By NAN STAFF WRITER News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: A single Caribbean tourism authority shelled out over USD 7 million to a U.S. company in six months of 2018 to promote its tourism product, News Americas has found. The Bermuda Tourism Authority paid MMGY Global, LLC, a Kansas, Missouri company, a jaw-dropping $7,424,065.22 for the six-month ...

By NAN STAFF WRITER News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: The US Census’ latest American Community Survey is out and the estimates and data provided for West Indians in the U.S. are enlightening, even though there is a over 53 percent margin of error according to the Census. Here are 10 facts from the data accessed by ...

NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: (UPI) — A community in Panama set a Guinness World Record by cooking up a patacon, a type of plantain fritter common in Panamanian cuisine, that measured 11.2 feet in diameter and weighed 245.8 pounds. The Ipeti Embera indigenous Embera community worked with the Impacta company and a team of chefs to cook ...

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: Here are the marijuana headlines making news globally and in the Caribbean and Latin America for the week-ending Oct. 18, 2019: Tyler Dooley, the Duchess of Sussex’s nephew, is using his family connections to sell a new strain of cannabis. Dooley has taken it upon himself to name a new strain of cannabis ...

By NAN ET Editor News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019: Here are the top headlines making news on the Caribbean entertainment scene for this week: This Dancehall Star Is Blasting Fast Food Giant Wendy’s Jamaican-born dancehall artiste Tanya Stephens is blasting fast food giant Wendy’s for denying her bathroom access. Stephens took to Instagram to put the ...

By NAN Sports Editor News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: Here are the top stories making Caribbean sports news for the week ending, Oct. 18, 2019: Bahamas Born NBA Player Has Raised Over US $200 On GoFundMe Bahamas-born NBA Player, Buddy Hield, has so far raised more than $214,574 of his 1 million goal on GoFundMe to ...

By David Jessop News Americas, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: Older readers of this column may remember a time when most Caribbean economies were dominated by family owned and run companies. Often linked by a family name to an older generation of Caribbean businessman but much less so women, they were usually paternalistic, influential and often philanthropic. Such companies ...

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. OCT. 18, 2019: Here are the top stories making news on the Caribbean travel scene for the week-ending Oct.18, 2019: The Caribbean nation of Jamaica will see the first ‘Sunday Service’ event from rapper Kanye West today at its Emancipation Park in Kingston. Rappers Cardi B and Offset are in the Turks and Caicos, ...

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: Seemingly lost in the deluge of impeachment news coverage recently was the less heralded release of some new data from the US Census’ American Community Survey. But it is data that we should all take notice of, as it marks the Trumpian impact on the United States ...

By Arthur Piccolo News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 18, 2019: This may not be good for keeping the attention of my readers but … Here is the answer … WE DO NOT NEED BILLIONAIRES! In fact, billionaires are DESTROYING America and the world. Their pathological GREED for money & power is a fatal disease for the rest of ...