Three Caribbean hotels listed on the top ten places to avoid at all costs
From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States– The importance of adequate research when choosing a hotel recently came under a white hot spotlight with a stinging critique of 10 hotels described as “just plain disasters” by Oyster.com. Published in the Daily…
Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean
From Space Interactive Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean: evidence from the historical biogeography and diversification of the butterfly genus Calisto (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini) Calisto is the largest butterfly genus in the West Indies but its systematics, historical biogeography…
Two Visual Scholarships awarded
The management board and staff of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) and Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Ltd. would like to congratulate two students, 19 year old Simon Tatum and 18 year old Lorena Morejon, who have recently been…
Caribbean tourism conference set for this week on St. Thomas
By Aldeth Lewin From Virgin Islands Daily News St. THOMAS – This week hundreds of tourism industry experts, government officials and members of the media will gather on St. Thomas for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s 2014 State of the Industry…
Caribbean turtle found in Outer Hebrides
From The Scotsman A rare leatherback turtle has been spotted in Scottish waters after travelling thousands of miles from the Caribbean. Ironically the turtle was recorded between St Kilda and the Isle of Harris by anglers fishing for tuna! They…
Polynumial teaches you to count in over 50 languages
By Regina Lizik From TUAW Polynumial, free with ads in the App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, is a bare bones language app that focuses only on learning numbers. While the app itself doesn’t do a lot,…
South Florida’s Jamaica Independence 2014 Essay Competition winner
From South Florida Caribbean News SOUTH FLORIDA – The winner of the annual Jamaica Independence Essay Competition 2014, Miss Ashleigh Chin received her award winning plaque from Consul General Franz Hall recently, at the office of the Consulate General of…
With no flames, but plenty of sparks [electric car race]
By Adario Strange From Mashable Mixing perilous motorsports and environmental awareness sounds cool, but in the end, no amount of earth-loving eco-tech can defy the realities of racing — namely crashing. The FIA Formula E Championship in Beijing, which only…
Obama’s golf rarely idled by world events
From Newsmax At this month’s NATO meeting in Wales, President Barack Obama spent two days tantalizingly close to one of the planet’s great golf courses. The president could only gaze through the windows of conference rooms, limousines and helicopters at…