Communities innovate to address Sargassum seaweed on coasts of Saint Lucia
Reproduced under courtesy of Global Environment Facility Thursday, May 24, 2018 — Sargassum is free-floating brown macro-algae that lives in the temperate and tropical oceans of the world. In the open ocean, the floating seaweed provides important ecosystem services by…
Financial Services Minister speaks with senior US officials about financial supervision
In a recent visit to Washington, DC, Minister of Financial Services the Hon. Tara Rivers, JP, MLA; and representatives from the Ministry of Financial Services continued educating influential US lawmakers and regulators about Cayman’s global leadership on financial supervision, and…
Jamaica government encouraged by latest offshore oil, gas surveys
BY BERT WILKINSON From Caribbean Life Jamaica’s government Friday said there were encouraging signs from recent three-dimension offshore surveys aimed at finding commercial quantities of oil and gas as the race to switch the country from an importer to a…
Dominican Republic and Venezuela: Cocaine across the Caribbean
Written by Venezuela Investigative Unit From InSight Crime Drug traffickers have a problem exporting drugs from Venezuela. There are few commercial flights, little container shipping, no tourists and a collapsed fishing sector. But the Dominican Republic, 1,400 kilometers away, has…
ESPN Caribbean to air live coverage of England’s international and domestic cricket
(ESPN) ESPN Caribbean and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday announced a new five-year agreement for exclusive multimedia rights to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from 2018 to 2022. As part of the agreement, ESPN will…
Zihad Tahini recalled in Cayman Islands
From Foster’s Food Fair IGA Foster’s Food Fair IGA have announced Jars of Zihad Tahini are being recalled because of suspected contamination with salmonella. Supermarkets selling Ziyad Tahini have pulled the product from their shelves following a voluntary recall of…
UK: Flash cars, Caribbean holidays and a different woman each week – but rapist Keith Morris was living a secret double life
By Lucy Leeson from Hull Daily Mail UK He was found guilty of a string of sex offences following a three week trial at Leeds Crown Court With his own successful locksmith business, luxurious holidays to the Caribbean and a…
Is Keto dangerous? Jillian Michaels has an opinion (and so do we) – BioTrust Radio #30
By Tim Skwiat and Shawn Wells From BioTrust Endorsed by celebrities, athletes, biohackers — even being tabbed as the Silicon Valley diet — keto is sweeping the globe. Yet, it’s met with staunch opposition from many outspoken critics who say…
Barbados urged not to withdraw from Caribbean Court of Justice
From teleSUR The former Caribbean Court of Justice president Michael de la Bastide said it would be a “retrograde step” if Barbados leaves the court. Michael de la Bastide, the former president of the Caribbean Court of Justice, or CCJ,…
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,…