SickKids targets children’s cancer in the Caribbean
By Donovan Vincent From The Star Pediatrician Sharon McLean-Salmon is here in Toronto from Jamaica to learn skills aimed at assisting her in improving survival rates for children in the Caribbean who have cancer. Dr. McLean-Salmon is in year one…
St Kitts defends Citizenship by Investment Programme following US probe
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government says while it has not been officially informed by the United States of an investigation into how three Iranians had in their possessions passports of the twin island Federation,…
Artist turns classic works of art into 8-bit masterpieces
By Andrea Romano From Mashable Imagine if your favorite arcade games could hang in an art gallery. Artist Adam Lister combines the art world with the video game world by taking famous paintings and images from pop culture and painting…
A quick guide to the Cayman Islands’ Confidential Relationships (Preservation) Law (2009 Revision)
From Mourant Ozannes The Confidential Relationships (Preservation) Law (2009 Revision) (CRPL) seeks to maintain the confidentiality of commercial activities that take place in or in connection with the Cayman Islands, while also providing for the disclosure of confidential information through…
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal rules on Antigua electoral petitions
From Caribbean360 TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Monday April 28, 2014, CMC – The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Antigua and Barbuda Opposition Leader Gaston Browne challenging the constitutionality of the decision of Parliament…
Turtles change migration routes due to climate change
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz From Inter Press Service CAHUITA NATIONAL PARK, Costa Rica, IPS – The critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle has few sanctuaries left in the world, and this is one of them. But in 2012 only 53 nests…
CONCACAF and CONMEBOL announce agreement to bring Copa America 2016 to the United States
Centennial Cup America will be most important sporting event in U.S. in decades. MIAMI, FL (Thursday, May 1, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) revealed in…
This T-shaped thingamabob is The Hands-Free Version of Waze For Cyclists
By Rebecca Borison From Business Insider When Piet Morgan was in college, he decided he was going to ride his bike across the country from New York to San Francisco. He had been an avid cyclist since he was a…
Youth crime a major challenge for St Lucia – minister
From Caribbean360 CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – National Security Minister Victor La Corbiniere has cited youth crime as one of two major challenges impacting on the island’s security. “I am more and more concerned about what I feel to be…
18 baby octopuses make their debut at Mote aquarium
By Summer Smith From Baynews9 Shown attached are three baby Caribbean reef octopus, also known as octopus briareus, that hatched last week. (Photo: Mote Marine Laboratory) For the first time, the Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota is home…
