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Day: August 22, 2017

Spectacular rebirth of Belize’s coral reefs threatened by tourism and development

By Nina Lakhani in Laughing Bird Caye, Belize From The Guardian UK Report reveals improvement but also details danger posed by tourist-generated pollution, oil extraction and climate change Just below the surface of the turquoise sea, coral flutters majestically amid…

Great American Eclipse

2017 Great American Eclipse across the… By Glen Barber From The Denver Post The sun and the moon completed an elegant dance step in the skies above America on Monday, and at Scotts Bluff National Monument in western Nebraska, the…

Caribbean Coral Conservation and the Future of Fishing

By Joseph Blumberg From Dartmpouth News Dartmouth scientists and Dominicans collaborate to protect villagers’ way of life. Tyler Pavlowich has spent much of the last five years in villages along the northwest coast of the Dominican Republic, studying the interplay…

Caricom Highlights Caribbean Performance in World Championships

From Prensa Latina Saint George, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) In a congratulatory message to the athletes, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman and Prime Minister of Grenada Kieth Mitchell said he was ”extremely proud” of their performances. He congratulated the athletes, and…

Red ball or pink, West Indies plumb to new depths

By Tushar Bhaduri From The Indian Express West Indies have been lurching from one disaster to the next for a long time. They drew with England in their last series, in the Caribbean in April-May 2015, but it has been…

Sydney plane plotters ‘planned to blow up an Etihad flight with a bomb hidden inside a BARBIE DOLL’

By NIC WHITE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA From This Is Money The men accused of trying to blow up an Etihad flight out of Sydney planned to smuggle a bomb on board the jet inside a large Barbie doll, Lebanese…

Twenty-six nations participate in Carifesta

By George Alleyne From Caribbean Life A Trinidadian Red Devil, a marauding Guyanese tiger, flouncing Bermudians, and Barbadian stilt walkers were among the 1,500 artists and performers who pranced and danced their way from Queen’s Park to Kensington Oval Sunday…

Renowned four-wheeled movie characters

Here is a brief review of legendary cars, which millions of us have seen in popular movies. For some of them the starring worked as an effective marketing step, as their production and sales grew significantly. The very first DeLorean…

Meaning and history Starbucks logo

Over its more than 45-year history, the Starbucks logo has been given quite a few makeovers. In the course of time the company’s main symbol, the siren, started to look more modest. Have you ever thought of hidden symbolism behind…