‘A 15-year-old is too young to give birth’
From Trinidad Express Alvaro Serrano, regional communication adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) regional office, says 20,000 girls under 15 give birth every day around the world and it was necessary to…
Human trafficking, prostitution in Dutch Caribbean to be investigated
By Marvin hokstam From NL Times.nl The Second Chamber has adopted a motion to initiate an independent inquiry into human trafficking and prostitution in the Dutch Caribbean. The motion was brought by the ChristianUnion and the Labour Party PvdA. Member…
Help us to help you says Cayman Post Office
If you’re expecting Christmas packages, the Cayman Islands Postal Service (CIPS) has a couple of suggestions to speed up delivery. There are two things that customers are can do to speed up the process: 1) ensure an invoice is available,…
Dhingana ties-up with General Mobile to preload apps on a million devices
By NT Balanarayan From Medianama Music streaming site Dhingana has tied-up with General Mobile, a Cayman-based company which offers a proprietary mobile content management and application store hosting platform, to preload its music app on 1-million devices. The financial terms…
African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust urges shoppers to give the gift of life this Christmas
By Hannah Williamson, Chief Reporter, From Your Local guardian UK PHOTO: Kevin Kararwa from Morden needs a bone marrow donor Shoppers are being urged to give the gift of life this Christmas and register to become a bone marrow donor….
BT woman guilty of forged bills
Sharon Ebanks from Bodden Town was found guilty of four offenses relating to counterfeit cash by a jury on Friday (6). Ebanks was convicted of possessing and using a forged CI$10 bill in the Evaglow bar in Bodden Town in…
Caribbean leaders to attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday December 9, 2013, CMC – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were leaving the region on Monday for South Africa to attend the funeral of the country’s first Black President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela. Mandela, 95, died…
The Ritz-Carlton offers the perfect gift that keeps on giving benefitting Make-A-Wish(R)
Global Hotel Company Will Donate Up to $100,000 to Make-A-Wish CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Inspire. Engage. Contribute. These are the guiding principles of Community Footprints(R), The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company’s social responsibility program focusing on hunger and…
Cuba says it will restore consular services in United States
From Caribbean Journal Cuba will be restoring its consular services in the United States until Feb. 17, according to the government. The government had announced the shutdown of its Cuban Interests Section in Washington after its bank accounts had been…
Texas pair released after serving 21 years for ‘satanic abuse’
By Tom Dart in Houston from theguardian.com Dan and Fran Keller, sentenced in 1991 for child sexual assault during US ‘Satanic panic’ era, released after district attorney conceded trial jury was probably swayed by faulty testimony Dan Keller has left…
