Govt assures doctors cash issues will be fixed
By Kaymar Jordan From Barbados Today The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) has been given assurances by Government that recent cash-flow challenges of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) are being addressed. At a meeting convened by Minister of Health…
Fuse ODG: ‘Why I turned down Bob Geldof and Band Aid 30’
By Dionne Grant Afrobeats star says the lyrics were ‘not in line’ with his personal message Afrobeats artist Fuse ODG has confirmed he declined Sir Bob Geldof’s invitation to feature on this year’s Band Aid charity anthem aimed to raise…
Nasa’s Orion spaceship makes splashdown
By Jonathan Amos Science From BBC News The US space agency’s new Orion crew capsule has completed its maiden, unmanned voyage with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico. Drone video sighted the ship descending gently on its parachutes,…
Banff, Alberta from the top of Sulphur Mountain
By Gary Arndt From Everything Everywhere Banff, Alberta as seen from the top of Sulphur Mountain My name is Gary Arndt. In March 2007 I sold my house and have been traveling around the world ever since. Since I started…
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,…
Five Caribbean islands with hardly any day-tripper traffic
By David Swanson The Moorish architecture of Cap Juluca on Maundays Bay helped set the style for resorts to come on Anguilla. On my first trip to Tortola almost two decades ago, I was struck how the British Virgin Island’s…
Cable and Wireless/Columbus “monopoly” worries Caribbean telecoms ministers
From The Guardian T&T CASTRIES, St Lucia – Telecommunication ministers from the Eastern Caribbean will work with T&T industry authorities to protect the region’s consumers. Telecommunication ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) say the proposed acquisition by…
David Coulthard heads to Barbados for ROC 2014
From Caribbean News Now BUSHY PARK, Barbados — Thirteen-time Formula 1 grand prix winner David Coulthard has become the latest driver to sign up for the 2014 Race Of Champions, to be held later this month at the Bushy Park…
CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal Schedule Amended –UPDATED–
First leg matchups involving Alajuelense-DC United and Olimpia-Herediano Switch Dates Miami, FL (Wednesday, December 3, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today issued an amended schedule for the quarterfinals of the 2014/15 edition…
Attorney General to return to Caribbean
By Bert Wilkenson From Caribbean Life Eric Holder will soon be resigning from his office as the first African American attorney general of the United States, but he is working to ensure he has one last high-level meeting with Caribbean…