Carib choices: Climate change impact or MDGs
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean Life ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, May 21, 2014 (IPS) – Climate change is forcing the nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to choose between expending scarce resources to deal with its impact or other pressing…
OPINION: EC Dollar devaluation may be beginning of the end
By Peter Binose From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – We may all wake up one morning soon and find our EC dollars worth less, or even worthless. Our savings and our buying power reduced. Our local pensions worth so much…
Caribbean edges closer to adopting fisheries policy
From Guyana Times The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says the region is closer to adopting a fisheries policy The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says the region is closer to adopting a fisheries policy which it describes…
Eastern Caribbean islands still reeling after Christmas Eve storm
By Larry Luxner From Baltimore Post Examiner Part of a bridge is washed away in St. Vincent following Dec. 24 torrential rains. (Embassy of St. Vincent) St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica — three of the world’s smallest countries —…
Caribbean fears loss of “keystone species” to climate change
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 CODRINGTON, Barbuda, April 30, 2014, IPS – A marine biologist has cautioned that the mass deaths of starfish along the United States west coast in recent months could also occur in the Caribbean region because…
Caribbean whale hunter turns whale watcher – is the end in sight for whaling everywhere?
By Aisling Maria Cronin From ONEGREENPLANETNEWS Heartening news just in from the Caribbean, Green Monsters! Orson “Balaam” Ollivierre, chief whaler on the island of Bequia, the second-largest island of the Grenadines in the Eastern Caribbean, has made the decision to…
22nd International Optimist Regatta set for June
From Caribbean Sailing St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Register now! The International Optimist Regatta (IOR) celebrates its 22nd edition, marking over two decades of fostering junior sailing in the Caribbean. Dates for the regatta and kick-off Sea Star Clinic and…
PM Douglas tells Caribbean magistrate’s societies are changes
By CUOPM on April 03, 2014 in Diaspora, Nevis, Prime Minister, St. Kitts With changes in the societies in the Caribbean and around the world, it is imperative that the magisterial profession is up to the challenges. Delivering the opening…
LIAT threat to shrink Caribbean Airline Network
By Robert MacLellan From Spice Islander The board of LIAT airline is clearly feeling the pressure of mounting ongoing criticism of its consistent inability to achieve a stable business model and to provide a vital intra regional air service in…
UCCI International Ethics Conference opens March 19 – 21, 2014
See also Programme of Plenary Sessions following this story RBC Royal Bank Sponsors UCCI International Ethics Conference March 19 – 21, 2014 RBC Royal Bank is sponsoring this week’s international conference in the Cayman Islands, entitled Toward a Corruption Free…
