Cruise ships go green with plants
Fran Golden, Special to USA TODAY On every ship you can view water but it’s only on a select few where you can stop and smell the roses, or at least enjoy the presence of real living flowers and plants….
Beheading is warning from Trinidad gang members – police
From Caribbean360 The Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) said the killing was a gang’s attempt to flex its muscle in a terrible way and gangs in the country were becoming copycats of the South American style of warfare. PORT-OF-SPAIN,…
The Céspedes saga
By Susan Slusser and Demian Bulwa, From San Francisco Chronicle, Pub on Ultimate Astros Marooned on a tiny Caribbean island, family members of Oakland A’s star Yoenis Céspedes feared their journey would end right there under a baking sun. Their…
Opinion: Simon Donner and climate warming
By Doug Craig From redding.com Doug Craig was an Air Force brat born in Germany, grew up in L.A., Northern Virginia and Dayton, Ohio. Obtained a B.A. in Journalism and a Doctorate in Psychology. Employed as a clinical psychologist in…
Arctic sea ice up 60 percent in 2013
By Melanie Batley From newsmax An unusually cold Arctic summer has resulted in almost a million more square miles of ocean covered with ice compared to the same time last year, bucking predictions that global warming would result in the…
America remembers its fallen
From The Daily Mail UK By Becky Evans, David Mccormack and Associated Press Reporter Emotions run high as relatives of 9/11 victims gather at Ground Zero twelve years after tragedy In New York, the moving tribute started at 8:46 a.m….
Key HIV strain ‘came from Haiti’
By Neil Bowdler Science reporter, BBC News The strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the United States and Europe has been traced back to Haiti by an international team of scientists. The strain passed from Haiti to the…
CaribbeanTales launches CaribbeanTales-TV
By Lindsay Presswell From rabble.ca CaribbeanTales Film Festival showcases films from all Caribbean countries, launches CaribbeanTales-TV CaribbeanTales is a festival of immense scope: it lasts over a month and showcases the best of what the entire Caribbean has to offer…
McCallum explains costly blunder
From The Gleaner As one locally based player moved from outcast to lifesaver during Tuesday night’s CONCACAF Hexagonal World Cup Qualifying match against Costa Rica inside the National Stadium, another descended from saviour to villain. Jermaine ‘Tuffy’ Anderson, who after…
Shining Stars Childhood Care and Education Centre in the Cayman Islands offer another first
Shining Stars Childhood Care and Education Centre further cements its position as an innovator in the Cayman Islands childcare industry through the use of biometric technology. Parents of children enrolled at Shining Stars are benefitting from the first use of…