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Germany’s annual Oktoberfest festival is finally on again for this fall, following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Oktoberfest, first held in 1810 in honor of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese, has been canceled dozens of times during its more than 200-year history due to wars and pandemics.

Dr Terrance Michael Drew has been sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis after leading his St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) to victory in Friday’s snap general election.

The SKNLP won six of the 11 seats contested in the election held three years ahead of the constitutional deadline, with the former coalition partners, the People’s Labour Party (PLP) of outgoing prime minister Dr Timothy Harris winning one seat, the same as the People’s Action Movement (PAM) while the Nevis-based Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) won all three seats on the sister isle.

The ‘Jamaicans to the World’ docu-series recently celebrated reaching its 100-Episode Milestone. The series which started in August 2019 explores the experiences of expatriate Jamaicans in a different country each week by asking them, "What is it like to live ‘there’ as a Jamaican?”  

The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism is strengthening its diversity marketing efforts by participating in the 2022 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) joint convention in Las Vegas this week.

At least 25 people, including four children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are expected, the state's governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday.

“This is still an emergency situation," Beshear told reporters. "We are in search and rescue mode. Again, that count is going to continue to go up.”

Vantage, an international multi-asset broker, has announced that it is launching a month-long donation drive in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to help refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.

Vantage will be matching all donations from both new and existing clients, dollar for dollar, to support humanitarian efforts undertaken by UNHCR. The donation drive will run for one month until 30 August and may be extended based on client feedback. 

In honour of World Nature Conservation Day, Coyaba Beach Resort in Grenada made a generous donation of 25 fruit trees and other vegetation to The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Eastern Caribbean Program to benefit communities in the Grenville Bay area.

Kevin Carty, a native of Anguilla, will join the upmarket Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club as general manager on September 5, 2022.

Carty joins the Salamander Hotels & Resorts family from the executive management team at Belmond Cap Juluca, where he currently serves as the Resident Manager.

Jamaica Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett said the implementation of a regional visa regime among CARICOM (Caribbean Community) nations has huge economic potential for tourism recovery and development in the region. He made his remarks at the start of the inaugural Organisation of American States (OAS) high-level policy forum on building the resilience of Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) in the Caribbean to disasters.

As he strives to drive his country into the future of motor vehicles, Jamaican Prime Minisetr, Andrew Holness, is set to replace the current motor cars used by the government, with a fleet of EVs. Disclosed by the Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Daryl Vaz in the House of Representatives, this was the government’s bid to get Jamaicans to embrace the use of electric vehicles (EVs).

Distinguished Caribbean economist Marla Dukharan was the guest speaker at a special talk hosted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Caribbean American Heritage Committee and the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.

Education is highly cherished among Ghanaian families, with many parents working extra hard to ensure that their children get into the best schools and colleges. Indeed, in regions like Kasoa, a peri-urban town in central Ghana, 88% of all children are enrolled in schools, with about 83% of households having at least one child in a private school, where tuition is 54% more than in government schools.

Fourteen islands scattered across the vast Pacific Ocean, along with Australia and New Zealand, connected by their natural environment, faith, culture and traditional knowledge. Nowadays they also share challenges: a very real threat from rising sea levels, more frequent storms and economies crippled by Covid-19.

Violet Edwards, 96, is reportedly the fifth-oldest person in the world to receive a degree, following her graduated from Mercy College, New York, in the US. She gained an associate’s degree and 4.0 GPA—while fighting and beating cancer.

Edwards, who now lives in Florida, was born on October 5, 1925, in Kensington, in the parish of Portland, Jamaica.

Jamaica Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has listed tourism as one of Jamaica’s key investment priorities.

While addressing a special delegation of some 70 private sector players and government officials from Saudi Arabia, at the Jamaica-Saudi Business Luncheon held at the Port Royal Cruise Ship Pier, the Prime Minister said there are many opportunities available in Jamaica for the acquisition of lands to build hotels and resorts.

Indian data is staring at a credibility crisis with official numbers on a range of subjects - from Covid deaths to jobs - being questioned by independent experts.

But not too long ago, the country was seen as a world leader in data collection, writes author and historian Nikhil Menon.