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Gemma Handy

Gemma Handy is a British freelance journalist, broadcaster and author who has lived and worked in the Caribbean since 2006

May 2022

  • Alfa Nero Yacht Superyacht Antigua The $120m Alfa Nero superyacht linked to Andrey Guryev, a Russian billionaire who purchased the biggest private residence in London. The vessel transmitted its last location on March 3 in Saint Maarten, but was tracked down by the Observer last week and photographed in Antigua.

    Revealed: Russia-linked superyachts ‘going dark’ to avoid sanctions threat

    Vessels with ties to Russian oligarchs hit by sanctions are no longer reporting their position to an automatic global locator

December 2020

  • Frigate Birds in flight in Barbuda - credit ABTA

    Barbudans 'fight for survival' as resort project threatens islanders' way of life

    Bitter dispute as supporters argue the US $2bn luxury resort project is a vital economic stimulus while critics say it will destroy natural habitat as well as traditions and cultures

June 2019

  • Aerial view of a lagoon on the Caribbean island of Antigua a thin line of sand divides the small salt basin from the sea, Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America<br>GettyImages-530319294

    Antigua: sprawling 'Chinese colony' plan across marine reserve ignites opposition

    Yida project includes plans for a manufacturing hub, but opponents warn construction is decimating coastal vegetation

April 2018

  • Alonso De Ojeda (1465?-1515).<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Granger/REX/Shutterstock (8637503a) Alonso De Ojeda (1465?-1515). Spanish Explorer. Ojeda With A Cacique Of Natives During One Of His Many Expeditions In The West Indies. Wood Engraving, American, 19th Century. Alonso De Ojeda (1465?-1515).

    Archaeologists say early Caribbeans were not 'savage cannibals', as colonists wrote

    Researchers in Antigua hope to correct ‘speculative and erroneous’ colonial accounts that depict the Carib people as ferocious man-eaters

March 2018

  • Antigua And Barbuda Struggle To Recover Months After Devastating Hurricanes<br>CODRINGTON, BARBUDA - DECEMBER 08: Debris from damaged homes lines a street on the nearly destroyed island of Barbuda on December 8, 2017 in Cordington, Barbuda. Barbuda, which covers only 62 square miles, was nearly leveled when Hurricane Irma made landfall with 185mph winds on the night of September six. Only two days later, fearing Barbuda would be hit again by Hurricane Jose, the prime minister ordered an evacuation of all 1,800 residents of the island. Most are now still in shelters scattered around Barbuda’s much larger sister island Antigua. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    Snap election in Antigua puts Barbuda's communal land ownership on the ballot

    The national government is accused of a ‘land grab’ but says it only wants to speed recovery from Hurricane Irma that devastated the smaller island

October 2016

  • 09 November, 2014, on a Sunday afternoon in Georgetown, Guyana. (Demerara Mahaica)

    Guyana's housing crisis: ‘The situation in the country is desperate’

    As Guyana struggles to tackle a nationwide housing shortage, residents of an informal community in the heart of the capital have a wishlist of their own
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