Demographic change in Europe and North America offers opportunity for the Caribbean to modify political positions
By David Jessop From Stabroek News In 2001, one in 10 voters in the United Kingdom were members of an ethnic minority; by 2050 the number will have risen to one in five. Put another way, demographic change is set…
Campbell fancies Windies Women title chances
From Jamaica Observer SYLHET, Bangladesh (CMC) – Coach Sherwin Campbell has backed West Indies Women to win the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, after their qualification for the semi-finals was confirmed late Friday. The Caribbean side trounced Sri Lanka by eight…
Caribbean Pygmy Octopi
Caribbean Pygmy Octopi smaller than a penny born in captivity By Carolyn Cox From Geekosystem I’m a silly human for wanting to build them a dollhouse aquarium, but I do, guys. I do. Smaller than a LEGO minifig! Overpowered by…
Superyacht Regatta & Rendezvous 2014
Spectacular sailing conditions at Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta & Rendezvous 2014 From Charter World The recently concluded 2014 Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta & Rendezvous took to the azure waters of the enchanting Caribbean yacht charter location – Virgin…
Jean Holder’s Caribbean Tourism: A review comment by Ralph E. Gonsalves
Dr. Jean Holder’s book Caribbean Tourism, published late last year by Canoe Press of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), is an excellent, comprehensive survey of the historical evolution of tourism…
Top public school cancels dream holiday to Caribbean and calls in police after £150,000 paid to tour operator goes missing
By Tara Brady From Daily Mirror Parents at Wrekin College, in Shropshire, paid thousands of pounds Money was paid to a tour operator up front but no bookings were made Pupils, some parents and six teachers due to fly out…
Life expectancy in the Caribbean Netherlands
By Carla King-Sira From St Mararten Island Timecom Life expectancy in the Caribbean Netherlands differs slightly from that in the European part of the Netherlands BES Islands – Life expectancy at birth in the Caribbean Netherlands for men and women…
Rough sailing when virus comes aboard
By Christopher Elliott, From Washington Post What’s worse than being stricken with a stomach bug on vacation? Maybe it’s being quarantined on a cruise ship with hundreds of other passengers suffering from the same illness. That’s what happened to Randy…
Five Trinidad nationals detained for alleged Venezuela coup plot
From Caribbean360 Five Trinidad and Tobago nationals, including three Muslim leaders, are being held in Venezuela amid charges of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Saturday March 29, 2014, CMC – Five Trinidad…
Maples putts for Feed Our Future
Maples and Calder recently donated its winnings from the Cayman Islands Golf Invitational, totalling CI$1,700, to local charity Feed Our Future. The team placed second in the tournament, which took place from 13-14 December 2013 at the North Sound Golf…
