Royal Caribbean cruise liner faces fine over all-night Ibiza stopover party which kept locals awake until 8.30am
By Gerard Couzens From MailOnline MS Brilliance of the Seas was docked in Marina Botafoch on the Balearic island Noise from ship, which had come from Barcelona, reportedly lasted until 8.30am Sources say port authorities will now pursue ‘maximum possible’…
Health City Cayman Islands Partners with region on tertiary health care
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (August 11, 2017) – After three years of success providing medical services to regional and international patients, a Cayman Islands hospital wants to work with other regional health care providers to meet the urgent demand for…
Work of Caribbean artist Frank Walter to be displayed at Harewood
By Annette McIntyre From Ilkley Gazette A CARIBBEAN artist who was convinced he was linked with some of the most aristocratic families of Europe is to have his work displayed at Harewood. The stately home’s terrace gallery will be used…
Advantages of using RFID Attendance system in school
From WN The advent of technology has simplified many operations in many organizations. The Radio Frequency Identification, simply known as RFID was developed to replace the barcode technology. This system, however, has more advantages as compared to the barcode reader….
London double-decker bus crashes into building, 10 people injured
Reuters From Yahoo News LONDON (Reuters) – A double-decker bus crashed into a building on a busy south London street on Thursday, injuring 10 people and briefly trapping two passengers inside. The bus drove into a kitchen shop on Lavender…
Cuba denies ‘acoustic attack’ on US diplomats in Havana
From Caribbean News Now By Caribbean News Now contributor HAVANA, Cuba — In a press statement on Wednesday, Cuba’s ministry of foreign affairs said that Cuba has never, nor would it ever, allow Cuban territory be used for any action…
Japan’s Takata files another Bankruptcy Petition to delay U.S. airbag lawsuits
From WN Japanese auto supplier Takata Corp. filed for U.S. bankruptcy protectionon Wednesday in an effort to pause lawsuits against the company over faulty air bag inflators – more than a month after its U.S. unit filed for bankruptcy in…
Caribbean ups reparations pressure on Europe
By Bert Wilkinson From Amsterdam News Caribbean governments are stepping up the pressure on Europe to pay reparations for the brutal transatlantic slave trade, adding Norway and Sweden to the list of countries they have identified as culpable players. The…
The View from Europe: Has rail a future in the Caribbean?
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Historically Caribbean railways existed to carry cane to factories, or raw sugar and molasses to ports. Later they were used to transport other agricultural crops, minerals, and, as urban populations grew, provided passenger…
More companies looking for oil and gas off Guyana
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life Its offshore concession just a few miles from where ExxonMobil found large deposits of oil and gas two years ago, so Tullow Oil of the UK and Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas of Canada…