Lewis Hamilton vs Ken Block: F1 vs Global Rally Cross at Top Gear Festival Barbados
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday May 19, 2014 – It’s a race that the world of motorsport was eagerly awaiting, and Top Gear Festival Barbados didn’t let us down. For the first time ever, race ace Lewis Hamilton, took on…
United States to host CONCACAF Women’s Championship on road to World Cup Canada 2015
United States to host CONCACAF Women’s Championship on road to World Cup Canada 2015 Canada (pictured) celebrates after winning the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament in Cancun, Mexico. (Photo: Mexsport) MIAMI (May 16, 2014) – The Confederation of…
Protesters in Belfast demonstrate to ‘Bring Back Our Girls’
From News Letter UK Members of Northern Ireland’s Nigerian community held a protest in Belfast on Saturday morning to express their concern for the abducted schoolgirls still missing in their home country. More than 200 Nigerian teens, all female, were…
Tsunami conspiracy theories in the Caribbean
By Martín De Ambrosio From SciDevNet [ST THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS] As soon as I arrived at last week’s meeting on tsunami science here in the Caribbean, I encountered two delegates who shared a worrying rumour with me: “Somebody knows something…
Costa Rica has the 4th highest rate of alcoholism in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Corey Kane From The Tico Times The beer-loving Central American country had the fourth highest rate of alcohol dependence in the region, though it was not significantly higher than the regional average. The World Health Organization (WHO) published a…
Buffett trims GM stake while Einhorn exits amid record recalls
From Moneynews Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. cut its stake in General Motors Co. in the first quarter and some hedge funds including Greenlight Capital Inc. exited completely as the carmaker recalled a record number of vehicles. Berkshire reduced its…
Ground beef recall linked to 11 illnesses in four [US] states
By Jenn Harris From Los Angeles Times At least 11 people in four states have been infected with E. coli-related illnesses linking back to the 1.8 million pounds of ground beef recalled by a Detroit packing company Monday, according to…
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,…
Digicel kick starts the future of Cayman football
Chelsea FC Foundation coaches the Cayman Islands’ top three players who will attend the Digicel Academy Monday, 20th May 2014 – George Town, Grand Cayman: Senior International Development Officer for the Chelsea FC Foundation and Digicel Kick Start Clinics Head…
The Caribbean colony that brought down Scotland
By Allan Little BBC News, Darien, Panama As Scotland prepares for an independence referendum I decided to look back at the late 1690s when an independent Scotland launched an ambitious but ultimately doomed plan to create a colony in what…
