What makes the Caribbean so great for sailing holidays?
From iwantsun UK The Caribbean is one of those places that’s often associated with sailing holidays and it’s become something of a hub for people keen to take to the sea and explore in their very own yacht. But just…
Free HIV Testing Week
Sunday, 1 December 2013, marks the 24th anniversary of World AIDS Day. First observed in 1988, World AIDS Day (WAD) has served to raise awareness about the epidemic, honor those who have died, focus attention on issues that are key…
The First Lady on the power of education
By Tina Tchen From The White House Blog Today, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited sophomores at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, DC. The First Lady’s remarks continued to expand her focus on issues…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Caribbean and US showcase successes of CBSI
By S Coward Cocaine seizures across CARICOM Member States, training of police personnel and the provision of fast boats to help curtail maritime criminal activities are among the successes of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). These were outlined by…
16 Tips to make sure your home isn’t a den of dangerous accidents waiting to happen
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist If you’re like me, you have no muscle memories of the apartment you’ve lived in for five years and thus find your body banging itself up against a corner like it popped out of…
U.N. climate meet becomes about “not losing ground”
From Independent European Daily Express WARSAW – Diann Black-Layne grew up in a single parent home with nine siblings on the tiny Caribbean island of Antigua. Still, life was easygoing and enjoyable, she recalls. For her, it was paradise. But…
iNews Briefs
Former police officer wins appeal over beating incident Rabe Welcome, who was fired from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service after being convicted of malicious wounding a man during an early morning off-duty arrest more than four years ago, has…
Legislator wants audit of EB-5 programme in SD [money flowing to & from Caymans]
By Dennis Daugaard From Argus Leader A Democratic state legislator is calling for an independent fiscal audit of South Dakota’s participation in a federal investment-for-green-cards immigration programme. The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development for years contracted with the…
Will SeaWorld tank after expose in ‘Blackfish’?
By Al Lewis From Market Watch Stock sinks as documentary makes a big splash The more people see the film “Blackfish,” the deeper stock of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. dives. Shares of Orlando, Fla.-based SeaWorld SEAS -0.65% have been sinking with…
