ALP wins general election, pledges a ‘new dawn’ for Antigua and Barbuda
By Peter Richards From Caribbean360 ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Friday June 13, 2014, CMC – Gaston Browne led his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) to a crushing victory in the general elections held on Thursday and has pledged to make…
Supreme Court allows false-advertising suit against Coca-Cola
By Brent Kendall From Wall Street Journal Beverage Giant Faces Claims by Pom Wonderful over Pomegranate-Flavored Juice WASHINGTON—During oral arguments this spring, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy led sharp questioning on whether Coca-Cola Co. KO -0.33% ‘s marketing of a…
from Google’s street art project
Strikingly beautiful murals from Google’s street art project By Christina Ascani From Mashable Google unveiled more than 5,000 images and 100 online exhibitions chronicling street art from around the world on Tuesday. The Street Art Project online database was created…
Dirty Guyana Police
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life News In recent years, opposition groups, active media, rights organizations and ordinary Guyanese have watched in awe as the police administration grapples with a growing brigade of rogue cops engaged in open torture of…
Taking action to reduce carbon pollution at the state, local, and tribal level
By David Agnew, Mike Boots From The Whitehouse Blog This morning [June 2 2014], the Obama administration put forward the first-ever plan to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. Cutting carbon emissions will help prevent up to 6,500 premature deaths…
The UK, the Caribbean and a changing relationship
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor From Dominican Today Every two years the British and the Caribbean governments meet with the objective of moving forward a relationship that has become much changed. This time it is the UK’s…
Honeymooning visitor in Cayman Islands caught with live bullets/Man charged with burglary
From Cayman Islands HM Customs On Saturday 14th June, 2014, a 27-year-old male visitor from the State of Wyoming, USA was arrested by HM Customs Officers at the Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman after his luggage was searched and…
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Briton fatally stabbed in Barbados From Belfast Telegraph A British man has been stabbed to death on the Caribbean island of Barbados, it was reported today (16). The victim, who has not been named, was stabbed in the chest early…
Jamaica passes law to decriminalize marijuana for personal use/Doctors against
Jamaica passes law to decriminalize marijuana for personal use From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday June 13, 2014, CMC – Plans are in the making for the decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana. “Cabinet approved certain changes to the…
