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The Emissary of Evil By Peter Polack Evil does not always arrive on our doorstep in the form of crime. Sometimes it will arrive in a most insidious form, unseen. Crime is a very open form of evil committed and…
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Cayman Islands earnings better than expected Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin said the Government’s Operating Bank account balances at September 30th 2014 totalled $67.1 million. This equates to over $2.5 million more than expected and spending was also down $5.5million,…
OPINION: Farrakhan talking rubbish!
By Michael A Dingwall It has proven very hard to make much sense of the speech (if one can call that a speech) that Dr. Louis Farrakhan made in Jamaica recently. It is riddled with so many factual errors and…
New Cable & Wireless upgrading all Caribbean regional operations
From T&T NewsDay Following the recent announcement of a $160 million investment on the island, LIME has launched “Upgrade Barbados”. A member company of the New Cable & Wireless Communications Group, LIME Barbados is the first business unit in the…
Antigua faces climate risks with ambitious renewables target
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 HODGES BAY, Antigua, Monday October 6, 2014, IPS – Ruth Spencer is a pioneer in the field of solar energy. She promotes renewable technologies to communities throughout her homeland of Antigua and Barbuda, playing a…
Trinidad government confirms CLICO for sale if the price is right
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Tuesday September 23, 2014, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has confirmed that it intends to sell the financially troubled Colonial Life Insurance Co Ltd (CLICO), whose collapse in 2009 sent ripples throughout the Caribbean….
Whopping $700 media fee creates controversy
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life After 46 years of coverage of the annual West Indian American Day Associations annual festivities in Brooklyn, in an un-precedented action, the organizers required media individuals to pay a whopping $700 in order…
Education minister denies UNICEF pressuring St Lucia to scrap corporal punishment
From Caribbean360 CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Friday August 15, 2014, CMC – St Lucia’s Education Minister Robert Lewis has denied that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is pressuring the country to get rid of corporal punishment in schools. According to the…
Caribbean governments now insured against excess rainfall
From Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, August 4, 2014 – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is pleased to announce that eight of its members have become the first countries to purchase its excess rainfall…
Canada promotes enhanced public financial management in the Caribbean
The Government of Canada announced funding toward the Enhancing Public Financial Management in the Caribbean initiative, which will improve the capacity of national institutions to better manage public finances in the face of rising financial vulnerabilities. The initiative, valued at…
