The Editor Speaks: Blood
Last Thursday, another important day passed by with barely a murmur. Strange, because the subject was blood and without it no living creature here on Earth would exist. It is something we take for granted and we must certainly praise…
Trump is here to stay and change the world
By ROBERTO SAVIO From Caribbean Life ROME, June 18, 2018 (IPS) – Donald John Trump, 45th and current president of the United States, has been seen in many illustrious circles as an anomaly that cannot last. Well, it is time…
Another glimpse of State terror in Trump’s America
By Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer From NewYork Mag People protest the Trump administration’s family separation policy in New York on June 1, 2018. Keep a list, they tell you. Notice the little landmarks that tell you that authoritarianism is making…
It’s a month to celebrate Caribbean immigrants, but who really cares?
By Felicia Persaud From Amsterdam News It’s a month to celebrate Caribbean immigrants, but who really cares? Since 2006, every U.S. president since George W. Bush has been declared June as National Caribbean American Heritage Month in the United States….
Venezuela charges Pompeo with leading coup d’etat
By Tribune Content Agency From Daily Republic WASHINGTON — The Venezuelan Foreign Minister accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Monday of leading a coup d’etat against the Caracas government. Jorge Arreaza, the Venezuelan official, promised to fight the “imperialists” to…
Cayman Islands receives $38 billion investment from China
From Reuters China’s overseas investment portfolio worth $498 billion last year BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China’s overseas portfolio investment rose last year to $498 billion from $360 billion at the end of 2016, with the Chinese territory of Hong Kong…
Reports say most Americans want legal status for Caribbean ‘Dreamers’
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Reports here say most Americans want legal status for Caribbean and other “Dreamers,” but a few are adamant that they should be deported. For Pav Sterry of Columbus, Ohio, legalising any undocumented immigrants — even…
Miami Cancer Institute launches MR Image-Guided Linac Radiation Therapy
The Institute becomes the second site in the United States to offer this form of treatment technology MIAMI, FL – June 1, 2018 — Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida and the state’s only member of the…
Deported, desperate, but determined
BY ALAYNE RICHARDS From Jamaica Observer Parents sent to Jamaica go the extra mile to reunite with children in the USA HUNDREDS, if not thousands, of deported Caribbean parents are desperately trying to reunite with children left behind in the…
New IDB report says Caribbean lags in sports spending
From DaVibes WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — A new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Latin American and the Caribbean lag in sports spending, stating that the region could get a development boost from sports activities that improve…