Digicel expands solar project

Digicel Jamaica is rolling out solar power at over half its sites, aiming to keep services running during outages and disasters —not to raise rates, but to ensure reliable, climate-resilient connectivity across all parishes. (Photo: Karl McLarty)...

Caribbean tourism shows resilience amid mixed markets

Bridgetown, Barbados: Caribbean tourism recorded 18.5 million arrivals in the first half of 2025, up nearly two per cent on last year and six per cent above pre-pandemic levels, according to new data presented at the CTO’s State of the Tourism...

Hurricane season brings financial fears in the Caribbean

Gemma HandyBusiness reporter, St Johns, Antigua ShareSave Homes in Barbuda were flattened by 2017's Hurricane Irma For some Barbudans, thunderstorms still trigger flashbacks of the night in September 2017 when they lost everything they owned to...

Creator marketing is entering its ‘era of efficacy’

CreatorIQ — the software platform that manages creator-led growth for clients including NBCUniversal, IPG, Disney, Meta, Nestlé, Sephora and Amazon — released its sixth-annual State of Creator Marketing Report this morning with Sapiro Research....

Why Hurricane Imelda didn’t become the ‘next Helene’ and why Joaquin 10 years ago wasn’t ‘Helene before Helene’

A few weeks ago, Cardinal News founding editor Dwayne Yancey wrote a series of articles called “Things That Could Have Been” about big ideas or proposed projects in Virginia that never ended up coming to fruition, things like damming up the New...

Liberty Caribbean concludes success...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten (September 30th, 2025) -- Leading telecoms provider Liberty Caribbean, the operators of Flow and Liberty Business, recently concluded a focused leadership summit for its North Caribbean markets, convening its senior...

Ritz-Carlton Cayman Cookout 2026 Tickets Launch October 1

The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman has announced that tickets for the 17th annual Ritz-Carlton Cayman Cookout will officially go on sale Wednesday, October 1. The culinary event will take place January 14–19, 2026, at the resort, which is also...

Will Hurricane Humberto spare the U.S. from Imelda? Here’s what the latest models show

Tropical Storm Imelda is likely to form within the next 24 hours east of Florida and, nearby, Hurricane Humberto has intensified into a Category 4 major storm. The highly unusual set-up so close to the U.S. continues to cause significant forecast...

Lifelong learners

September 27, 2025 | 12:00am Anatista Perez finished an engineering degree and then went to a Caribbean country as an overseas Filipino worker or OFW. She had several jobs while at Turks and Caicos but as her young children were growing up, it was...

Invest 94-L expected to become tropical depression: How it may impact Florida

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a large tropical wave in the Atlantic that could develop into a tropical depression. Invest 94-L is producing widespread, disorganized showers and thunderstorms near Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos...

Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 forecast to become Imelda

A tropical wave, now called Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, is located near Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos, and continues to show signs of strengthening. It is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda by this weekend. The system is moving...

Tracking Future Imelda and Possible Carolina Impacts

TROPICAL UPDATE – Thursday, September 25: A tropical wave located near the Turks and Caicos Islands is producing showers and thunderstorms. An area of low pressure is expected to form along the wave by Friday. That low pressure is then forecast to...

Invest 94-L likely to become a tropical depression near the Bahamas

Invest 94-L likely to become a tropical depression near the Bahamas A tropical wave bringing storms to the Dominican Republic and Turks and Caicos is expected to organize and strengthen as it moves toward the Bahamas ISSUE. CRESCENT CITY...

Disaster Risk Management Authority prepares for activation as tropical system makes Bahamas move

By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net THE Disaster Risk Management Authority (DRM) said yesterday it is preparing for possible activation as a tropical disturbance threatens to bring heavy rain and storm conditions to...

Hurricane Hunters continue flying Fiona

As Hurricane Fiona continues to drop heavy rain and moves north after battering Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and most recently Turks and Caicos, the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters continue to fly the...

US: Widespread flash flood risk increasing in the Carolinas with more than a foot of rainfall possible

From AccuWeather Public Relations < AccuWeather hurricane experts say there may be 8-16 inches of rainfall across parts of the Carolinas early next week, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax of 24 inches. AccuWeather® Global Weather Center – Sept....

Tropical storm watch issued for two Florida counties as state on edge over next 12 hours

This map from the National Weather service shows what time Floridians can expect to see some stormy winds as a tropical storm develops in the ocean A section of Florida's coastline stretching from Palm Beach County to Volusia County is under a...

Humberto Changes Additional Cruise Itineraries

Adverse weather conditions are affecting the itineraries of cruise ships sailing in the Caribbean and the Bahamas over the next weekend. According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Humberto is forecast to become a major hurricane....

U.S. Coast Guard stops boat with more than 100 Haitians aboard in Caribbean waters

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard says it intercepted an overloaded Haitian sailing vessel with 103 people aboard. The boat was recently stopped in the Caribbean region, around 15 miles off the coast of Turks and Caicos. The vessel was deemed...

Tropical Storm Warning issued as AL94 strengthens

Forecast map showing weather system moving northwestward through The Bahamas over the next several days. By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A TROPICAL storm warning was issued for the central Bahamas and a watch...