Phillip Hughes: Australian batsman dies, aged 25/Windies pay tribute/Israeli cricket umpire killed by ball
From BBC Australia Test batsman Phillip Hughes has died aged 25, two days after being struck on the top of the neck by a ball during a domestic match in Sydney. Australia team doctor Peter Brukner said he passed away…
The Model Is Broken – ‘The Changing Face of Caribbean Banking’
From The Voice In the year 2014, the economies of the OECS and without a doubt, the wider Caribbean, stand with their backs against the wall, thrust into that position by behemoth forces. To be specific, the region’s development to…
NTA to create ‘thousands’ of new opportunities for Bahamians
From Bahama islands info NASSAU, The Bahamas — Legislation contained in the National Training Agency Bill will provide the framework for the creation of a training programme and mechanism that will serve as a “bridge to the future” by creating…
Getting to Zero: World AIDS Day
The Public Health Department, the Cayman AIDS Foundation and the Cayman Islands Red Cross have partnered to organize five days of free HIV/AIDS testing as part of its World AIDS Day which is observed on 1 December each year. Taking…
Green Globe members sweep the Top 10 list of Greenest Hotels in the Caribbean
LOS ANGELES, California – Several Green Globe members have made the Top 10 list of Greenest Resorts in the Caribbean Journal for 2013. Green Globe’s Caribbean representative, Wendy Walker Drakes says, “These Green Globe member hotels and resorts are some…
Travel like an A-lister!
By Sarah Turner From Daily Mail UK The converted Caribbean sugar mill where Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, the Beckhams and Kate Moss holiday Cotton House in Mustique has become a Caribbean must for the elite Fans of the property include: Cheryl Fernandez-Versini,…
PD James, crime novelist, dies aged 94
From BBC Crime novelist PD James, who penned more than 20 books, has died aged 94. Her agent said she died “peacefully at her home in Oxford” on Thursday morning. The author’s books, many featuring sleuth Adam Dalgliesh, sold millions…
Barbados: Lower energy costs at the core
By Barbados Business Authority from Nationnews Should Barbados pursue a 100 per cent renewable energy system? Is a 100 per cent renewable energy system the answer to Barbados’ energy problems? Prominent German university Professor Olav Hohmeyer thinks so, and he…
China grants more educational scholarships to The Bahamas
From Bahamaislandsinfo NASSAU, Bahamas — Thirteen Bahamians, seven of whom are students of The College of The Bahamas and The College’s Confucius Institute, have accepted scholarships to study in the People’s Republic of China during the 2013-2014 academic year. The…
Evaluating Cairo+20 and looking toward 2015
By Ana Abelenda From Friday Files During the First session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean that took place in Montevideo, 12-15 August 2013, AWID spoke to women’s rights activists from the…
