To be ill is human: Why normalizing illness would make it easier to cope with
By Gill Hubbard and Claire Wakefield, The Conversation From Business Insider Why are we so shocked when we, or someone we know, becomes ill? Why are many people scared of illness and unable to support their loved ones when illness…
Corned beef ban in Caribbean amid rotten meat scandal
From CARIBBEAN360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 21, 2017 – Several Caribbean countries have ordered the immediate ban on the sale and importation of corned beef from Brazil, following reports that several major meat processors in the South American nation have…
Michael Hayden to Newsmax: ‘Incidental collection’ key to Trump wiretap claim
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told Newsmax on Wednesday that the issue of whether President Donald Trump was wiretapped by the Obama administration would involve the surveillance practice of “incidental collection.” “If there were any…
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Caribbean island to secure new solar energy plant
From Climate Action UNEP The government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced plans to install a new solar energy plant on Barbuda. The project is a joint venture between the country’s government, the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) and PV…
Ogier supports school science fair
BVI: Ogier supports first science fair at sponsored school Ogier partner Michael Killourhy had the job of judging the Joyce Samuel Primary School’s first ever science fair last Friday. Ogier has been supporting the school since “adopting” it in 2010…
Brazilian land rights activist murdered in hospital after previous assassination attempt
From WN While in the hospital recovering from a previous assassination attempt, Waldomiro Costa Pereira was killed by five gunmen who stormed his room in the state of Para in Brazil on Tuesday, according to BBC News. Costa Pereira was…
Women’s rights around the world: Caribbean victims of sexual assault are ignored, activists say
BY JAMIE JOSEPH From IB Times Jamaican co-founder Latoya Nugent of the Tambourine Army was arrested and charged last week with three counts of “malicious communication” for exposing a list of alleged sexual predators on social media, Reuters reported Wednesday….
Crown Jewel of Caribbean Yacht Racing
From Scuttlebutt Sailing News Over 60 teams from the Caribbean, U.S., Canada and Europe will race in the 44th St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) on March 24 to 26 at St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. This three-day regatta known as…
Rogue planet
This rogue planet contradicts what we know about how planets form By Peter Dockrill, ScienceAlert From Business Insider A giant rogue world once described as the “planet that shouldn’t be there” looks like it actually formed out in deep space,…
Charter for Caribbean Public Services endorsed at Ministerial Symposium
By Clive Murray From The Bahamas Weekly A Charter for the public services of the Caribbean was endorsed at a Ministerial Symposium that took place at the Jolly Beach Hotel in Antigua and Barbuda on March, 9 & 10, 2017….
