Murders up 36 percent in Bahamas
By Royston Jones Jr. Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Murders in The Bahamas increased by 36 percent between January 1 and April 5, 2014, compared to the same period in 2013. There were 22…
Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda to take place in Jamaica
From Bahama Islands Info CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana — The Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda takes place on 9-11 April 2014, at The Jamaica Pegasus, Kingston, Jamaica. The three-day dialogue advances the Caribbean…
10 Famous missing airplanes
By Angela Tempest from CMV live PHOTO: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 1. Amelia Earhart Everyone has heard of Amelia Earhart and her disappearance in 1937 right? In case you haven’t, here’s the tale. She was the first female aviator to…
Decision delayed on jury trial for corruption accused
From T&C Weekly News A decision on whether the ten defendants fingered in widespread corruption under ex-Premier Michael Misick’s administration will face a bench or a jury trial has been delayed until May 27. Jamaican jurist, Justice Paul Harrison, who…
10 Uninhabited islands
10 Uninhabited islands and why nobody lives on them By Miss Cellania From Mental Floss The internet has embraced the story of Brendon Grimshaw over the past couple of weeks. Grimshaw did what so many dream of doing: he bought…
More than 600 foreign buyers at Expo Jamaica 2014
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica – A record number of over 600 buyers from 28 countries are participating in Expo Jamaica 2014, the Caribbean’s largest trade show, which got under way on April 3, at the National Arena in Kingston….
Sochi looking like a ghost city
Photos of Sochi looking like a ghost city one month after the Olympics By Tony Manfred From Business Insider The future of the Sochi Olympic venues is unclear. Alexander Valov, a Russian reporter for BlogSochi, visited Sochi’s “coastal cluster” —…
Athena grows in Cayman
Athena International Management, an independent directorship services provider in the Cayman Islands, has expanded its corporate governance team for the second time in the last six months. Bill Fleury, a financial services expert with more than twenty-five years of financial…
8 things companies have said that sounded like April Fool’s jokes but sadly weren’t
By Chris Morran From Consumerist In spite of the National Pork Council’s best legal efforts, one can still buy canned unicorn meat from ThinkGeek.com. For the calendar-challenged, we’ll point out that today is April 1, meaning the Internet is full…
3,112 Chikungunya cases confirmed in the Caribbean
From Caribbean New Media Group There have been 3,112 confirmed/probable cases of Chikungunya in the Caribbean to date. The Chikungunya virus is transmitted to humans mostly through the virus-carrying Aedes Aegypti mosquito and those of the Aedes species. The first…
