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Month: October 2017

National security and equity continuously backsliding in St Lucia

By Melanius Alphonse From Carribbean News Now IMPACS investigation and the police force April 24, 2017, Caribbean News Now reported that St Lucia may launch prosecutions of extrajudicial killings. Recently, three police officers were brought in for questioning reportedly over…

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Garden State Film Festival named winner of Global Excellence Award

From Broadway World The globally recognized Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) has just announced that they have just been named the winner of the Global Excellence Awards 2017 – Best Independent Film Festival -East Coast by TMT News. The winners…

Art from Guantánamo

By Erin Thompson From The Paris Review I’m looking at an image of a beach. Deserted, framed by distant headlands, with unsullied sands and clear waters. It is rendered in delicate strokes of watercolor. I’m thinking, as I have every…

CHTA launches ‘One Caribbean Family’ initiative to help hurricane-hit communities

President Troubetzkoy reaches out to hotels and Caribbean-focused businesses MIAMI (October 2, 2017) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has launched a booking initiative that allows hotels across the region to help those who have been adversely impacted…

Gadget of the week

The Grow connected planter is the ultimate no-fuss gardening kit By Kris Naudus Everything needed to grow the perfect salad in one package, controlled by an app. Horticulturalists looking to go high-tech will find no shortage of smart sensors to…

With the Caribbean in tatters, it’s time to talk climate change resilience

From Talk Media News “Wake” is a weekly foreign policy broadcast produced by Talk Media News and hosted by Luke Vargas from U.N. Headquarters in New York. The following is a complete transcript of Episode 21, “Natural Disasters and Climate…

Caribbean airport pool

This Caribbean airport is building a pool practically on the runway By Hana R. Alberts From New York Post Thanks to a planned pool at the Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana airport — which serves as the gateway to a strip…

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Latin American and Caribbean Service Members join forces in anti-chemical weapons exercise

By Nelza Oliveira From Diálogo The Regional Assistance and Protection Exercise for Member States of the Latin American and Caribbean Region brought together service members and representatives of chemical emergency response agencies from Brazil and 18 other countries in Latin…

Puzzles for Oct 4 2017 Number search/Sudoku/Word search/Crossword

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3 Oct Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report – 2 Dist (Atl & CS)

Oct 3 Tue 2017 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM EDT Tue Oct 3 2017 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. A sharp trough of low pressure, located…