First Caribbean Festival in Northern Ireland
From The Voice Northern Island celebrates Caribbean community in celebrated at inaugural event Northern Ireland has created its first official Caribbean festival to commemorate Emancipation Day (August 1), regional integration and the camaraderie of the Caribbean, particularly those of Caribbean…
Belfast riots: 56 police officers injured during parade protests
From BBC The number of police officers injured during loyalist protests against a republican parade in central Belfast is 56. The police fired 26 plastic bullets and made eight arrests on Friday evening amid sustained rioting in Royal Avenue. Northern…
Celebrity Cruises introduces Suite of Rich
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Celebrity Cruises Introduces Suite Of Rich, New Vacation Apps For Easy, Immersive Vacation Planning MIAMI, Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — To bring vacation planning out of the realm of daydreaming and into the palms of consumers’…
OAS to support debt management discussions in Caribbean
From South Florida Caribbean news WASHINGTON, DC – The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, says the hemispheric body will support discussions on the debt situation in the Caribbean, given the gravity of the…
New Bar & Grill opens in East End [with Lionfish Tacos]
Eagle Ray’s Dive Bar & Grill opens at Compass Point Dive Resort, East End, Grand Cayman Eagle Ray’s Dive Bar & Grill is now open at Compass Point Dive Resort on Grand Cayman’s East End. With Lionfish Tacos on a…
UK Privy Council dismiss Caribbean Steel defunct
From SteelGuru Jamaica Observer reported that the UK Privy Council dismissed the defunct Caribbean Steel Company’s case against Price Waterhouse over alleged negligence in the accounting firm’s valuation of a company, which the maker of steel products bought in the…
China-Caribbean relations: a new footing needed
By Sir Ronald Sanders, From Caribbean360 Caribbean countries should be active in securing investment and concessionary loan financing from China but not to continue the construction of vanity projects that do not earn revenues says Sir Ronald Sanders. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,…
Drug gang violence is Honduras’ scourge
Dudley AlthausGlobalPost.com MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A battle this week that killed at least 17 people in a remote corner of the Caribbean coast of Honduras underscores the deteriorating security situation in what already ranks among the world’s deadliest countries….
Submersible uncovers secrets near Cayman Islands
By Hirohiko Nakamura From The Asahi Shimbun Manned submersible circles globe to pursue mysteries of deep-sea life The water darkens and becomes pitch black as three men in a cramped submersible descend near the British Cayman Islands in the Caribbean…
Leonid Plotkin | Sacred Mountains of China
From The Travel Photographer Travel photographers…brace yourself for a collection of compelling cultural and religious photo essays. Out of Leonid Plotkin’s many photo essays, I chose to feature his lovely work on the sacred mountains of China, which he photographed…
