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12 Facts about coral reefs

The Caribbean region has an estimated 26,000 km2 of coral reef surface, possessing an estimated 7% of the world’s shallow coral reefs.
In the Greater Antilles, coral reefs cover over 8,600 km2.
The Eastern Caribbean has a coral reef area of 2,600 km2.
The Wider Caribbean region has over 285 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), containing 20% of the [...]

Architecture is Architecture

In the struggle to define Bahamian Architecture, there is a simple fact that must be faced: Architecture is Architecture. That is, there are fundamental qualities that must be met for a building to be considered Architecture. Only after a work has met those criteria does the question of local identity become relevant. In A nutshell, [...]

Leave Only Footprints

Hermit crabs tiptoe
Across five days
Of Creation
Perfect harmony
Their fear echoes across
The yellow-green mangroves
Where bonefish dance
Herons, egrets and seagulls
Write poetry with their flight
Echoes down into blue holes
Which disappear deep
Into the unknown
In search of the sea
Echoes towards
A blue-orange sunset
Across the shallow silver blues
Of paradise
Hermit crabs tiptoe
Across an Andros fantasy
Carve their welcome in the sand
In words that dodge the [...]

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St. Kitts Forges Ahead Despite Economic Challenges

Basseterre, St. Kitts — Jan. 21, 2009 — St. Kitts remains on target to fulfill its long-term plan for the sustainable development of its tourism sector with various projects that continue to move forward, even within the context of the current global economic climate. Both domestic and foreign sources continue to invest in the [...]