Bert Wilkinson, Author at Caribbean Life – Page 19 of 48

Close-up of Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop (1944 - 1983) during a press conference at the United Nations, New York, New York, late 1979.

Grenada

Grenada Salute Heroes

By Bert Wilkinson

Former Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille.

Haiti

Haiti’s interim administration struggling to remain intact over corruption scandal

By Bert Wilkinson

Eroded beaches littered with rotting Sargassum Seaweed have become the norm for fishers along the Hellshire Bay, Jamaica. Scientists say both are due to the effects of climate change.

Barbados

From annoying seaweed to vehicle fuel: Turning ocean waste into sustainable energy

By Bert Wilkinson

Members of the French union CGT Martinique perform a go slow operation in Fort-de-France, in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, on October 15, 2024, amid riots over rising prices. Authorities in the French Caribbean island of Martinique have extended a night-time curfew following a new wave of riots over spiralling food prices, while talks between authorities and protesters have stalled. In recent weeks the island of 350,000 people has been shaken by violent protests over high food prices.

Violent protests erupt

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Jamaica

Integrity trouble for Jamaican PM Holness continues

By Bert Wilkinson

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Suriname's President Chan Santokhi embrace after France's TotalEnergies and U.S. APA Corp announced a positive investment decision for Suriname's most promising oil and gas project, Block 58, which is expected to inaugurate the nation's offshore output, in Paramaribo, Suriname Oct. 1, 2024.

Jamaica

Jamaica joins the hunt for offshore oil

By Bert Wilkinson

Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufriere volcano erupts in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent April 9, 2021

Fears of another volcanic eruption in St. Vincent emerge

By Bert Wilkinson

Stacey Mollison, president and CEO of Libra Management Group.

Guyana

Guyanese national organizes four-day business and investment conference

By Bert Wilkinson

Retired sprinter Usain Bolt.

Jamaica

Bolt wants to know who stole his fortune

By Bert Wilkinson

Suriname's new President Chan Santokhi a

Guyana

Suriname gets go ahead to develop oil field

By Bert Wilkinson

Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred wins the women's 100m final ahead of Britain's Dina Asher-Smith at the Diamond League, Brussels, King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium on Sept. 13, 2024.

Sports

St. Lucia honors Olympic champion Julien Alfred

By Bert Wilkinson

Retired sprinter Usain Bolt.

Jamaica

Usain bolt to finally get back his stolen money

By Bert Wilkinson

Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley.

Antigua

Climate justice pressure

By Bert Wilkinson

St. Vincent's Shafiqua Maloney grateful for experience and support.

News

St. Vincent honors Olympian Shafiqua Maloney

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Jamaica

Jamaica PM under pressure to resign over integrity probe

By Bert Wilkinson

Barbados

Unusual mass shooting in Barbados leaves three dead

By Bert Wilkinson

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