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Men’s issues will take center stage this November as the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union Youth Arm launches a three-week social media campaign in observance of International Men’s Day, celebrated on 19 November each year.

The campaign aims to highlight the importance of celebrating men and boys, in addition to bringing awareness to specific issues that affect men in the workplace and the wider society.

Among the issues to be featured in the campaign are Mental Health, Paternity Leave, Sexual Harassment and Work Equality.

ABWU Youth Arm President, Raisa Roberts, said the project was conceptualized through group discussions and from her own personal reflections as a parent.

“As the mother of a male child, I want my son to grow up in a society where he doesn’t feel marginalized. We researched issues that men face and realized that there were many issues that we can bring awareness to,” Roberts explained.

The President added that the overall objective of the campaign is to help more men feel appreciated and supported.

“The ABWU Youth Arm wants to say we stand with Men,” Roberts affirmed.

The general public is invited to view and share the campaign by visiting and following Facebook.com/AntiguaBarbudaWorkersUnion.

The campaign will culminate with a video presentation and discussion which will form part of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union International Men’s Day Workshop on Friday, 18 November 2022.

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The Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) responded to a blaze at Bel Jou Hotel at La Pansee, Castries, on Saturday at about 12:30 pm and found a room on the fifth floor of one of the buildings engulfed in flames.

The responders from the SLFS Headquarters in Castries, with backup from the Babonneau fire station, also reported that smoke was emanating from the roof of the adjoining rooms.

“Using nearby hydrants, the fire, which left the contents of one room and the ceiling of the other rooms destroyed, was fully extinguished,” SLFS Communications Officer Stacy Joseph said.

Joseph also disclosed that although the damage was extensive, there were no reported injuries.

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La CTM a créé deux plateformes en ligne pour l’envoi de propositions de drapeaux et d’hymnes. Les deux formulaires sont accessibles depuis ce lundi 7 novembre et resteront ouverts jusqu’au vendredi 2 décembre, date de la clôture des envois de propositions. Les œuvres présélectionnées par la commission ad hoc seront ensuite soumises au vote de la population martiniquaise.

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This past October saw thousands of food lovers indulge in one of the most notable culinary events, the Cayman Islands Restaurant Month.

The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) organised its largest Restaurant Month to date, with a total of 37 participating restaurants from across the island collectively offering over 55 menus for lunch, dinner and Signature Brunches.

Jay Ehrhart, Executive Director of CITA, shared that the association is proud to see how successful this year’s event was at showcasing the local food and beverage sector.

“Restaurant Month is a unique event that takes the best that Cayman’s culinary scene has to offer by allowing residents and visitors to get a proper taste of the vast flavours, talent and culinary artistry that can be found right here in the Cayman Islands,” said Ehrhart.

“There was certainly an extra buzz around Restaurant Month this year, especially with our borders open again, and I truly commend the efforts of the restaurants, culinary teams, sponsors and our patrons for making this year’s event a tremendous success,” added Ehrhart.

One of the primary goals of Restaurant Month is to support local restaurants and generate an influx of returning customers by spotlighting these businesses and the high calibre of food and service they offer. This was achieved by creating dining experiences with affordable three-course menus that demonstrate each restaurant’s cuisine.

One of the participating restaurants this year, The Edgy Vedge, a newly launched plant-based eatery and marketplace, experienced a high volume of patrons who chose to dine using the designated Restaurant Month menu.

“We’ve prepared almost 200 meals for Restaurant Month, and as a brand-new restaurant that only opened two and a half months ago, to be able to participate in something like this – it’s been incredible,” said Sian Weinzweig, Co-Founder & Marketing Director.

“The people who have come by to try it out have definitely been a mix of vegan and non-vegan, so we really thank the organisers for allowing us to be involved. It’s been a great initiative.”

Several other participating restaurants reported they experienced a high volume of customers last month, such as Bayside, which also hosted its first sold-out Signature Brunch this past weekend.

Though the restaurants are the foundation of Restaurant Month, the support of the sponsors is crucial to the event’s success. This year’s Gold sponsors included Loop Cayman, DMS Broadcasting, Tower Marketing, Cayman Islands Department of Tourism and Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce. There were also two Silver sponsors, Home Gas and CaymanRestaurants.com.

Hon Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, MP and Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce, described Restaurant Month as both an opportunity to support local businesses and to demonstrate to the rest of the world the strength of our commercial infrastructure.

“For us at the Ministry of Financial Services, we are of the view that a robust local business sector also compliments and enhances our international reputation as a commercially-stable place to do business,” she said.

“Government’s support of initiatives such as Restaurant Month is intended to help local restaurant owners navigate through the tough economic challenges many of them face. This sector provides an array of goods and services as well as employment opportunities for Caymanians, so it was important for this Ministry to be a part of this amazing initiative.”

CITA looks forward to making this event even bigger and better in 2023 and encourages local businesses and restaurants that would like to get involved to contact info@restaurantmonth.ky.

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