Cayman Islands launches programme to thin exploding numbers of iguanas
By ASSOCIATED PRESS From daily Mail UK GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — A ballooning population of invasive green iguanas on Grand Cayman has become so alarming that the U.K. Caribbean territory has launched a pilot program to figure out…
German Viernheim cinema complex attacker shot dead
From BBC Armed police have sealed off the complex A masked man who reportedly fired shots in a cinema complex in western Germany has been shot dead by police, the state’s interior minister has said. Peter Beuth told the state…
IMF projects further contraction of Trinidad and Tobago economy this year
From Jamaican Gleaner WASHINGTON (CMC): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Trinidad and Tobago’s output has continued to shrink while declines in global energy prices are leading to surging fiscal deficits and are pushing the external current account of the…
Rescue flight leaves South Pole evacuating sick worker for treatment
From Wn.com A sick worker at a polar station located at the South Pole was airlifted from the site early Wednesday by a small plane making a daring rescue mission, U.S. officials said. The Canadian-owned Twin Otter turboprop plane is…
Ming Yang announces completion of going private transaction
Jun 22, 2016, 16:30 ET from China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited ZHONGSHAN, China, June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), a leading wind energy solution provider…
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Caribbean region must prepare for increased drought due to climate change
From einnews With irrigation use becoming more widespread in the Caribbean, countries’ fresh-water supplies will become increasingly important. 22 June 2016, Barbados – Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean, so countries…
Grenada Parliament gives nod to Caribbean Court of Justice
From Jamaica Gleaner ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – The Grenada Parliament Tuesday approved legislation for the island to replace the London-based Privy Council with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice as its final court. However, before Grenada could join Barbados,…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Gingrich to GOP: If you can’t vote Trump ‘Don’t go to the convention’
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Newt Gingrich bluntly warns GOP delegates that if they can’t support presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, “don’t go to the convention.” During an 11-minute video Wednesday on Facebook, the former GOP House Speaker scolded fractious…
Glass bubbles on private jets
Business travelers may soon be able to fly in glass bubbles on top of private jets By Mary Grady, Robb Report From Business Insider Passengers on business jets may soon have a new option for passing the time on long…
