Turks and Caicos police probe Haitian migrant boat capsizing
From Channel News Asia Police in the Turks and Caicos islands on Thursday were investigating how a boat overloaded with Haitian migrants capsized as it was being towed into port in the British Caribbean territory, killing 17 people. MIAMI: Police…
Richard Branson’s top 10 business tips of 2013
By Alison Griswold From Business Insider PHOTO: Paul Kane/Getty Images and blogs.ca.com As the year winds down, Entrepreneur is revisiting the best business advice entrepreneur Richard Branson had to offer this year. In a recent post, the site recaps the…
Good news on Christmas Day for Arctic 30
St Petersburg, 25 December 2013 – The final chapter in the legal ordeal of the Arctic 30 began today as the group was asked to attend a meeting at Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee, where the criminal case against them is…
Honduras police say great-granddaughter of General Foods Inc heiress slain in Caribbean
THE great-granddaughter of heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post has been found slain at her luxury spa resort on the Caribbean island of Roatan, Honduras police say. Roatan police chief Alex Madrid said Nedenia Post Dye was found stabbed in…
St Vincent flood damage in the millions – Gonsalves
By Kenton Chance From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Friday December 27, 2013, CMC – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government said it would need “millions of dollars” to rebuild the country battered by a slow moving low level trough…
US teen, cousin killed in Jamaica
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday December 27, 2013, CMC – The mother of a teenager from Brooklyn who was killed while on vacation here, is opening up about the incident. The teenager, Franciena Johnson, 19, was visiting relatives when she…
Do German nutcrackers really crack nuts?
From ChristKindl-Market One of the most popular questions people ask about German nutcrackers is whether or not they really can be used to crack nuts. The short answer to this question is of course, yes* they can crack nuts, but…
Tessanne Chin talks about how Jamaica helped her win The Voice
By Amber Garrett from wetpaint Photo: Tessanne Chin, The Voice Season 5 Winner Credit: Trae Patton/NBC © NBC Universal, Inc. Tessanne Chin’s friends, family, and fans in Jamaica may not have been able to show their support with votes, but…
Rape victim, 14, denied abortion in Argentina
From news.com.au LAWYERS for a 14-year old Argentine rape victim say they are appealing against a court decision to deny the girl an abortion. The girl discovered early last month that she was pregnant after being raped by her mother’s…
‘Our little angel’ Laney Brown, 8, passes away
By Steven Henshaw Reading Eagle Thursday December 26, 2013 12:01 AM Many of the thousands who gathered Saturday on a West Reading street to sing Christmas carols to Delaney Brown probably never heard of the 8-year-old girl until last week….
