Suriname to host Caribbean regional psychology conference
From Caribbean News Now PARAMARIBO, Suriname — The Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations (CANPA) will hold its upcoming Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology (CRCP 2014) in Paramaribo, Suriname, from November 11-14, 2014, hosted by the Surinaamse Vereniging van Psychologen…
Trouble in Tethys – Extraordinary GM called
Tethys Petroleum Limited: Shareholder Requisition of Extraordinary General Meeting GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, Oct 20, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or the “Company”) (TPL)(TPL) announces that its board of directors has received a requisition from Pope…
TCI joins the Caribbean’s renewable energy race
From TCI Weekly News THE TCI deepened its commitment to advancing renewable energy by joining the Carbon War Room’s Ten Island Challenge on Thursday (October 16). Premier Rufus Ewing, and Justin Locke, Carbon War Room’s operations director, signed a memorandum…
The urgency of blood alcohol legislation and driving
By Henry S. Fraser From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sunday October 19, 2014 – Barbados is a small country of just over 280,000 population, plus a variable number of visitors and temporary residents, some from North America and Europe, who will…
Children ‘hacked to death’ in DR Congo town
From Al Jazeera At least 22, mostly women and children, hacked and clubbed to death, government says, in second massacre in a week. At least 22 people, most of them women and children, have been hacked and clubbed to death…
New global alliance for energy-efficient appliances and equipment launched
From Environmental Research Web The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently announced a new initiative to accelerate the transition to more efficient appliances and equipment to reduce global energy demand, mitigate climate change and improve access to energy. A worldwide…
Caribbean women recommit to advocating for diversity
From Caribbean News Now PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Advocates for lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues in the Caribbean have been encouraged to commit to enhance their advocacy at the second Caribbean Women and Sexual Diversity Conference. Staged in Paramaribo, Suriname, the…
Cricketers fight for foothold in baseball-mad Cuba
By Anne-Marie Garcia From The News Tribune HAVANA — The ball bounced off the pavement and Yordeni Caballero swung, whacking it with a soft thud and hurling his bat to the side as if he’d hit a homerun. As the…
Fidel: The time of duty has come
By Fidel Castro Oct 19, 2014 From Liberation Source: Cuban News Agency As published by www.cuba.cu HAVANA, Cuba Our country did not take a single minute to give a response to the international agencies requesting its support to combat the…
Grandma shockingly ‘texts’ from beyond the grave
By Chris Perez From New York Post Camera phones have become the best defense against big government Scientists develop sun-friendly glass for cellphones, tablets Could this be the solution to city sidewalk rage? The 1991 film that predicted the iPad,…
