Caribbean medical school students help St. Kitts kids with ‘Each One Reach One’ campaign
Students at Caribbean Medical School UMHS design clever donation vehicle using supermarket rewards points – give proceeds to needy children on their host nation of St. Kitts The dream for this initiative (EROC) is to be able to assist the…
One more confirmed case of chikungunya in Cayman Islands – total now 6
Chikungunya Update as of 15 September 2014 The total number of confirmed cases of chikungunya has reached six, as at September 15, 2014. Since the last update on 8 September 2014, five new cases were placed under investigation during 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,…
Salmond: it’s the BBC’s unconscious bias which is extraordinary
From Herald Scotland ALEX Salmond bursts into the single quiet room within the SNP’s whirring headquarters, pulls off his tie, and flops into a window seat with the look of a runner coming off an exercise rush, tired yet strangely…
Best and worst cooking oils
From Jack Galloway Fitness Some oils are stable under heat (i.e. when you cook with them). This means that once all the cooking is done, the quality of the fat is left untouched, undamaged, and healthy in our bodies. But…
Reports: Selfie-taking doc’s unauthorized biopsy may have killed Joan Rivers
By Josh Dickey From Mashable Joan Rivers’ cardiac arrest may have been triggered by an unauthorized biopsy that the comedian’s personal physician — who apparently took a selfie in the operating room — performed on Rivers’ vocal cords, CNN reported…
The body dryer blows water off your body — no towel needed
By Samantha Murphy Kelly From Mashable There’s a chance your bathroom towel could end up in a retired pile of old cassette tapes and fax machines as something replaced by newer, shinier technology. As part of an effort to shake…
Ruthless Windies humiliate Bangladesh, win series
From Caribbean360 GROS ISLET, St Lucia, Wednesday September 17, 2014, CMC – A century from Shiv Chanderpaul, Sulieman Benn’s five wicket haul and three wickets from Jerome Taylor Helped, as West Indies ran rings around Bangladesh to win by 296…
France hails Haiti’s “firm determination to fight corruption”
By Joseph Guyler C. Delva From HCNN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — A high-ranking French diplomat in Haiti has acknowledged that current Haitian authorities had a firm determination to fight corruption, but warned that the fight against the plague will be…
A Cork pioneer who is helping tourists to find their feet here
By Louise McBride From Independent IE Swimming with sea turtles in Barbados or climbing Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica might be high on your wish list if you’re lucky enough to visit the Caribbean islands soon. However, unless you know…
