OUR CARIBBEAN: Caricom’s diplomacy with the Vatican
By Rickey Singh, From Nation News Barbados It has been long in coming, but as the cliché goes, better late than never. I am referencing last week’s official announcement that our 15-member Caribbean Community and the Vatican have established diplomatic…
Contraceptive-coverage mandate foes flock to US Supreme Court
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal In a scenario reminiscent of same-sex marriage challenges last fall, the U.S. Supreme Court now has five petitions for review from religious nonprofits challenging the government’s means of accommodating their objections to…
European Court Italy ruling may open door to gay civil unions in British Caribbean [Cayman Islands]
By Andrew Potts From Gay Star News Jamaican lawyer Maurice Tomlinson says the European Court ruling that recognition of same-sex relationships is a human right may lead to civil partnerships across the Caribbean British Overseas Territories A leading Jamaican LGBTI…
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Community Events Immigration Department Closure On 31 July 2015 The Department of Immigration Headquarters, including Passport & Corporate Services, Visa Office and Front Counter, will be closed to the public for all but essential services on Friday, 31 July 2015….
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Michelle T brings praise from Cayman
By Howard Campbell Observer senior writer From Jamaica Observer Though she has been an artiste for over 25 years, singer Michelle T Durrant still gets a few flutters when show time approaches. Known as Michelle T, she makes her first…
Oldest’ Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
By Sean Coughlan Education correspondent From BBC What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among…
Lawyers cautioned on ‘cashing in’ on gay marriage ruling
By Gina Passarella, From The Legal Intelligencer Last week, a Philadelphia judge denied the dissolution of an out-of-state civil union between two women who have been separated for more than a decade, dashing the pair’s hopes that Pennsylvania’s legalization of…
Boy Scouts of America moves to lift nationwide ban on gay adults
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Earlier this year, Robert Gates, current National President of the Boy Scouts of America and former head of the CIA, asked leadership to give some thought to the organization’s current standards. The Boy Scouts of…
Senior Tibetan monk dies in Chinese prison
By Sui-Lee Wee Reuters From Huffington Post BEIJING, July 13 (Reuters) – A Tibetan monk who was one of China’s most prominent political prisoners has died in jail, a relative said on Monday, and a rights group said security forces…
Franklin Graham: ‘Everything related to God’ is under attack
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax America is not only “blatantly defying God’s laws,” it’s trying to erase them from public view, evangelist preacher Franklin Graham charges in a blistering condemnation of an Oklahoma court order to remove a Ten Commandments…
