Artist captures Caribbean sea
Artist captures Colombia’s dazzling Caribbean sea By Rachel Lee From The Korea Times Colombia, a Latin American country with many sun-drenched stretches, will bring a collection of photographs to Seoul to mark its National Day, which falls on July 20….
Amid expansion, Caribbean laborers honored for paving the Panama Canal
By Shanna Collins From Vibe West Indians are being honored for their important role in shaping Panamanian history, as the South American country readies for the expansion of the Panama Canal. During the construction of this historic waterway, beginning in…
Panama Paper law firm representative in Venezuela arrested
From Caribbean News Now CARACAS, Venezuela — Jannet Almeida, a local representative of the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca, which is at the center of the Panama Papers offshore scandal, has been arrested by Venezuelan authorities in Caracas. “The woman…
Chaka Khan and sister enter rehab over prescription drugs
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY From The Big Story NEW YORK (AP) — Chaka Khan and her sister have entered a drug rehabilitation program to battle their addictions to prescription drugs, and Khan says the death of her good friend Prince…
The Brexit hangover has left UK startups drained — Are the brains next?
By Mike Butcher From Techcrunch As the UK referendum result dropped in that fateful Friday morning, the tech startup world didn’t immediately grind to a halt. Websites kept loading. Apps kept opening. But what left UK technology entrepreneurs aghast was…
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FDA halts Juno’s gene-altering cancer trials after three deaths
By David Lumb From engadget Company stock plummeted 27 percent after the suspension. The Food and Drug Administration has temporarily halted a cancer-treating study after three patients died of swelling in the brain. Biopharmaceutical company Juno Therapeutics had been testing an…
Jamaica to install marijuana-dispensing kiosks for tourists
From Travel Weekly Asia Caribbean island plans to sell drugs to tourists This way for baggage collection, this way for drugs The Caribbean island of Jamaica is planning to install marijuana-dispensing kiosks for tourists in order to regulate a growing…
The Mighty Sparrow celebrates 81st birthday
By Helen Grenade From Caribbean News Now NEW YORK, USA — Dr Slinger Francisco, the legendary Mighty Sparrow, or as he is fondly known “Birdie”, a West Indian calypso icon, celebrated his 81st birthday on Saturday [9]. Sparrow was born in the…
Cayman Islands w/e road accidents: Collision involving scooter and bicycle North Church St / MVA accident on Camana Bay roundabout / MVA on North Church St
From RCIPS Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:29 PM Collision Involving Scooter and Bicycle Yesterday Evening on North Church Street, 10 July Just before 7:30PM yesterday, 10 July, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre received a report of an collision involving a…
