Match times confirmed for 2014 Caribbean Premier League
From CPLT20 Variety of start times to enable all fans the chance to enjoy the Biggest Party in Sport Friday, 30th May – Kingston, Jamaica: The Limacol Caribbean Premier League has unveiled the start times of the 30 games set…
Caribbean immigrant Emmelin Marcina King is still ‘carrying on’ at 100 years old
From New York Daily News Youthful in mind and body, the St. Vincent-born great-grandmother celebrates her big birthday with plenty of laughter – and dancing – at a Bronx affair Ordinary “form letter” congratulations came from the White House, but…
Sand, sun & smart growth? Reframing the Caribbean as an urban region
By Greg Scruggs Dying downtowns, disaster recovery and selling politicians on the virtues of smart growth are familiar themes tossed about at your standard confab of urban professionals. But in this case, the downtowns in question are in places like…
COB graduands told to use knowledge to better the nation
From Bahama Islands Info NASSAU, Bahamas — Academic knowledge must be balanced with knowledge of God, the Spring 2014 Commencement Class of The College of The Bahamas was told as they worshipped together at the Baccalaureate Service at the Holy…
New “90-90-90” targets for controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Caribbean and
By PAHO/WHO From Bahamas Weekly Countries pledge to increase to 90% the proportion of people who know they have HIV, the proportion on antiretroviral treatment, and the proportion with suppressed viral load Mexico City, 28 May 2014 (PAHO/WHO-UNAIDS) – In…
Three men confess to gang rape, murder of teen girls in India
By Kurt Wagner From Mashable Three men have confessed to raping and then murdering two teenage girls in India, police said Sunday, according to a report. The suspects, who face rape and murder charges punishable by the death penalty in…
Chinese hackers widespread, difficult to control
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Moneynews Chinese Internet hackers are widespread and difficult to trace, and even though the government and military have benefited from their expertise, sometimes using hackers has backfired on Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported. “I think…
The Caribbean should have a different order of priorities for foreign policy
By David Jessop From Stabroek News When Barack Obama campaigned to be-come President of the United States he made clear that he was against what he described as ‘wars of choice,’ a reference to the way he saw George W…
Griffin: Almost 900 children were victims of sexual assault in 2008-11
From Bahama Islands Info NASSAU, The Bahamas — Almost 900 children under the age of 16, the majority of whom were girls, were reported to be victims of sexual assault in The Bahamas between 2008-2011, Minister of Social Services and…
Health City conducts successful highly specialised heart procedure
Doctors at Health City Cayman Islands have successfully completed their first electrophysiology study (EPS) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) on a patient from Trinidad and Tobago. These highly specialised procedures would normally require a trip to the United States for the…
