UK water rates are funding dividends for shareholders – and most of them are abroad
By Ben Glaze From Daily Mirror Foreign hedge funds, overseas governments and offshore business are the main ones to benefit from water industry profits Greedy foreign hedge funds, overseas governments and offshore businesses are soaking up profits from hard-up water…
Jamaica: Rowley wants to tee in Sandals Tobago
By Jwala Rambarran From Caribbean News Now It’s now old news that the prime minister of our twin island country wants to spend taxpayers’ money to build a mega-hotel resort on the controversially acquired Buccoo Estate in Tobago for a…
Tourism Matters: Mitigating price hikes
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now Officially from today, the second airline departure tax will be levied on all flight tickets purchased, adding another US$70 per person, irrespective of age, for extra regional travel and US$35 within the Caribbean….
Indonesia tsunami
Search for Indonesia tsunami survivors From BBC A frantic search for survivors continues on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, where a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake has killed hundreds of people. Rescuers try to pull out a woman trapped in the…
Recipe of the week
No Dough Pizza JUST A PINCH From Yummly 12Ingredients 450Calories 40Minutes Ingredients USMETRIC SERVINGS: 4 Crust 8 ounces full fat cream cheese (room temperature) 2 large eggs 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 cup grated parmesan…
Technical experts discuss updated plan for Eastern Caribbean flyingfish fishery
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, MONDAY, 1 October 2018 (CRFM)—The state of the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish, as well as an updated plan to improve the management of this valuable resource shared across many Eastern Caribbean States, will be discussed at a two-day…
“Paradise in Peril – Rebuilding Homes and Hope” documents vast devastation caused by monsterhurricanes
Documentary Energizes Global Audience to Help Islands Rebuild in Face of Climate Change- NEWS PROVIDED BY Global Leadership Forum & Caribbean Lifestyle Productions NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The islands of the Caribbean face an existential crisis that persists…
Caribbean teen overcomes depression for academic achievement in Orlando
By Jerry Askin From Click Orlando Kedrine Gayle graduated with honors, now attends USF ORLANDO, Fla. – Kedrine Gayle, 18, said she’s living proof that despite their background and upbringing, people can achieve whatever they strive for with the right focus…
Serve as ‘Test Case’ for climate-related technologies, Grenada urges Caribbean nations
From WIC UNITED NATIONS: The island country Grenada has called on other Caribbean nations and Small Island Development States (SIDS) to serve as ‘test cases’ for nationwide implementation of climate-related technologies and advances. While addressing in the United Nations General…
Obesity shortens life by 8 years
By Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Mike Roizen, MDs From Newsmax Apollo Nida, who used to appear on “Real Housewives of Atlanta” with wife Phaedra Parks, was sentenced to eight years in prison (less than the possible 30 years) for…