It is unimaginable and catastrophic.
The Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) reaffirms its determination and resolve to stand side by side...shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand with our brothers and sisters enduring the devastating impact of back to back Hurricanes.

Announcing Rihanna as a keynote speaker at its prestigious fashion industry conference next month, Women’s Wear Daily described her as a “powerhouse multihyphenate”. This is perhaps the least clumsy way to describe what Rihanna does. As a singer, songwriter, actor, fashion designer, and – since the launch a week ago of Fenty Beauty – business mogul, the strings to Rihanna’s bow have become unwieldy to list. Luckily, she is too famous to need a job title.

Anita DeFrantz has been elected as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president and Aruba’s Nicole Hoevertsz and Switzerland’s Denis Oswald joined the Executive Board here today.

(CNN)French President Emmanuel Macron has troubles at home this week. France's second biggest union, the CGT, is leading public sector, rail and energy workers in local strikes in protest at Macron's proposed deregulation of the labor market.

There is a new, engaging tennis queen of Queens.

Ranked in the 900s last month because of an 11-month layoff after foot surgery, Sloane Stephens finally has arrived.

Brian Lewis, the President of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), has issued a rallying call to the organisation's member nations as Hurricane Irma continues to wreak havoc across the area.