93L in Eastern Atlantic growing more organised
By Dr. Jeff Masters From Weather Underground An area of disturbed weather located near 10°N, 33°W at 8 am EDT Monday, about 500 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, was designated Invest 93L by NHC early Monday morning. This…
OECS opposition parties urged to reject CCJ
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — The recent announcement by the incoming chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, that he intends to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)…
Toppa top 5: The Caribbean’s best book festivals
From Large Up If you just bumped into your favorite author on your favorite Caribbean beach, it may not be a coincidence. In recent years the springtime calendar in the islands has filled up with literary festivals drawing renowned authors…
Let’s have a Marshall Plan for clean energy in the Caribbean
By Richard Schiffman From Earth Island Journal The vulnerable islands are a perfect laboratory to test out renewable energy solutions to our climate crisis In June, Lefties Food Stall, a pint sized eatery serving Barbados’s signature flying-fish sandwiches, became the…
$1.09m loss for Praetorian Property
From Guardian Media Praetorian Property Mutual Fund, a real estate investment trust incorporated in T&T, suffered a net loss of $1.09 million for the six months ended March 31, according to financial statements published yesterday. In the trustee’s report on…
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Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) build the fund for veteran runner The above 6 marathon challenge to raise CI$1 million to build a new ‘in-patient’ Hospice facility took another leap forward with CIREBA pledging $100,000 this week. President…
CCJ creating Caribbean law
From Guyana Times Consistent with its vision to foster a unique Caribbean jurisprudence, the[Caribbean Court of Justice] CCJ has taken another step in its journey to creating this indigenous body of law. This time it did so in the Guyanese…
CARIBBEAN VIEW: Stop cursing CARICOM as Darkness; It is a light not yet fully turned-on
By Sir Ronald Sanders Dr Franklin Johnston, a strategist, project manager and advisor to the Jamaica Minister of Education, wrote a column in the Jamaica Observer of May 30, 2014 in which he basically contended that the Caribbean Common Market…
Will the Caribbean reparations initiative inspire a revitalization of the US movement?
By Don Rojas From The Nation Underdevelopment in the Caribbean is a direct legacy of the slave trade and descendants of enslaved Africans should be compensated accordingly. A nineteenth century bilboes for an adult, typically found on slave ships, on…
Fisheries Ministers consider regional coral reef plan of action
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (CRFM)–Fisheries ministers from member states of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) met at Fort Young Hotel, in Roseau, Dominica, on Friday, May 23, 2014, for the Eight Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council. According to CRFM’s…
