On making a mockery of regionalism
From Barbados Today The coordination of foreign policy among member states was one of the principal reasons for establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) back in 1973. The founding fathers felt that by arriving at common positions and speaking with a…
Gmail ending? Google starts migrating users
By Gordon Kelly From Forbes Something rather interesting is happening at the Gmail.com domain right now. Google has started notifying users of its experimental ‘Inbox By Gmail’ service that this has replaced their Gmail account… The pop-up appears when Inbox…
From the Caribbean to her school gym, young Calgary athlete wows the crowds
By Gil Tucker For Global News CALGARY – Eleven-year-old Brenley Martin is really enjoying a chance to showcase the sport she loves these days. The latest opportunity came Friday Dec. 4 at St. Philip School in Calgary. Martin took centre…
UKZN Law Professor assists to Launch Street Law Caribbean at the University of the West Indies
Professor David McQuoid-Mason of the UKZN Centre for Socio-Legal Studies helped to launch Street Law Caribbean at the Mona Law Institutes Unit of University of the West Indies in Kingston Jamaica at a Public Lecture that he gave to legal…
Trinidad court again postpones Warner extradition hearing
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Trinidad and Tobago magistrates court has postponed until February 19 the hearing in relation to former FIFA vice president Jack Warner’s extradition to the United States to face multiple racketeering,…
Colombia says treasure-laden San Jose galleon found
From BBC The wreck of a Spanish ship laden with treasure that was sunk by the British more than 300 years ago has been found off the Colombian coast, says President Juan Manuel Santos. “Great news! We have found the…
Floating a floating Caribbean airport
From MRO Network Now and again, I am informed of aviation development ideas which are sufficiently out-of-the-box for me to want to write about them immediately. One such idea was shared with me earlier this week. Two aviation professionals have…
Cayman Islands: Pensions Certificate of Compliance issued
Department of Labour and Pensions Introduces Pensions Certificate of Compliance The Department of Labour and Pensions (DLP), in conjunction with the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI), has introduced a Certificate of Compliance, to replace the current practice of Letters…
Small states facing a slide to catastrophe
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Sir Ronald Sanders The success of the current climate change conference in Paris for small states will be judged by only two criteria: the limiting of global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, and…