Mother knows best | Be well By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) For centuries, Caribbean women delivered their babies with the help of traditional midwives. Now a new generation of mothers are opting for natural birthing centres like Trinidad and Tobago’s Mamatoto, reports Shelly-Ann Inniss
Datebook | Caribbean Events Calendar (September/October 2017) By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 147 (September/October 2017) Events around the Caribbean in September and October, from Diwali in Guyana to the World Creole Music Festival in Dominica
June Soomer: a voice for all | Backstory By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 147 (September/October 2017) As head of the Association of Caribbean States, appointed in 2016, St Lucian June Soomer keeps regional integration high on the agenda. She tells Shelly-Ann Inniss how her career as historian and diplomat prepared her for this trailblazing new role
Aloe vera: the thorny balm By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 145 (May/June 2017) The spiky Aloe vera plant is a favourite of Caribbean gardens, its bitter gel used as a moisturiser, stomach remedy, and ingredient in healthy tonics. You might imagine you could build a whole industry around this handy plant — and Aruba has done just that. Shelly-Ann Inniss visits the island’s biggest aloe farm, and learns how this wonder of the kitchen and medicine cabinet is an economic wonder, too
Datebook | Caribbean Events Calendar (May/June 2017) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 145 (May/June 2017) Events around the Caribbean in May and June, from the Timehri Film Festival in Guyana to Dominica’s Hike Fest
Electric Avenues By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 143 (January/February 2017) As the world grows more environment- and energy-conscious, electric cars seem like the transport of the future. And most Caribbean countries offer ideal conditions for their adoption, writes Shelly-Ann Inniss
Caribbean Datebook (September/October 2016) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 141 (September/October 2016) Events around the Caribbean in September and October, from Indigenous Heritage Month in Guyana to Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival
Wide Sargassum sea By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 135 (September/October 2015) As coastlines across the Caribbean are inundated by masses of floating Sargassum weed, some entrepreneurs are trying to put the seaweed to good use. Shelly-Ann Inniss investigates
