Pakistan wins 5th ODI in Caribbean
The Pakistani cricketers have beaten the West Indies by 4 wickets in the 5th and final one day international in Saint Lucia. The Pakistani’s chased down their target of 243 with a ball to spare. Pakistan take the five-match series…
4 Ocean ecosystems the U.S. Military uses as testing sites
by Kristina Chew from Care2 The U.S. Navy has some explaining to do after disclosing that, last Tuesday, it had dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the the world’s largest coral reef systems off the…
CDB launches DRR and adaptation fund
17 July 2013: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launched a US$23.5 million Community Disaster Risk Reduction Trust Fund (CDRRF) that will provide grants to support community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation demonstration projects. CDRRF will provide grants…
Congresswoman Clarke welcomes aid for undocumented Caribbean immigrants
From Go-Jamaica NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has welcomed a plan by New York City to aid undocumented Caribbean immigrants. New York City officials say the city will spend US$18 million to help undocumented Caribbean…
The Editor Speaks: Bullet loan payments and bond waiting to boom
Despite ex-premier Bush’s claims, just before he was removed, the government’s coffers were in a much better shape now than when he was thrust into power; this has proved to be far from the truth. It is extraordinary for an…
Local Author Graham Morse tells the story of a football legend
Married to the daughter of English football legend Sir Walter Winterbottom, local author Graham Morse had the unique privilege of personally knowing one of the most influential men in the history of the game. Sports fans are invited to join…
Washington’s stinkiest flower to reach peak smell on Monday
By Adam Martin New York Magazine Something exciting is happening in Washington, D.C., at least if your idea of excitement has anything to do with exotic, putrid-smelling plants, as ours does. The U.S. Botanic Garden’s so-called corpse flower, officially known…
Caribbean Community works out renewable energy strategy
By Barbara Vergetis Lundin From Fierce Energy The Worldwatch Institute is assisting the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in developing a more strategic approach to implementing renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in the region, or Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy…
