Watching for Migrants this October—International Migratory Bird Day
From eBird Caribbean One of the biggest events of the birding calendar, International Migratory Bird Day, came up last weekend on October 11. The Caribbean is fortunate to be located in the center of many Western Hemisphere migration routes. The…
Memories of MassComm
By Alma Mockyen From Jamaica Observer Veteran broadcaster reflects as Carimac celebrates 40 years Alma Mockyen was one of the first students to read for the Diploma in Mass Communication at CARIMAC, University of the West Indies. As CARIMAC celebrates…
Being Muslim in Barbados: An exclusive interview
From Caribbean360 Suleiman Bulbulia on Barbados’ Muslim community BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday October 7, 2014. AMG — The power of the media to shape and influence public perceptions comes with great responsibility. When AMG decided to cover reactions to the Barbados…
Trinidad and Tobago launches internet exchange point
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago has become the latest Caribbean nation to launch an Internet exchange point (IXP). Called TTIX, the local IXP brings together seven of the country’s Internet service providers (ISPs)….
Cayman Islands heads to Trinidad
At the end of September, two Cayman riders headed to Trinidad for the third leg of the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Junior Show Jumping Competition. (“CEA JSJC”) Each calendar year, the four CEA countries, Cayman, Barbardos, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago,…
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,…
Briton Steven Goodman ‘evades service’ of lawsuit connected to Cayman Islands Axiom Legal Financing Fund
British attorney Steven Goodman has been accused of “actively evading service” of a complaint against him in New York for alleged extortion regarding the fraudulent Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund. Even though the complaint was filed at federal court…
Nobel Prize in literature goes to French novelist
Bookends From Jamaica Observer STOCKHOLM (AP) — Patrick Modiano of France, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effect on his country, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature last Thursday. The Swedish Academy gave…
CARIBBEAN DEBT: Lingering debt spectres highlight need for change in the Caribbean
By Oliver West From Emerging Markets Jamaica is getting back on track and could become an unlikely poster child for the IMF. However, elsewhere in the Caribbean the threat of default looms and some countries are not ready to ask…
Cuban athletes face hurdles on road to sporting glory
By Will Grant BBC News, Havana Looming down on Cuba’s young athletes as they train at the Pan American Stadium on the outskirts of Havana is a billboard with an image of Che Guevara and his famous words “Hasta la…
