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Join us at the Caribbean Buzz.....

 

We keep up with Caribbean people when they're having fun and when they're on social media.

 

It's the stuff you turn to when you switch off the news. Our rolling Buzz Twitter feed rounds up the chatter on Caribbean culture, sports and fun.

 

 
Natalie Williams
Our Trini Abroad columnist tackles South Africa and the growth of attacks on foreign workers. Is it a ticking time bomb?
River Nile
Trinidadian journalist Natalie Williams has been charting her time in Egypt and now the much-needed turnaround seems to be taking place.
Trinidad street scene
After seven years away, journalist and writer, Natalie Williams, makes a return visit to her native Trinidad.
Fete crowd
Whether oil prices rise or fall, nothing stops Trinidad Carnival as the cost of all-inclusive partying continues to rise.
mosquito (CDC info pamphlet)
Caribbean Intelligence readers share their tips and comments on dealing with Chikungunya.
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Caribbean Intelligence Editor Debbie Ransome revisits a project from her former job to look at Caribbean archiving of recent history.
Sir Shridath Ramphal
A celebration of Sir Shridath Ramphal as his autobiography charting his life in the Commonwealth and in Caribbean service is published.
Diaspora meeting UK
British MPs try once again to court the votes of an increasingly diverse Caribbean Diaspora community in the UK.
Trinidad's National Security Minister Gary Griffith
Trinidad first raised the alert on people of Caribbean origin being recruited by IS or ISIL but the whole Caribbean should take heed.
Diaspora audience
As the British ethnic vote grows, David Jessop asks where is the Champion to pursue the Caribbean vote in British politics.