Caribbean’s Hilary Beckles to Europe: ‘Clean Up Colonial Mess’
From TeleSUR Sir Hilary Beckles, the vice-chancellor of the UWI and chairman of the Reparations Committee, argued that the visages of slavery are still current and active. Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Reparations Commission has urged…
Pertamina capitalizes on improved gross split PSC terms to take over Rokan
Pertamina capitalizes on improved gross split PSC terms to take over Rokan, says GlobalData Following the news (Tuesday 31 July) that Pertamina will replace Chevron in 2021 as sole participant in the license for Rokan, Indonesia’s largest crude producing block,…
PNB fraud: Antigua confirms Mehul Choksi’s presence in Caribbean country; CBI to move extradition request soon
From First Post New Delhi: Antiguan authorities have confirmed that Mehul Choksi, the alleged mastermind of the $2 billion scam and uncle of Nirav Modi, is in their country, officials in New Delhi said on Thursday, adding that a move…
Kate and William enjoyed a rare ‘wild night out’ on Caribbean holiday
By ORLAITH CONDON From Her A royal date night. Kate Middleton and Prince William found time for each other while on a family holiday in the private Caribbean island of Mustique last week. The pair were spotted on a rare…
Veer Paradys envelopes Antoine International
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life Last year, “Caribbean Sickness” took over Antoine International’s Labor Day presentation. This year, “Veer Paradys, or feather explosion, envelopes the mas band, says band leader Trinidadian Kenneth Antoine. Antoine told Caribbean Life, in…
“Health-ify” your kitchen
From Yummly Healthy Kitchen Trying to eat healthier? Check out this collection of some of our favorite kitchen tools to help out. Grow herbs anywhere INDOOR HERB GARDEN All the veggie noodles SPIRALIZER No more soggy salads SALAD TO GO…
Cayman Islands Premier to host United Kingdom’s Parliamentarians
Premier of the Cayman Islands the Hon. Alden McLaughlin will host four members of the United Kingdom’s Parliament in the Cayman Islands for four days. The MPs – Andrew Rosindell, Henry Smith, Col. Bob Stewart and Martin Vickers – are…
China’s largest oil group CNPC refutes subsidiary’s role in 1MDB money-laundering scandal
By Georgina Lee From South China Morning Post The pipeline project unit of China’s state-owned oil and gas giant says funds from China’s EximBank were paid only to its own bank accounts China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering (CPP), a unit of…
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,…
North American Companies Cruising the Caribbean for Sunny Cannabis Growth Opportunities
From BAYSTREET The legal cannabis waves are beginning to hit the shores of the Caribbean, as the region’s nations anticipate a potential economic boom. Buoyed by an already fruitful tourist-driven economy, Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, and…