OECS Competitive Business Unit launches new programme to boost fashion sub-sector
Roseau, Dominica – The OECS Competitive Business Unit (CBU) has announced plans to strengthen the value chain of the fashion sub-sector through an online training programme targeting twenty designers as part of the Unit’s competitiveness programme during this current fiscal…
The digital drug: Internet addiction spawns US treatment programs
From Newsmax When Danny Reagan was 13, he began exhibiting signs of what doctors usually associate with drug addiction. He became agitated, secretive and withdrew from friends. He had quit baseball and Boy Scouts, and he stopped doing homework and…
After record Sargassum influx, CRFM initiates fact-finding study in CARICOM States with support from Japan
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, WEDNESDAY, 23 January 2019 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has initiated a regional fact-finding study to document the record-breaking influx of Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean Sea in 2018, and the impacts this phenomenon has been…
Latin America, Caribbean no longer world’s fastest growing source of international migrants
By Luis Noe-Bustamante and Mark Hugo Lopez From Pew Research Centre The Latin America and Caribbean region was the world’s fastest-growing source of international migrants from 1990 through 2010. However, growth in the number of emigrants from this region has…
China confirms birth of gene-edited babies, blames scientist He Jiankui for breaking rules
By Phoebe Zhang From South China Morning Post The Chinese authorities are holding scientist He Jiankui wholly responsible for creating the world’s first gene-edited babies. He had announced their birth in November, after which the authorities announced an investigation into…
Venezuela allows US diplomats to stay, defusing showdown
From Newsmax Venezuela defused a potential showdown with the United States, suspending a demand that U.S. diplomats leave the country as Washington called on the world to “pick a side” in the South American nation’s fast-moving crisis. Socialist President Nicolas…
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Havana tornado: Cuba’s capital hit by rare twister
From BBC Three people are dead and more than 172 injured after a rare tornado ripped through Cuba’s capital, Havana. With wind speeds of up to 100km/hr (60 mph), the first tornado to hit the city in decades uprooted trees…
28 Jan Weather in Cayman
28 Jan Mon 2019 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Fresh winds along with rough seas are expected over the Cayman area for next 24 hours as a cold front currently over the Cayman area becomes stationary just east of our area…
27 Jan Weather in Cayman
27 Jan Sun 2019 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Moderate to fresh southerly winds and moderate to rough seas are expected over the Cayman area for next 24 hours as a cold front currently over western Cuba becomes stationary over our…
