Creating more room to learn at Mandeville Primary School in Jamaica
From Caribbean Development Bank In the overcrowded classrooms at Mandeville Primary School in Jamaica, it is hard for students to concentrate. While the school’s administration has worked hard to provide a challenging environment for students, the school’s facilities are simply…
Chilling out at the ice hotel: Inside Quebec’s Hotel de Glace
By Loren Christie, Canada AM’s Travel Expert From CTV A few things to note about Quebec’s Hôtel de Glace; it’s the only Ice Hotel in North America, your room offers very few creature comforts (a pillow and medium sized mattress), it’s…
These glass igloos in the Finnish wilderness are the best way to stare at the Northern Lights all night
By Sophie-Claire Hoeller and editing by Kristen Griffin From Business Insider What could be better than seeing the Northern Lights? Seeing them from bed. In Finnish Lapland, just north of the Arctic Circle, you can. This far north, the incredible…
Tui holiday bookings rise as Brits head west to the Caribbean and Mexico
By ANGELA JAMESON From Evening Standard UK Tui, the world’s largest package-holiday business, said that bookings for next year were up, despite increased terrorist threats. Passengers are seeking the sun in such long-haul destinations as the Caribbean, Cancun and Jamaica with…
The two-faced, phoney side of Jamaica’s politics
By Christopher Burns From Jamaica Observer Phoney sells, but counterfeit politics and political practices sell even more. Nowhere is phoney politics and politicians more popular than right here in Jamaica. The governors are as guilty of phoney politics as the governed…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Caribbean producer aims to make a name for sutchi
From advocate.gaalliance.org German entrepreneur developing niche for pangasius farmed in the Dominican Republic A quarter-century ago, German entrepreneur Franz Fix made a new home in the Dominican Republic, where he is now part-owner of a luxury hotel in the village of…
Guyana: Woman dies in fire set by robbers
From Antigua Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan. 3, CMC – The police have launched a probe into an incident in which woman was burned alive early Sunday after robbers set her home on fire as they fled the scene. The police…
Non profit organization praised for helping Jamaican children
Non Profit Organization, COJO praised for supporting educational and children’s institutions NEW YORK – A Non profit organization based in New York, Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) was praised by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas….
USA: Jury takes one hour to convict O’Garro of all charges in insurance fraud case
By Edmund H. Mahony from Hartford Courant Hartford insurance broker Earl O’Garro Jr. found guilty of all charges in fraud case HARTFORD — A federal jury needed only an hour Monday to convict former Hartford insurance broker Earl O’Garro Jr….
Obama gets emotional while laying out new gun policies
By Eric Levitz from New York Mag President Obama has delivered some version of this speech so many times that even his disclaimers that “this has all become routine” have themselves become routine. The fact that none of the changes…