Bolt, Fraser-Pryce named Jamaica’s top 2013 sports personalities
From Caribbean360 Both track stars won three gold medals at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow and were also crowned the IAAF World Athletes of the Year in December. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday January 13, 2014, CMC – Usain Bolt…
Schools can’t do it alone – [Jamaican/Cayman]
Reverend urges parents, society to take part in socialising, educating children By Jermaine Francis, Staff Reporter, The Gleaner A call is being made for parents and the wider society to recognise that schools alone cannot fully socialise and educate the…
100 refugees seek TT asylum
By Carol Matroo FromT&T Around 100 persons are currently seeking asylum in Trinidad and Tobago. This was revealed by the Living Water Community, the organisation which is assisting the refugees in settling away from their respective homes to a new…
Independent Exclusive: Scotland Yard’s rotten core: Police failed to address Met’s ‘endemic corruption’
By Tom Harper Independent UK Organised crime infiltrated police ‘at will’, according to secret report. Top-level internal inquiry identified scores of corrupt individuals working for Met. Organised criminals were able to infiltrate Scotland Yard “at will” by bribing corrupt officers,…
TNT first CFU team to semis [after beating Cayman]
From Anguilla News (Grand Cayman/Cayman Islands) – Trinidad & Tobago created history by securing a place in the semifinals of the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Under 20 Championship for the first time on Sunday 12 January after defeating hosts Cayman Islands…
Migratory Bird Day Celebration
Garden of the Groves International Migratory Bird Day Celebration By Erika Gates From The Bahamas Weekly Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas – Once again, the Garden of the Groves family is pleased to announce its participation in the annual International…
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,…
China buys more GM cars than US; Best States for 2014 job growth
From newsmax Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. U.S. Fertility Rate Hits All-Time Low 2. North Dakota, Arizona Best for Job Growth in ’14 3. Christian Pastor Freed in Iran After Christmas Arrest 4. Israel Naming Anti-Missile Facility for…
Goldman Sachs tweeted out this awesome photo of its view of the frozen Hudson River [Jan 9 2014]
By Linette Lopez From Business Insider The polar vortex has only one upside — all the gorgeous pictures people have taken of our frozen landscape. Goldman Sachs tweeted this picture of their view from downtown New York City. Goldman’s building…
Bermuda to use “Integrated Casino Resort” model for gaming
By the Caribbean Journal staff Casino gaming will be coming to Bermuda as announced late last year, the government said this week. The island’s government said it had decided to “proceed with the establishment of legalized casino gaming through the…
