IMF concludes consultation with St Vincent and the Grenadines
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — On July 13, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2016 Article IV consultation with St Vincent and the Grenadines. St Vincent and the Grenadines’ recovery from the global…
Our world now
The world in photos over past few weeks By David Choi From Business Insider A selection of photos from some of the biggest news that you might have missed. Students burn flares during a protest demanding better education in Rio…
They escaped abuse. The next step is yours
From WALK FREE.ORG “We were treated like slaves, all day and all night we had to work. I don’t want anyone else to have to face the same ordeal.” Nayto, Survivor Just three weeks ago, 14 migrant workers escaped a…
Bahamians in the dark about Rubis fuel leak report and effects on their health
From Caribbean360 NASSAU, Bahamas, Thursday July 21, 2016 – Residents of Marathon, a community in the Bahamian capital of Nassau, are waiting for answers, more than three years after a fuel spill in the centre of their community. And more…
TTFA President a candidate for Caribbean Football Union Head Post
By MELISSA STANISCLAUS From Power FM Trinidad & Tobago Delegates attending the 39th Caribbean Football Union Ordinary Congress Saturday in Miami, Fl. will vote for an Executive Committee to lead the organization for the next four years. The CFU president, Gordon Derrick, will seek…
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,…
Chicken odour ‘prevents malaria’ research in Ethiopia finds
From BBC The smell from a live chicken could help protect against malaria, researchers have found. Ethiopian and Swedish scientists discovered that malarial mosquitoes tend to avoid chickens and other birds. The experiments, conducted in western Ethiopia, included suspending a…
Venezuelan president threatens to jail US business executives
From Curacao Chronicle CARACAS – President Nicolás Maduro has threatened to jail Kimberly-Clark executives by soliciting an Interpol red notice after the US paper products company shut down production in Venezuela last week. The Texas-based company produced items that are in…
Banks abandon the Caribbean, local bitcoin exchange experiences 33% increase in users every month since February
By Luke Parker from Brave New Coin Smaller, poorer countries are being abandoned by big banks in an exodus commonly referred to as “de-risking” or “de-banking.” In the Caribbean, where many small countries with poorer populations reside close to each other,…
Caribbean chases zika preparedness after death of mosquito expert
By Gerard Best From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — There may come a time when entomologists don’t have to save us from mosquito-borne pandemics. But that time is not today. Thanks, zika. With millions crossing international borders…
