If you live in the Caricom region and would like to help the relief effort in Haiti, you can make donations online with most relief organisations. 

Donations to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund can be made at any branch of FirstCaribbean across the Caribbean. Accounts have also been set up at Scotiabank and the National Commercial Bank to accept donations on behalf of the Red Cross and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management respectively.

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Can you feel the vibe? The Caribbean is always alive with COlour and vibrant sunshine, and in the summer it really comes alive with calypso music and pulsating rhythms. Yes, it is the time for the Caribbean summer festivals, where valiant calypsonians “do battle” in their respective countries to be crowned King (or Queen) of Calypso, and public officials and well-known personalities cringe at the prospect of having the issues of the day addressed in lyrical exposition.

Join the many tourists and Caribbean nationals returning home to the season’s costumed parades, fetes, street parties and art and craft shows. They can already smell the aroma of fried fish, corn soup and curry roties from the roadside vendors in Oistins, Barbados, Gros Islet, St Lucia, Gouave, Grenada or the Dockyard, Antigua. Summer in the Caribbean is filled with excitement, fun and revelry which is not to be missed, as there is so much to see and do across the many territories.

I applaud our writers for bringing our magazine to life but I also want to experience these activities for myself. I’ve already been to many places and events but I’m by no means ready to pack away my suitcase. I have a few “must-do” festivals on my summer agenda, and I encourage you to visit the islands, identify a few activities of your own and experience summer first-hand. Begin your journey at www.liat.com and put on that costume, taste that dish, dance to the music and have a fantastic summer as you “live life to the full”.

Leesa Parris-Rudder
Chief Commercial Officer

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