Caribbean & Central American Filmmakers call for works-in-progress submissions for $15,000 Award
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act The International Film Festival of Panama invites Caribbean and Central American filmmakers/films to its works-in-progress section. Exclusive for Caribbean and Central American filmmakers/films in the stage of post-production, the second edition of…
T&T: Lessons for Kamla
By Capil Bissoon From Caribbean News Now The UNC’s internal election is finished and the preliminary results show a major landslide for incumbent political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Figures show just how popular she remains within the party. The last preliminary…
Jamaican Ambassador to Chair UN Small Arms Meeting
From South Florida Caribbean News Jamaican Ambassador, E. Courtenay Rattray to Chair Small Arms Meeting WASHINGTON, DC – Jamaican Ambassador, E. Courtenay Rattray, Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was elected as Chairman of the United Nations Programme of…
Disparities in hypertension among black Caribbean populations
Disparities in hypertension among black Caribbean populations: a scoping review By the U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR) Aurelian Bidulescu , Damian K. Francis, Trevor S. Ferguson, Nadia R. Bennett, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Rainford Wilks, Eon…
Olwomen story of week
7 Most Amazing Levity Shoes By Jazlyn Hunt From Olwomen With Levity shoes, your feet display style and elegance combined. Levity offers you the most sophisticated and stylish shoe designs you can ever get from one center. All sorts of…
OUR CARIBBEAN: PM Gonsalves on another victory road
By Rickey Singh, From Nation News TODAY [Wed 9], as voters of St Vincent and the Grenadines trek to polling booths to choose a new government in Kingstown, there remain sharply contrasting predictions on the official outcome expected by midnight….
Baroness Scotland denies she was not a Caribbean candidate
By TDN Wire Staff Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (TDN) Baroness Patricia Scotland has strenuously denied that she was a “British sponsored candidate” for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General. She was responding to recent press reports, which quoted Antigua prime minister Gaston…
Cayman Islands November 2015 Funerals
Clarine Victoria (Clarinda) Christian – 19 Nov 2015 Spot Bay Annice Marie (Dilbert) Duffell 27 Mar 1938 – 23 Nov 2015 North West Point Morris Gilbert McLaughlin – 24 Nov 2015 East End Sibert Rudolph (Bert) Watler 5 Jan 1919…
Volkswagen MDL Lands in California’s Northern District
By Amanda Bronstad, from The National Law Journal A federal judicial panel has picked U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in California’s Northern District to handle the litigation against Volkswagen A.G. over its emissions scandal. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict…
What will it take to run legal departments of the future?
By Shahzad Bashir, From Corporate Counsel Since the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, law departments have had to deal with the “new normal.” Previously, despite some lip service to the contrary, law departments had been able to insulate themselves…