‘Life in the Rain Forest’
Torrential rains in the Caribbean last year created a damp and dense atmosphere in the forested area where my family and I vacationed. The flora and fauna challenged us and we endured the constant buzz of the various insects. The…
Canada: Old Hollywood film set transforms into community hub
The Town of Shelburne to receive assistance for new Guild Hall events facility July, 2015 – Shelburne, N.S. – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Over the years, Shelburne’s historic architecture and seaside vistas have doubled for 17th century Salem, Massachusetts and…
Blackness without borders: Global Caribbean solidarity for Haitians
By Kim Katrin Milan From telesurtn.net Out of our homeland and in the global north, we have to be intentional about the way that we use our influence to impact countries in the global south. When I was in my…
Scott urges fitting tribute to Isaac Matalon
From Jamaica Observer The head of the English Constitution of Freemasons in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Walter H Scott, has urged members of the St Thomas Lodge to name the building in which they meet in honour of the…
Cuba will revert to being just another Caribbean island — and that’s a good thing
By David Blair, The Telegraph From National Post Former Cuban president Fidel Castro was surely guilty of the single most irresponsible act in human history. At the height of the Cuban missile crisis, he dispatched a letter to Soviet leader…
An Antitrust Litigation ‘Explosion’
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal Drug companies’ “pay for delay” deals scrutinized. Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis erected a roadblock against pharmaceutical companies paying competitors to delay…
Inside footage shows Cardiff mum’s time in Caribbean jail after being accused of killing her husband
By Tyler Mears From Wales Online ITV documentary Brits Behind Bars shows Nicole Reyes in jail in the Dominican Republic as her family at home in Cardiff fought for her release Unique footage from inside the Caribbean prison where a…
Britain’s Cameron warns of dirty money in London property
By AFP From Business Insider British Prime Minister David Cameron is to announce a consultation on increasing transparency on property ownership, amid concerns rising property prices are fuelled by corrupt cash London (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is…
St Kitts and Nevis: New anti-corruption leader of Caribbean island vows to clean up trade in passports for super-rich
By Orlando Crowcroft Executive editor – Geo-politics From International Business Times Alizera Moghadam did not look like a Caribbean resident when he turned up in Canada in 2013 brandishing a passport from St Kitts and Nevis, a picturesque island sandwiched…
Gadget of the week – “Mercury”
Earth ate a Mercury-like body early in its history, study finds By Amina Khan From The Canberra Times A Mercury-like body smashed into a young Earth and gave our planet’s core the radioactive elements necessary to generate a magnetic field,…