OPINION: It’s the economy, Caribbean.
By CMC – From Observer Media Group BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart won the political battle but loss the economic war in 2013. His Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad Biissessar set a record by losing four political…
Vincentian diplomats in US appeal for urgent aid/Canadian (2 yr old) among dead
Police in St. Vincent identify Canadian girl among dead following storm A Canadian Maple Leaf flag flies near the Peace tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb.15, 2012. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld) KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — Police in the…
World Bank: Caribbean immigrants abroad are ‘very well educated’
By Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News Key source of investment capital; most are engaged in their birthplaces; are affluent with a “level of investment sophistication and business acumen As Caribbean nations continue to…
Another earthquake rocks Trinidad
From Caribbean360 Saturday’s quake was the third recorded in the Caribbean in as many days and followed two tremors that rattled Antigua and Nevis last week. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday December 30, 2013, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of…
5 drowned men found along Colombia’s Caribbean coast
From Global News Canada – Dec 28 2013 BOGOTA, Colombia – Police say the bodies of five drowned men have been found along Colombia’s coast, and they suspect the men could have travelled from a Caribbean island in an attempt…
Sagicor to get £86m from sale of Europe assets
By Aleem Khan From Guardian Media T&T The Sagicor Financial Corporation (SFC) has received approval from the regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom and the Cayman Islands to sell Sagicor Europe Ltd (SEL) and its subsidiaries, which include Sagicor at…
CIBC FirstCaribbean named Bank of the Year 2013
by Bajan CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Barbados business has been awarded the prestigious Bank of the Year 2013 by The Banker Magazine. Remarking on the award, Rik Parkhill, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, said the bank was…
Michele Henderson invites you ‘Home’
Dominican singer eyes global market with new album Roseau, Monday December 23, 2013: After five years, Dominican musical ambassador Michele Henderson returns with her latest musical endeavour- Home (Chez Moi); a world music album she plans to promote to global…
Heavy rain kills eight in St Vincent
From BBC PHOTO: People had to rescued from cars in Bexon on St Lucia At least eight people died and dozens were forced out of their homes by heavy rain in the Caribbean islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines….
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Four local women Cayman-bound
By NESJ Staff PHOTO: Morgan Andrews (right) of Milford, N.H., and Notre Dame is one of four New Englanders chosen for the U.S. U-20 team that will compete next month in a CONCACAF qualifier for the World Cup. (Notre…
