Dominica’s Michele Henderson wins CARICOM song competition
“Celebrating CARICOM” is regional body’s official anthem AGSelectPR, Roseau, Thursday, May 29, 2014: Dominican, jazz, fusion singer Michele Henderson is the winner of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) song competition, and her winning entry “Celebrating CARICOM” is now the regional body’s…
Tennessee to roll out ‘No Refusal’ blood-draw DUI checkpoints
From Police State USA Each holiday lends police another excuse to acclimate the public toward their intrusive police state enforcement tactics TENNESSEE — Holidays are a convenient excuse to push the limits of the police power over citizens. All across…
Frog with mouth sewn shut shows up in St.Lucia.
By SNO from Times Caribbean Attracts crowd, onlookers say its OBEAH! A large frog [Crapaud (CROPPO)]Frog with its mouth sewn near a court house in Castries has attracted a lot of attention. Reports are that the frog was first spotted…
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,…
The [Cayman Islands] Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014
Article by Matt Mulry and Christine Holland from Dillon Eustace The Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (the “Law”) which provides for the regulation of directors of certain entities in the Cayman Islands was published on the 21st of May,…
In Puerto Rico, cocaine gains access to U.S.
By Lizette Alvarez From New York Times SAN JUAN, P.R. — With its navigation lights off, the 35-foot speedboat raced north toward Puerto Rico one night this month, its two large engines at full throttle. Above, a Coast Guard helicopter…
David Copperfield’s Caribbean resort
Peek inside David Copperfield’s Caribbean resort available for $40K a night to rent From Celeb Digs This place is pure magic! David Copperfield owns this exclusive Caribbean resort made up of 11 islands in the Bahamas, and if you’re rich…
NASA captures crazy images of forest fire from space
Nasa Earth Observatory From Business Insider NASA Earth Observatory Spring came early to southern Alaska in 2014, bringing warm and dry weather. By the end of May, vegetation was already primed to burn. So when a fire broke out on…
Maya Angelou – an American messenger, a universal message
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 29, 2014 – A remarkable American voice has been stilled, but the entire world is poorer for it. Many of us – including me – never met Maya Angelou, yet…
Why US companies can earn $51 billion in the Cayman Islands even though its GDP is only $3 billion
By Tim Fernholz @timfernholz From Quartz The foreign subsidiaries of US corporations made $94 billion in Bermuda in 2010, the latest year we have data for. That’s incredible work, since only $6 billion of goods and services were produced on…
