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…
Poverty and Disability in the Caribbean: Who will write my story?
By Rebecca Theodore From Dominica Vibes I watched in brazen shame and silence as the air stewardess poked jokes at the invalid man in the wheelchair as he was being lifted into the LIAT carrier airplane. “Now where is he…
New York City Council considers restricting E-cigarettes indoors
By Colin Daileda From Mashable Smoking areas could be cloudy with both puffs of smoke and e-cigarette vapor in New York City one day soon. The New York City Council held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss a bill that…
7 Anti-Aging Foods (everyone over 40 should eat)
From Joel & Josh – BioTrust Nutrition If you’re over 40 and want to defy each passing year while promoting more youthful hair, nails and skin, the below 7 foods will help you stock up on some of the most…
Overall HIV infections down but worrying signs of increased adolescent infections
By Clive Bacchus From West Indies News Network St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): While St. Kitts and Nevis and other CARICOM states are upbeat about gains made in the fight to arrest the spread of HIV among the region’s population,…
