Restoring the Caribbean’s Corals
From National Aquarium Last year, our staff had the opportunity to travel to the Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of Mexico, to help restore coral reefs! The last few decades of human activity (primarily pollution and overfishing) have decimated many…
West Indies women also win World T20 cricket title in India
From The New Indian Express KOLKATA: Having clinched their maiden World T20 title, West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor on Sunday said the historic triumph should act as a stepping stone for the development of the women’s game in the Caribbean….
Chinese fast-tracking megaresort sale, says Bahamas PM
By Krystel Rolle-Brown Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie on Friday revealed that the China Export-Import (EXIM) Bank is fast-tracking its process to find a buyer for the troubled multibillion…
Panama Papers: remarkable global media operation holds rich and powerful to account
Author Paul Lashmar Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Sussex From The Conversation Disclosure statement Paul Lashmar is part of a research group that is funded by ESRC and have been part of a research team that received a grant…
Impartial check confirms St. Maarten survey fraud
By Suzanne Koelega From The Daily Herald LEIDEN–An independent check carried out on the request of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies KITLV has confirmed that St. Maarten interviewers have committed fraud during the local survey…
Virat Kohli Awarded ‘Man of the Tournament’ in World T20
By PTI From The New India Express OLKATA: India’s premier batsman Virat Kohli was deservingly awarded the ‘Man of the Tournament’ for his brilliant performance in the ICC World T20, that concluded, here tonight. This is the second successive time…
Homeinns Hotel Group announces completion of going private transaction
SHANGHAI, April 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Homeinns Hotel Group (‘Homeinns’ or the ‘Company’) (NASDAQ: HMIN), a leading economy hotel chain in China, announced today the completion of its merger (the ‘Merger’) with BTG Hotels Group (CAYMAN) Holding Co., Ltd (‘Merger…
Guyana becomes 57th member of the Islamic Bank
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana is now a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), after joining the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1998, according to a press release from the ministry of finance…
Toxic Ash: A Caribbean time bomb Part 2 – They promised jobs…and brought ashes
By Omar Alfonso From Caribbean360 This is part two of a three-part investigative series produced by Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism, in collaboration with La Perla del Sur newspaper, about the environmental and health threat posed by coal ash…
Snow falls in Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. First time in recorded history
From What Really Happened No, it is not an April Fools Day joke, snowflakes actually fell in the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe. The event, which was described as ‘exceptional’ by a French meteorologist took place on Thursday, March 31…
