St Lucia calls for Liat shakeup, guarantees EC$3 million loan
From Caribbean 360 CASTRIES, St Lucia, Tuesday November 12, 2013, CMC – St. Lucia has called for a shakeup of the financially strapped regional airline, LIAT, as it agreed to guarantee a three million EC dollar (One EC dollar =…
Cartoon of the Day
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,…
Remembrance Sunday: commemorating the Caribbean contribution
By Ines Elsa Dalal From Demotix The annual Remembrance Sunday was commemorated in Centenary Square, Birmingham with members of the Caribbean community represented. www.whyarewestindians.co.uk/ PHOTOS: #2 Front line action: hundreds of the British military service gather in Birmingham’s…
Four killed in Guyana shooting rampage, including two policemen
From Caribbean 360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday November 13, 2013, CMC – Police reportedly shot and killed a miner who had earlier killed four people, including two police officers during a three-hour standoff on Tuesday. The drama unfolded in the streets…
Men’s rugby 7s make history
From James Burton, Sub-editor From BDA Sun Bermuda’s men and women rugby 7s teams returned home from Cayman rightly proud of their efforts at the weekend’s North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) 7s tournament. The men’s team finished seventh overall,…
What music have your solar panels been listening to?
By Steve Williams From Care2 Scientists have discovered that solar panels can be designed to perform considerably better when exposed to sounds like certain kinds of music. Why is this, and how could this knowledge help advance green energy? Researchers…
WuXi PharmaTech Announces Third-Quarter 2013 Results
SHANGHAI, Nov. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading research and development outsourcing company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, with operations in China and the United States, today announced its unaudited financial…
Flying fish of the Caribbean
By Dock, Drummond Island MI USA, From DPREVIEW Forty plus years ago, I first witnessed the flying fish. A lady near me said to her friend “Look at those poor birds. They fly so close to the water they drown.”…
Is Facebook’s new way to confront cyberbullying going to work?
By Kevin Mathews from Care2 In recent years, we’ve seen a growing number of teens engage in cyberbullying, as well as a growing number of teens kill themselves over the torment. Better late than never, Facebook, the world’s most popular…
Trinidad Muslim group warns political parties
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A Muslim group has warned political parties in Trinidad and Tobago that they should desist from using Islam and Muslims as pawns in the fight to gain political dominance here. “If these parties continue along this…
