RODNEY BAY, St. Lucia June 5, 2018 — Bay Gardens Resorts has expanded its holdings to four hotels on the Eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Sanovnik Destang, Executive Director of Bay Gardens Resorts, announcing the acquisition of the 35-room ...
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Zimbabwe’s Long Road To Gender Parity
By Ignatius Banda IPS Contributing Writer BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe June 5, 2018 (IPS) — Zimbabwe goes to the polls, in July, for the first general election since the departure of Robert Mugabe, and the jockeying over who will represent the country’s ...
Read More »Canada Supports Kenya, Decides To Co-Host High Level Conference On Harnessing The Blue Economy
By Ambassador Macharia Kamau and Siddharth Chatterjee IPS Contributing Writers NAIROBI, Kenya, June 5, 2018 (IPS) — In April 2018, Commonwealth leaders met in a retreat, at a royal residence in the English county of Berkshire, and agreed on strategies ...
Read More »South African Lawsuit Could Bring Sweeping Changes To Land And Mining Rights
By Mark Olalde IPS Contributing Writer PRETORIA, South Africa June 5, 2018 (IPS) — South Africans are awaiting judgement to be handed down, in a court case, that could set a sweeping precedent, by empowering communities, on communal land, with ...
Read More »Hunger And Food Insecurity Plague The Lives Of Millions In Africa
By Moody Awori and Siddharth Chatterjee IPS Contributing Writers Africa is rising. But at the same time, Africa is the continent with the largest number of people, (390 million) living in extreme poverty. The UN’s Food and Agriculture organization states, ...
Read More »‘Don’t Try To Be A Superwoman’: An Interview With Michelle Bachelet, Former Two-term President Of Chile
By *Dulcie Leimbach IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York June 5, 2018 (IPS) — Michelle Bachelet ended her second term as president of Chile on March 11, 2018. Her first term, from 2006 to 2010, was marked by an ...
Read More »Why Would An Immigrant Support US President Donald Trump?
By Rose Delaney IPS Contributing Writer MIAMI, Florida, June 5, 2018 (IPS) — Giuseppe DiMarco is 83 years old. He has recognized the U.S. as his home for over 30 years. In the aftermath of World War Two, DiMarco fled ...
Read More »Be Thankful; Then Dump The Rocking Chair
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Writer A few years ago, I attended a conference, “Exposure and Profit”, in Toronto. It was conducted by Kelly Mc Causey and others from the United States. One of the things that Kelley still warns against ...
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