The indispensability of the written word
By Dr. Basil Wilson From The New York Carib News The birth of New York Carib News coincided with a turbulent period in Caribbean history. The 1980s entailed riveting ideological struggles in Grenada, Jamaica, and Guyana. The 1980s was also…
Saint Lucian author and youth advocate, Loverly Sheridan, wins the coveted Palm Beach Illustrated Educator of the Year Award
OECS Communications Wednesday, September 25, 2019 — West Palm Beach – Saint Lucian author and educator, Loverly Sheridan, became the recipient of the prestigious Palm Beach Illustrated Educator of the Year Award at the Norton Museum of Arts in Palm Beach Florida…
Cameron and the Queen: Palace ‘displeasure’ over comments
From BBC David Cameron’s revelation that he sought help from the Queen ahead of the Scottish independence vote in 2014 has caused displeasure at Buckingham Palace, a source has said. The former PM told the BBC he had asked whether…
In the event of a killer asteroid, volcanic apocalypse, or nuclear holocaust, mushrooms could save humanity from extinction
By Morgan McFall-Johnsen From Business Insider Vincent Kessler/Reuters In a new book, writer Bryan Walsh describes strategies that might keep people alive after a disaster like an asteroid impact, supervolcano eruption, or nuclear war. Walsh suggests that because mushrooms, rats,…
MOOC: Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean
From UNESCO The third and final edition of the MOOC “Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Research, Policies and Management for Social Transformations” finished this month. Almost 4,000 people registered in the course, from more than 100 countries of…
Mental health in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Rodriguez JJ. From NCBI Author information 1Senior Advisor on Mental Health. Pan American Health Organization/Regional Office of the World Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA, email [email protected]. Abstract Mental illnesses are a growing health problem and reducing the treatment gap…
5 Tips for writing the perfect college application essay
Are you planning to write a college application essay? Have you started reading other essays online to understand better how to draft yours? Well, reading samples makes this writing task look less stressful. But it is one of the highly demanding writing…
14 Sep 2019 Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 TS, 4 dist
14 Sep Sat 2019 Tropical Report ATLANTIC Tropical Weather Outlook For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 CENTER OF HUMBERTO PASSING JUST EAST OF…
The Publisher speaks: “In My Day”
The last inspection of the Cayman Prep and High School (March 2019), although in my day, when I was fifteen, it was The C-H-S, received a good report. In fact, the statement “Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of…
The Editor speaks: Literacy
Sunday September 8th is Lieracy Day and the theme is ‘Literacy and Multilingualism’.. “Multilingualism”? Wow. Try to say that quickly? I wonder who came up with that? (Someone belonging to the United Nations.) Yes. I know what it means, but…