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On the other side of Windward Carenage Bay is Salt Whistle Bay on the Caribbean Sea coast. The world famous beach attracts visitors to the Mayreau, where tourism is a mainstay of the economy. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS

The Caribbean island of Mayreau could be split in two, thanks to erosion

By Kenton X. Chance KINGSTOWN (IPS) – As a child growing up in Mayreau four decades ago, Filius “Philman” Ollivierre remembers a 70-foot-wide span of land, with the sea on either…

11 Nov 2018 6:08AM

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The Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami of March 2011 demonstrated the destructive power of tsunamis. (Internet photo)

Lessons for SVG from Japan’s 2011 tsunami

5 Nov 2018 12:05AM

Tour guide Toshiko Miura stands inside a museum and information centre in Nobiru, Higashimatsushima, Japan. The centre documents the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of thousands, including her father. (iWN photo)

For this guide, the tour is personal

5 Nov 2018 12:01AM

A grave in St. Vincent immediately after a funeral. (iWN file photo)

The ‘spirit’ of Vincy funerals (+video)

5 Oct 2018 7:11AM

How Guyana must prepare to cope with the ‘jeopardies and perils’ of oil discovery

24 Sep 2018 6:58PM

An exchange of rings between one of the thousands of couples that got married in the Unification Church’s ceremony Seoul last week Monday. (iWN photo)

When a controversial group pursues a noble ideal

By Kenton X. Chance SEOUL, South Korea — A Caribbean Christian cleric has welcomed the efforts of a controversial international religious organisation to bring parliamentarians and religious leaders together in pursuit of…

5 Sep 2018 7:58AM

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