ILO director: No quick recovery for Caribbean economies
By Wesley Gibbings From T&T Guardian Though the current downswing in the economic fortunes of Latin American and Caribbean countries cannot rate in shock value against the global, economic “heart-attack” of 2007-2008, for some it can probably be likened to…
Parents appeal for stem cell donor to help four-year-old son with leukaemia
By PRESS ASSOCIATION From Daily Mail UK The parents of a four-year-old boy diagnosed with leukaemia have launched an urgent appeal to find a stem cell donor. Tommy Simpson has been in hospital since before Christmas, and was diagnosed with…
Lord Howard says UK-Caribbean links will remain strong
By VERNE BURNETT From T&T NewsDay The newly appointed patron of the British Caribbean Chamber of Commerce, The Right Honourable Lord Michael Howard of Lympne, said last week that it will not make the slightest difference in Britain’s relationship with…
Boozy plane passenger drops his trousers and URINATES in aisle in midair during flight to UK
BY ROSS MCCARTHY From Daily Mirror UK Jinu Abraham had to be restrained until the plane had landed after being aggressive to cabin crew Incident: Jinu Abraham admitted being drunk on board an aircraft A drunken plane passenger on a…
Exclusion rates for black Caribbean students remain disproportionately high, says leading academic
By Jon Severs From tes Black Caribbean pupils are still much more likely to be excluded than other students in mainstream English schools, according to new research, despite an overall reduction in exclusion rates since the 1990s Professor David Gillborn and…
Fuel surcharge, what fuel surcharge?
By Jamie Robertson From BBC Remember the fuel surcharge imposed by the airlines when oil prices started to rise? Now with oil at a 12 year low, below $30 a barrel, how can airlines possibly be hitting passengers with a…
Best pic in world
Stunning image of a sunken ship named as one of the best in the world BY JANE LAVENDER , PAUL HOOPER From Daily Mirror UK The image of an underwater wreck impressed judges in an international photography competition This amazing…
‘We won’t fund them’- Cayman minister of sports repeats call for tarnished CIFA executive to step down
From Sportsmax Cayman minister of sport Osbourne Bodden has held firm to the stance that the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) will not receive another cent of funding from the government until financial regularities are accounted for. The CIFA was…
GM mosquito expansion announced
From BBC A company producing GM mosquitoes says it is to open a new factory in Brazil as it expand its operations. Small-scale studies in parts of Brazil, Panama and the Cayman Islands suggest engineered sterile mosquitoes can reduce wild…
The Caribbean Voice backs call for integrated health care to tackle mental health
From Guyana Times The Draft Mental Health Strategy of Guyana 2015-2020 has confirmed that there are minimal numbers of general health human resources with the necessary mental health competencies to provide mental health services at any level of general healthcare…
