Policy Is Leaving Guests Feeling Indifferent

The top cruise lines in the world have set rules related to what you can and cannot wear during a cruise. Royal Caribbean recently reaffirmed its ban on particular clothing in a Caribbean country. The cruise line reminded its guests that...

Military Camouflage Continues To Evolve—There Is No Perfect Pattern

U.S. Marines walk through America's Air Show after a demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on September 26, 2025 in San Diego, California. They wearing the MARPAT camouflage (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Getty Images It may be...

Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025

Ranked: 35 Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

The Regime Change Temptation in Venezuela

What began in early September as a series of American airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean—which U.S. officials alleged were trafficking drugs from Venezuela—now seems to have morphed into a campaign to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Nicolás...

Argo & Zoulou prepare for RORC Transatlantic Race

by Louay Habib / RORC 2 Nov 02:40 PST 11 January 2026 When the start gun fires in Lanzarote for the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race on January 11, two of the most extraordinary offshore racing machines will once again go head-to-head across the...

 Colonialism’s Legacy Has Left Caribbean Nations Much More Vulnerable To Hurricanes 

1 Long before colonialism brought slavery to the Caribbean, the native islanders saw hurricanes and storms as part of the normal cycle of life. The Taino of the Greater Antilles and the Kalinago, or Caribs, of the Lesser Antilles developed systems...

News from the world of Education: October 30, 2025

Recruitment drive Bounteous x Accolite’s pan-India campus recruitment drive is open. Eligibility: Open to freshers and recent graduates across the 2025 and 2026 batches from Engineering, Technology, and Management Deadline: October 31 Details at...

Race to the Edge : Argo and Zoulou Prepare for RORC Transatlantic Race

When the start gun fires in Lanzarote for the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race on January 11, two of the most extraordinary offshore racing machines will once again go head-to-head across the Atlantic. The MOD70 trimarans Argo and Zoulou, skippered by...

$124 Trillion And Counting... These Are The World's Largest Economies

The 2026 world economy has a cautious outlook, according to the October report put out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The organization says that global growth is slowing amid fragmentation and rising protectionism. Significant downside...

Fury as British aid money used to build new £52m road through Amazon Jungle

British taxpayers will fund a £52 million road built in the Amazon, supporting a project intended to help the climate. The road in the South American country Guyana that will lead to a tiny village is part of the many schemes funded through the...

Fishing Nets and Gunfire: How Drone Attacks Upend Island Life.

- Advertisement - U.S. boat strikes in President Trump’s undeclared war on ‘narcoterrorism’ and drug smugglers are spreading fear across the Caribbean. The attacks, which have left at least 61 people dead, are threatening the region’s fishing,...

Rogue stance threatens country’s economy and people

I am compelled to write following the significant, though not surprising, news that Venezuela has suspended the Energy Cooperation Framework Agreement it shared with Trinidad and Tobago. This agreement allowed for the development of shared and...

When the hurricane becomes the bill

At the time of writing, Jamaica was being battered by Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 hurricane. The strongest storm anywhere in the world this year flooded towns, tore off roofs, and left large areas without power. But one fact is already...

Sandra Ferguson honoured as IICA Leader of Rurality of the Americas

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Grenada has proudly announced Sandra Ferguson as one of the 2025 Leaders of Rurality of the Americas, an honour that recognises her decades of transformative leadership and...

What’s One More War?

By the time everyone emerges from their Halloween hangovers, we may be at war. If you asked, “Which one?” excellent question, give yourself a hand. In addition to the wars on the existence of transgender Americans, the war on prices (tariffs), the...

Lisbon citizenship moat turns HNIs to friendlier climes

The European Court of Justice's April ruling against Malta's "citizenship-for-sale" model and the continent's growing rightward shift have together turned what was once a smooth path to European residency into a more complex maze for global...

A Narrow Strait, a Widening Rift: U.S. Warships, Trinidad’s Turn, and Venezuela’s Fury in the Caribbean

On a clear morning from Venezuela’s Paria Peninsula, the island of Trinidad is so close you can almost count the waves between them. For generations, that eleven-kilometer stretch of sea has carried fishermen, smugglers, oil technicians, and...