ECADE promotes human rights
(Castries, December 9, 2016) As the world joins to observe international Human Rights Day on December 10, several organisations across the eastern Caribbean have come together to launch the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality or ECADE. ECADE was…
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Africa shows love for Castro and his legacy, but what has become of the revolution?
By LIESL LOUW-VAUDRAN From Mail & Guardian Africa The Caribbean’s ties with Africa remain strong, but some in the diaspora feel more attuned to Julius Malema than to the current leadership. The death of long-time Cuban ruler Fidel Castro prompted…
Wells Fargo already playing its ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ card to avoid lawsuits over fake accounts
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Wells Fargo is facing multiple lawsuits from customers and employees over the long-running fake account fiasco that saw more than two million bogus, unauthorized accounts being opened in customers’ names. Even though lawmakers and consumer…
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World Orphans Day making global impact
An Ebola orphan, 15 years old, Abraham Keita , International Children Peace Prize Winner, brings an appeal to the United Nations for a UN sanctioned World Orphans Day in Monrovia, Liberia, while Sevierville, TN, USA hosted the filming production for…
US: Rev. Ed Taylor among dead in Sevier County fire
By Steve Ahillen From Knoxville News Sentinel A Facebook site titled “Gatlinburg Fire Missing and Found” reported Saturday morning that the Rev. Ed Taylor, 83, had died in the fire. The report was not confirmed by officials, however, Taylor had been…
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Cayman Islands Minister Condolence Message following the Chapecoense football team plane crash
Minister for Community Affairs, Sports and Youth Hon. Osbourne Bodden, JP Condolence Message following the Chapecoense football team plane crash 1 December 2016 On behalf of the people of the Cayman Islands, I express our deepest condolences to the Brazilian…
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Cayman Islands Premier’s remarks on Cayman Thanksgiving 2016
Cayman Thanksgiving 2016 remarks By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin Once again we have been blessed with a hurricane season that did not trouble the Cayman Islands. It is for that, and the other riches of our lives, that we celebrate…
Caribbean Calling: Nourishing communities of faith,
By Nazim Baksh From SeekersHub At the beginning of the blessed month of Rabi’al Awwal 1438, Shaykh Ahmad Saad Al-Azhari will visit the twin-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. He will give a series of talks on the Sira…
Teen makes history wearing burkini in Miss Minnesota pageant
BY RACHEL THOMPSON From Mashable LONDON — A Somali-American teen has made history after she wore a burkini and a hijab when participating in the semifinal of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant. Halima Aden was met with rapturous applause when…
Jessica Whelan: girl in heartbreaking picture shared worldwide dies aged four
By Frances Perraudin From The Guardian UK Father of Lancashire girl documented ‘truth and reality’ of his daughter’s struggle with neuroblastoma on Facebook page A four-year-old girl whose portrait came to symbolise the “darkness that is childhood cancer” has died…
