Star studded charity game to be a highlight of final week celebrations in St. Kitts
Kingston, Jamaica — [On Thu 22 May], cricketing legends, Sir Ian “Beefy” Botham and Brian Lara, together with media personality, Piers Morgan, have teamed up with the Limacol Caribbean Premier League to announce ‘Beefy’s Bash’, an all-star charity T20 game…
Another Bermuda “Jetgate” casualty as AG quits post
By Ivan Clifford From Caribbean360 HAMILTON, Bermuda, Friday May 22, 2014, CMC – Mark Pettingill resigned as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs on Thursday as the fall-out over the so-called Jetgate affair that had already resulted in the…
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,…
National Weather Service kinda, sorta explains its major data outage
By Andrew Freedman The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a memo on Friday afternoon detailing the likely causes and lessons learned from the major computer disruption on Thursday afternoon, which knocked out the central automated system through which the agency…
Rihanna ditches Instagram over nudity issue
From Caribbean360 CALIFORNIA, United States, Friday May 23, 2014 – Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna has given the photo sharing site Instagram the boot, and for the time being is confining her social media life to her Twitter and Facebook accounts….
Permaculture poised to conquer the Caribbean
By Mark Olalde From IPS “You can start in your backyard, so there’s no cost. You can implement certain parts of it in your apartment…If you have a porch with some sunlight, you can plant something there and start thinking…
Empowering moms to beat arthritis through exercise
By George Hulse From Caribbean Life May is a wonderful time to usher in the warmth of spring, to enjoy the rebirth of the season’s trees and flowers, and especially to honor the special woman in our life who delivered…
CFU poised to take off again, says Derrick
IANS From Business Standard Bridgetown (Barbados), May 25 (IANS/CMC) Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president Gordon Derrick believes the organisation has turned the corner and is poised to take off yet again. The governing body was left in disarray following the…
Newspaper claims US uses jailed Caribbean migrants for cheap labour
From Jamaica Observer HOUSTON (CMC) –The New York Times newspaper says the United States federal government is relying on tens of thousands of Caribbean and other immigrants to provide essential labour even as Washington cracks down on illegal migration. The…
Cayman Governor delivers 2014 Throne Speech
2014 THRONE SPEECH Delivered by Her Excellency the Governor, Mrs Helen Kilpatrick, CB Monday, 26 May 2014 / Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly Building Good morning, Honourable Speaker, Honourable Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly, ladies and gentlemen, it’s an honour…