The Brief – Show us the money, Manfred!

Political reporting can often feel like analogue photography – it’s all about the light. Shining too much on a subject ends up over-exposing the photograph; if the aperture is too small, the object is lost in the shadows. No one in EU politics is...

Berlaymont on lockdown

URSULA’S BUNKER: Access to the 13th floor of the Berlaymont, where Ursula von der Leyen lives and her close circle works, will be severely limited from now on – even for commissioners and senior officials – according to an internal memo seen by...

5 On Your Side: October is safe infant sleep month, how to reduce SIDS risk

October is Safe Sleep and SIDS Awareness Month, serving as a reminder for parents and caregivers that the wrong sleep setup can put babies in danger. Consumer Reports found that some infant products marked for sleep can increase the risk of...

A Night At The Opera: 50 years on, Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen's operatic masterpiece - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Figaro-oh-oh-oh! Oh boy, do we have a royally jam-packed issue this month! Yep, hard as it may be to believe, but October (Halloween, to be specific) marks the 50th anniversary of the original release of Queen’s epic single Bohemian Rhapsody....

The royals are still relevant, unlike the Church of England

It has been another week of excruciating headlines for the royal family. Prince Andrew’s mortifying intimacy with the paedophile predator Jeffrey Epstein and new evidence of how untruthful he has been about that association have provided most of...

Caribbean Fisheries Mechanism pens agreement with OECS, UWI

H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General of the OECS (left), with Dr. Marc Williams, Executive Director of the CRFM Secretariat, at the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding during CWA 2025 (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...

Autograph books reveal what stars really thought of this Glasgow venue

The venue, which has played host to everyone from BB King to Jason Donovan, from The Blue Nile to Montserrat Caballe, was the flagship of the city’s cultural renaissance when it opened its doors in 1990. This weekend it marks its 35th anniversary...

UWI Global Campus Monsterrat welcomes new head, Dr Sheron Burns

Dr Sheron Burns. Photo credit: UWI CommunicationsDr. Sheron Burns has been appointed as the Head of the University of the West Indies (The UWI) Global Campus in Montserrat, effective September 1, 2025. The Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and...

Cheap Trick's first Beatles-related year

Rockford, Illinois’s greatest rock and roll export, Cheap Trick, were on a roll when they released their 1979 album “Dream Police” in September of 1979. The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and went on to sell over a...

Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat have signed on to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), formalising their membership in the 22-year-old institution, inaugurated in Belize City, Belize, in...

CRFM and the OECS strengthen collaboration with signing of a new MoU

Dr Marc Williams (rgt), Executive Director of the CRFM Secretariat, and Dr Didacus Jules (lft), Director General of the OECS, signing the MoU. Press Release October 14, 2025 The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) sealed its first...

Tobago’s Jolé St. John is CTO 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress Winner

Regional Tourism Youth Congress participants with (l-r) Charles Fernandez, Minister of Tourism of Antigua and Barbuda; Dona Regis-Prosper, CTO Secretary-General; Councillor Tashia Burris, Secretary of Tourism, Tobago; Ian Gooding-Edghill, CTO...

Dominica amongst four to join regional fisheries group

From left to right: Mr. Montez Williams (The Bahamas), Hon. Roland Royer (Dominica), Hon. John P. Osborne (Montserrat), and Hon. Kyle Hodge (Anguilla) sign the CRFM Agreement en bloc (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources,...

16 Tips and Tricks for Finding the Perfect Font in Website Typography

16 Tips and Tricks for Finding the Perfect Font in Website Typography The right typographic choices create connections with users while reinforcing brand identity and improving content clarity. We asked industry experts to share their process for...

Caricom discussion paper in final stages

The Caricom Secretariat headquarters in Guyana (File photograph) It has been almost two years since the Government announced in the Throne Speech that it would pursue full membership of Caricom — but the details of what that might mean for Bermuda...

  4 Caribbean countries sign the CRFM Agreement

CRFM Executive Director, Dr. Marc Williams (center), welcomes the decisive move by Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat to formalize their membership in the CRFM (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Saint...

Tropical Storm Jerry Is 10th Storm in Atlantic Hurricane Season

Tropical Storm Jerry formed in the Atlantic east of the Caribbean, becoming the 10th system in the 2025 hurricane season. Jerry, with top winds of 45 miles (72 kilometers) per hour, was about 1.315 miles east of the Caribbean Leeward Islands,...

October is Safe Infant Sleep Month

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - October is SIDS Awareness Month, an urgent reminder for parents and caregivers that the wrong sleep setup can put babies in danger. Consumer Reports has found that some infant products marketed for sleep can increase the...

October is SIDS Awareness Month: sleep safety tips for babies

October is SIDS Awareness Month, an urgent reminder for parents and caregivers that the wrong sleep setup can put babies in danger. Consumer Reports has found that some infant products marketed for sleep can increase the risk of injury,...

UWI Five Islands Graduates 200 Students; Valedictorian Urges Class to Embrace Technology Without Losing Caribbean Identity

By Briana Anthony | Antigua.news Correspondent The University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus was awash with pride and celebration on Saturday as nearly 200 students crossed the stage to mark the end of one journey and the beginning...