UK Government axes Caribbean catering college
By Poppy Brady, in the West Midlands From The Voice Kajans was set up under free school legislation but Department for Education (DfE) says pupil numbers are ‘too low’ ANGRY parents and members of the community refused to let Government…
Jamaica getting tough on supplements after doping scandal
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday June 26, 2014, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is pondering new laws to tackle the illegal importation of banned substances as the country continues its effort to recover from a doping scandal that…
Summer Fun Concert
On Tuesday 24 June, the students of Savannah United Church After School Enrichment Programme (SASEP) presented their yearend “Summer Fun Concert”. Parents, guardians, family, friends, and guests enjoyed the entertainment, with the theme being summer. The students sang, danced, recited…
China has the fastest supercomputer in the world — again
By Lance Ulanoff From Mashable Zipping along at 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second), China’s Tianhe-2 is the world’s fastest computer for the third year in a row, according to Top500, a twice yearly compilation of the fastest computers…
Suarez banned nine matches for bite
By Mike CollettFrom Stuff.co.nz Uruguay will decide in coming hours whether to appeal Fifa’s ruling, local media reported. Suarez was also suspended from any football-related activity for four months and fined 100,000 Swiss francs (NZ$127,000), football’s world governing body said…
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,…
Achievements of the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
CRFM Secretariat, Belize City, Wed. 25 June 2014—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, hosted the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting from June 10 to 17, 2014. Thirteen CRFM Member States: Anguilla, Belize, Grenada,…
Jamaica’s FDI Grows 16%
By Richard Browne, Business Reporter, Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica’s foreign direct investment (FDI) continues to improve, showing it to have one of the fastest growth rates, though well behind the region’s two major leaders, according to figures from the latest World…
Women’s Caribbean Cup finals schedule announced
CONCACAF.com KINGSTON, Jamaica – June 26, 2014 – The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) announced Wednesday the final round schedule for the inaugural Caribbean Women’s Cup, the region’s championship for national teams that is doubling as a qualifying competition for the…
Rebekah and the trial that cost £100million: £50m on the defence, £40m spent by taxpayers and 195 police officers diverted from other duties
By Stephen Wright and Richard Pendlebury From Daily Mail UK Hacking trial itself cost £1.75m while police investigations topped £30m Up to £50m spent on defence lawyers – and there are more cases to come Met’s Homicide Command has a…
