Obama’s failing wars — the Caribbean front
By Nil Nikandrov From beforeitsnews The Caribbean is America’s underbelly, and is extremely vulnerable in terms of the superpower’s security. It will suffice to mention the activities of drug cartels in the region that shift tens of tons of drugs…
Turkey’s leaders are in danger of scuttling a major natural gas project with Israel
By Dov Friedman, The Jackson Institute For Global Affairs At Yale University Throughout Israel’s military operation in Gaza, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan appeared committed to outdoing himself in his hyperbolic criticism of Israel. A series of references to Israel…
Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) celebrates 10 years
CTU Telecommunications Specialist, Nigel Cassimire, shares what happened at this year’s Caribbean Internet Governance forum. Caribbean IGF The 10th edition of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) was held at the Atlantis, Paradise Island Resort in The Bahamas from 6th…
Caricom body endorses plan to reduce adolescent pregnancy in region
From Jamaica Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana— The Caribbean Community’s (Caricom’s) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has approved a plan to reduce the number of adolescent pregnancies in each country of the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean by at least 20…
Poetic feathers art
By Chris Maynards From Designer Daily Chris Maynards cuts out birds in feathers, a difficult task that lets him create delicate and poetic works of art. He place the artworks in shadowboxes that are each unique. Designer Daily is a…
Lineup of Caribbean feature films announced for trinidad+tobago film festival/14
By Magella Moreau From The Bahamas Weekly The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) announced the first section of its programme of films for its 2014 edition, the Caribbean features section, today. Twenty feature-length films—ten fiction films and ten documentaries—will screen in…
Capstone receives C1000 order for exclusive resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 12, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that it received a one megawatt C1000 order to power an exclusive resort in the…
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A champion for the Caribbean
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contribuitor On May 7th, 2015 Britain will hold a general election. Under the terms of its Fixed Term Parliament Act, this date, which forms a part of the agreement that established the coalition…
Business plan – A must have?
By Samuel Rosenberg From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States, Friday August 8, 2014 – Around 25% of new business owners will be looking for new employment in less than a year. 50% of new businesses will not make their fifth…
T&T behind Haiti in economic growth
From Guardian Media T&T ranks ninth among the Caribbean’s fastest growing economies, according to data just compiled by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac). Eclac’s recently unveiled projections for growth in 2014 shows T&T,…
