Management plan [St Croix] for invasive lionfish open for public comment
By Joy Blackburn From Virgin Islands Daily News ST. CROIX – Several years after the predatory, invasive Pacific lionfish showed up in territorial waters, a task force of federal agencies has developed a draft National Invasive Lionfish Prevention and Management…
Diary of UK nurse with Ebola reveals devastating suffering in Sierra Leone
By Blathnaid Healy From Mashable The nurse being treated for Ebola in a London hospital described her experiences working in Sierra Leone in a diary published only days earlier in a Scottish newspaper. In the piece, published by The Scotsman…
Rafieya Husain lands among top 10 at Miss World 2014
Trail blazer Rafieya Husain lands among top 10 at Miss World 2014 By Alex Wayne From Guyana Chronicle We knew she was certainly going to excel at the Miss World 2014 and she did even more by blazing a trail…
Too many hurdles for tourism in Trinidad
By Joseph Rodrigues From Trinidad Express It has been almost 30 years since I left Trinidad and even while living in Trinidad and growing up (I left at 26 years old), there was always talk of a tourism push but…
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,…
ECLAC hails thaw in US-Cuba relations
From T&T Newsday THE following is a statement delivered by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena on last Wednesday’s historic announcement by United States President Barack Obama of plans to restore diplomatic relations…
Australia is hunting for a killer shark that a teenager fired a spear into
From Business Insider Experts say attacks by sharks are increasing as water sports become more popular Sydney (AFP) – A teenager who escaped a shark attack that killed his friend in western Australia has described how he fired his spear…
14 Memorable NLJ Supreme Court Stories of 2014
By Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro, Legal Times Here’s a look back at 14 of The National Law Journal’s most popular Supreme Court stories of 2014. Ginsburg on Rulings, Race The turmoil in Ferguson, Mo., and the controversial stop-and-frisk policy…
[Bahamas] Deputy Prime Minister speaks on Bahamasair pilots’ recent action
Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis Minister with responsibility for Bahamasair December 28, 2014 The recent unprovoked and unwarranted industrial action taken by the Pilots of the national flag carrier Bahamasair is of great concern to…
