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T&T: Gang leader, shooter killed instantly By Gyasi Gonzales From Trinidad Express Port of Spain TRINIDAD and Tobago’s murder toll jumped yesterday [Jan7] as four men were shot dead in separate incidents in less than 24 hours. The bloodshed included…
Guyana: British teen found in shallow grave
From Kaieteur News -God-brother arrested -friend, wanted The search for missing British teen, Dominic Bernard, came to a grisly end at around 13.30 hrs yesterday, following the discovery of his decomposed body in a shallow grave at Nurney, Corentyne Berbice….
As climate change hits the Caribbean, partners collaborate to boost resilience and rejuvenate coasts
By Randall Brummett / World Bank Even before Hurricane Joaquin’s catastrophic flooding of South Carolina in October, the storm had hit ten islands of The Bahamas with brute force. On Crooked Island, 85 percent of the homes were destroyed. Over 36…
The Editor Speaks: Public relations
I have never understood why companies spend a fortune in advertising their product and virtually nothing on Public Relations (PR). It is rarely recognised like all the other disciplines. Why not? A case in point is today where one of…
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Stanford says English cricket embarrassment ‘breaks his heart’
From ESPN Cricket Info Allen Stanford has claimed that it “breaks his heart” to hear of the embarrassment that his notorious partnership with the ECB caused to English cricket. Speaking to the BBC in his first interview since 2009, when…
Heirs of New Hampshire poet sue ‘Big Bang Theory’ producers
By Larry Neumeister, From The Associated Press The heirs to a New Hampshire teacher who wrote a poem about a “soft kitty” eight decades ago said in a lawsuit Monday that TV’s “The Big Bang Theory” is violating their copyrights. Edith…
Indigenous and Afro-Caribbeans say Nicaragua coercing them on canal
By Kate Kilpatrick From AlJazeera America Rama-Kriol leaders green light next steps toward consent, but some community leaders say it’s under government pressure January 12, 2016 5:00AM ET Leaders of Nicaragua’s indigenous and Afro-Caribbean communities say government officials are pressuring…
Venezuela’s opposition took control of Congress for the first time in 16 years — and the political battle is just getting started
By Diego Oré and Brian Ellsworth, Reuters From Business Insider CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition took control of Congress for the first time in 16 years on Tuesday in a rowdy session, setting up a power struggle with President Nicolas Maduro…
Cayman Islands tops list as safest Caribbean Island
On the New Today Grenada website the Cayman Islands is listed under “Kersey lists his picks” as the top destination “of the low-crime spots in the Caribbean”. Here is the full article: Is the Caribbean more dangerous than you realize?…
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A rupture in Europe, but whose politics will prevail?
By Rachel Shabi From AlJazeer t’s a bleakly depressing map – an aptly illustrative closing curtain on a bleakly depressing year. Bad enough that the nightmarish war in Syria unleashed the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. Horrendous enough that…
