A Caribbean lesson from Cuba
By Dennis Chung From Caribbean Journal Last month I was a member of the delegation that visited Cuba with Jamaica Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson to look at that country’s preparation for Ebola, and thus take back some lessons for…
Australia wanted the World Cup so bad it did a horrible thing
By Jenni Ryall From Mashable It is official, we are terrible humans that put football above humanity. Australians are obsessed with sport, but this has taken it to a new, depressing low. Australia attempted to use African aid money to…
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone doctor dies in US
From BBC A surgeon from Sierra Leone who was being treated for Ebola in the US has died, a Nebraska hospital announced. Martin Salia, who has US residency and is married to an American, arrived for treatment in the state…
Ansbacherman returns to haunt official Ireland
By Shane Ross From INDEPENDENT IE Give us a break. Stifle the phoney outrage. We all knew that certain Fianna Fail TDs were as crooked as bent nails in the Sixties and Seventies. If there was a few hot bob…
Paseo Caribbean food declares bankruptcy, signals tax troubles
By Mark Baumgarten From Seattle News Shedding some light on the mystery surrounding Tuesday’s sudden closure of beloved sandwich shop Paseo, the company filed for bankruptcy yesterday afternoon. In the petition to the United States Bankruptcy Court (included at 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,…
Liveblu Apparel
Amber Allensworth brings Liveblu Apparel to Grand Cayman From Deep Blu Images Amber Allensworth had a vision to create a brand that embodies big, blue skies and other soul warming, wide open spaces. Liveblu specializes in easygoing women’s and men’s…
First ARC Bahamas boats make landfall in the Caribbean
From Sail World After a brief respite back in Amish Country, where the Rally Control team was based after the Portsmouth pre-departure program, we’re back on the road and back in the islands. Unfortunately, it wasn’t exactly the warm Caribbean…
Did PM Gonsalves fail to inform the people about the status of the Wikileak disclosures?
By Peter Binose There are at least thirty five Wikileak releases of cables from the US Ambassador in Barbados to the US that carry reference or contain PM Gonsalves name, some of which carry derogatory statements, some of which may…
Adams ‘gun’ comments are ‘threat’ to all journalists
By Jerome Reilly and Allison Bray From INDEPENDENT IE Gerry Adams has been condemned around the world for his threatening comments about Independent Newspapers. At a Sinn Fein $500 a plate fundraiser in New York, Adams told how Michael Collins…
