With the Paris 2024 Olympics underway, the Caribbean region is once again showcasing its athletic talent on the global stage. Despite our relatively small populations, Caribbean nations have a history of producing world-class athletes who excel in a variety of sports (who can forget Jamaica’s Usain Bolt?). In this blog post, I am interested in…
Read More Paris 2024 Olympics: Caribbean Athletes and Population SizeTwo pieces of news caught my eye recently. The first was Cable & Wireless Communications (trading as Flow in Barbados) partnering with the Government of Barbados to provide 1,000 low-income families with access to high speed Internet. The second was the release of the Broadband Affordability Index by Broadband Genie (a UK entity). The latter…
Read More Broadband Affordability across The CaribbeanWhat started off as an attempt to find a free online source to stream Season 3 of Deep Space 9 led me to a price comparison of Netflix plans across the Caribbean. Join me, as I explore, question and discover! As I boldly go where no Man has gone before! (see what I did there?).…
Read More Netflix Plan Prices across the CaribbeanThe U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it would be updating its advisories to align with those from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This change would result in a significant increase in the number of countries at Level 4: Do Not Travel, to approximately 80% of countries worldwide (Source: CNN) What does…
Read More US Travel Advisories vs The CaribbeanThe last time I researched and wrote anything COVID-19 related was back in June 2020. Back then, I wrote a series of weekly “Covid-19 vs. The Caribbean” articles. Every Friday night, I’d scour several data sources for reports of confirmed new cases across the Caribbean, compile the data into spreadsheets, and publish some basic analysis…
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