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Held today (Monday 9 March) under the theme of 'Unlocking opportunities together for a prosperous Commonwealth’, Commonwealth Day – which is held every year on the second Monday of March - is a celebration of unity, diversity and the links of the Commonwealth today.

Across Africa and beyond, women continue to shape and elevate the stories that define our societies.

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has just announced that Jamaica has officially entered the reconstruction phase of the Hurricane Melissa disaster response.

AGES (Africa’s Green Economy Summit) 2026 concluded in Cape Town with a resounding call to action, urging the continent to leverage its digital revolution, transform water financing and redesign agriculture to unlock a sustainable, net-zero future.

When Lesego Chombo was crowned as Miss Botswana in 2022, she immediately set up a foundation to support disadvantaged youngsters and their parents in rural areas.

After it being the strongest and most devastating storm to hit the country, Hurricane Melissa now ranks as the costliest, with loss and damages, according to the PIOJ (Planning Institute of Jamaica) exceeding $2trillion.

At a gleaming three-storey outlet of Reliance Trends in the town of Sangli in western India, Alka browses through a collection of Indian ethnic-wear kurtas in an array of vibrant colours.

The Datai Langkawi, a luxury resort set in the heart of a 10-million-year old Malaysian rainforest, is formally marking the fifth anniversary of its pioneering sustainability and conservation programme, The Datai Pledge, with a special week-long festival from 13–19 April 2026.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and Airports Council International – Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) have officially joined forces, signing a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to revolutionize regional air connectivity.

DNZM, Chief Executive of New Zealand Māori Tourism (NZMT), will deliver the keynote address at the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC 2026).

The conference, themed “Tourism in Full Color: Integrating Blue, Green, Orange and Beyond Economies,” will take place April 27-30, 2026, in the coastal town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Belize.

Since 1980, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened "Ming Xuan" modeled after Dianchun Yi of Suzhou's Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou gardens have taken root in more than 30 countries and regions.

India and France have revised a three-decade-old tax treaty, reducing dividend levies for large French investors while expanding Delhi's powers to tax some transactions.

The Martinique Tourism Authority has earned a Silver Adrian Award in the special event category at the 69th annual Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Adrian Awards for its flagship cultural activation, ‘Martinique Gourmande: A Recipe for Cultural Exchange & Record-Breaking Engagement.’

United Oil & Gas announced on Monday that it has completed stage two of its surface geochemical exploration programme offshore Jamaica and started stage three piston coring operations on the Walton-Morant licence, marking what it described as the critical phase of the campaign.

A delegation from Senegal’s Petrosen E&P is confirmed to attend Caribbean Energy Week (CEW) 2026 in Paramaribo, presenting a key opportunity to deepen technical collaboration with Suriname’s Staatsolie and other regional stakeholders.

At a defining moment in human history, the world gathered at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.