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Month: April 2016

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The View from Europe: Another blow for Venezuela

By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Last week in Doha, many of the world’s major producers of crude oil tried, but failed to agree to freeze production, in order to stabilise and eventually increase prices. It was an outcome…

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DOJ Says Wyly can’t use Cayman Islands Entity as Ch. 11 Creditor

By Law360 From LexisNexis The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday asked a Texas bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcies of business tycoon Sam Wyly and his sister-in-law to bar a Cayman Island entity controlled by the Wylys from…

Destination of the week

This Caribbean island has no beaches — but you should still visit By Daniel McDonald From Daily News Will McGoughSaba’s terrain is steep and lush—with no true beaches to speak of. Two cabbies sit outside the airport making small talk,…

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The backlash to U.S.-Cuba normalization and the misuse of Human Rights

By Peter Bolton, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs In the bitter campaign to reverse the normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations that has been driving forward since December 2014, human rights have again entered center stage. Critics of President…

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Heidi klein in Cayman

Luxury swim and beachwear label heidi klein was in the Cayman Islands this week shooting images for the company’s 2017 lookbook. Based in the UK, heidi klein is sold in 39 countries in over 150 stores. https://www.heidiklein.com/

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10 fast facts about Caribbean immigrants In Canada

From News Americas Now News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Mon. April 25, 2016: Starting May 2, 2016, Statistics Canada will begin sending census letters and packages to all Canadian households, including Caribbean nationals or West Indians who call the country home,…

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Lendl Simmons, Samuel Badree’s inspirational sacrifice and hapless state of West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)

By Devarchit Varma From Cricket Country Cricket in the Caribbean is not dead, it is not over. It simply has the wrong men managing it. Lendl Simmons was not a part of the West Indies team for ICC T20 World Cup…

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Jamaica’s Christian conservatives point fingers over comprehensive sex education

By Emma Lewis, Global Voices  From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — There are two topics that really get Jamaicans hot under the collar: sexuality and religion. When the two are combined, fireworks are the likely result. The debate between…

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Guyana should immediately rescind this embarrassing MOU with India

By Dennis Adonis From Caribbean News Now The Guyana government has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of India for the establishment of a US$1 million ICT Center of Excellence inside two classroom spaces at the NDMA…

Caribbean urges rethink of approach in combating drug problem

From Jamaica Observer UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The Caribbean last Thursday joined the international community in urging a rethink to the approach taken to deal with the illegal drugs trade. At a special United Nations General Assembly session, they “reaffirmed…