PIN Graduation
The Positive Intervention Now (PIN) Graduation took place at St George’s Anglican Church on Thursday 15th at St George’s Anglican Church. Pin is an afterschool intervention programme which caters to adolescents in the George Town area. PIN aims to provide…
US releases multi-year strategy for engagement with the Caribbean
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the chairman emeritus of the committee, on Monday announced the release of a new US…
New airline a competitor, or savior
By George Alleyne From Caribbean Life Just a week into operation a Caribbean airline, Trans Island Air, has hit political turbulence with its owner getting into a war of words with Barbados Tourism Minister Richard Sealy over viability of the…
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,…
Scientists may have solved a key barrier to fusion power
By Swapna Krishna From engadget A solution to runaway electrons gets us one step closer to nuclear fusion. We’ve been working towards nuclear fusion, a near-limitless source of clean energy, for the past six decades, and now scientists have made…
St Lucia: CATS program to protect Caribbean ecosystems
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is aiming to reduce pollution and restore the health of Caribbean ecosystems, under the Caribbean Aqua Terrestrial Solutions (CATS) Program. The program focuses on managing natural resources and building resilience to climate change. Lyndon…
UN seeks funding to counter cholera in Haiti
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The United Nations deputy chief on Wednesday called on member states to fund the organization’s new strategy to counter cholera in Haiti, stressing that the initiative is facing a critical shortage of resources….
Accountants Face Fines for Aggressive Corporate Tax Planning Under Draft EU Law
By REUTERS From The New York Times BRUSSELS — Tax advisers in the European Union risk fines for helping companies to cut their tax bills by shifting profits to low-tax countries, if proposed new EU legislation gets approval. Under the…
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Jamaica poised to be ‘major player in Caribbean gaming’
By Seb Kelly From WIC News Jamaica is to be positioned as the major player in the Caribbean gaming industry, according to the minister of tourism. Edmund Bartlett said that the island is being viewed as an “important and interesting…
Trump: I did not record ex-FBI Chief Comey
From Newsmax President Donald Trump doesn’t have recordings of his conversations with then-FBI Director James Comey, the president revealed on Twitter Thursday, capping weeks of speculation about whether such tapes exist. With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking…
