Caribbean Maritime Institute expands programme options
By JIS From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will be expanding its curricula and programme options with its engineering department, to be launched soon. The $500-million facility, to be named FESTO Didactic Centre,…
Sports Commentary: A gold medal for Rio staff and volunteers
By Rene A. Henry From Caribbean News Now The International Olympic Committee needs to award one more gold medal. This gold needs to go to the volunteers and staff who made Rio’s 2016 Olympic Games a success. I do not…
ExxonMobil is being investigated
By Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.comFrom Business Insider The investigation by a handful of attorney generals into ExxonMobil has much more to do with the oil major misleading investors than it does about covering up climate science. The legal headache stems from…
105-year-old asks for sexy firefighters for her birthday, please
BY HEATHER DOCKRAY From Mashable No greater gift exists than the gift of love — especially the love of a hunky firefighter. Ivena “Ivy” Smailes celebrated her 105th birthday last Wednesday like the queen she is. Smailes had previously asked…
Bahamas National Stem Cell Ethics Committee (NSCEC) grants provisional approval status for Med Cell Bahamas Ltd
By Med Cell Bahamas Ltd Nassau, Bahamas, August 18th, 2016 – The Bahamas National Stem Cell Ethics Committee (NSCEC) grants provisional approval status for Med Cell Bahamas Ltd. to conduct stem cell research and therapies. Med Cell Bahamas Ltd. is…
Marilyn Monroe in Korea
February 1954: The blonde bombshell visits a war zone By Alex Q. Arbuckle From Mashable In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio married in San Francisco and jetted off to Japan for their honeymoon. While DiMaggio attended to his…
Caymanian artist goes to Aruba
Caymanian artist accepted for Caribbean Linked IV artist residency program in Aruba Simon Tatum is a young Caymanian artist, currently pursuing a Bachelor’s of Arts in Studio Drawing at The University of Missouri, Columbia. Since beginning his studies he has…
FEATURE: Bioelectricity in Latin America and the Caribbean – opportunities for collaboration
From LEDS global Partnership This feature looks at the benefits of biomass resources for electricity generation in Latin America and the Caribbean, and provides background information on our newly launched Community of Practice, ‘Bioelectricity resource potential in member countries’. The…
Lenient sexual assault sentencing revives controversy in U.S.
By Maureen Foody From Wn.com After another case of a judge giving two years’ probation to a Massachusetts student athlete who admitted to sexually assaulting two women as they slept raised ire on social media over the sentencing according to Reuters….
Evidence in Caribbean shows natives and European colonialists discussed religion
BY ALISON LESLEY From World Religion News COLONIAL-ERA SPIRITUAL CHRISTOGRAMS AND LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN A REMOTE ISLAND CAVE INDICATES RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN EUROPEANS AND THE TAINO. According to “The Mona Chronicle: the archeology of early religious encounter in the…
