UN special envoy on AIDS and UNAIDS regional director visit to Jamaica
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United Nations secretary general’s special envoy for AIDS in the Caribbean, Dr John Edward Greene, and Latin America and Caribbean director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr César…
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Jamaican jazz vocalist brings signature show To Miramar
From South Florida Caribbean News Jamaican Jazz Vocalist Myrna Hague Performs At The Miramar Cultural Center MIRAMAR – When Jamaica’s top female jazz vocalist, the incomparable Myrna Hague, brings her signature show “Simply Myrna” to the Miramar Cultural Center on…
HBO premieres original documentary “Heroin: Cape Cod, USA” on April 7th in the Caribbean
The documentary follows the lives of eight youths battling the daily demons of heroin addiction MIAMI, FL. – April 6, 2016 – HBO continues to be the home of the most thought-provoking and groundbreaking content on television. On April 7th…
Washington Post reveals new PRISM slides
…. offers greater clarity into the US’ surveillance operation By Joe Pollicino From engadget PRISM: The surveillance story that started with four leaked slides from the Washington Post, gets a bit clearer. The publication has revealed [in 2013] four more…
Trinidad and Tobago civil society organisations build their capacity to communicate about climate change
Port of Spain, 04 April 2016 – As the Caribbean is in the midst of yet another period of drought, we are reminded of the harsh reality that urgent action is needed to address climate change. Civil society organisations (CSOs)…
Trinidad: Dangerous escaped prisoner recaptured in Chaguaramas
From Loop News The murder accused prisoner who escaped from the St. Ann’s Mental Hospital last week Tuesday was recaptured last night. A party of officers attached to Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s (TTPS) Western Division went to the Chaguaramas…
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PETITION: Dissolve current WICB and implement recommendations of the CARICOM Cricket Review Panel
By Amílcar Sanatan Trinidad and Tobago From change.org “In this regard, the Panel strongly recommends the immediate dissolution of the West Indies Cricket Board and the appointment of an Interim Board whose structure and composition will be radically different from the…
Remixing Renaissance art with help from a 3D scanner
By Emily Price From engadget Some of the world’s oldest art is getting a bit of a facelift. Brooklyn artist Barry X Ball has developed a way to recreate Renaissance-era sculptures using 3D scanning. Rather than printing duplicates, Ball takes the…
Man reunites with cop who found him in dumpster and saved his life 25 years ago
By Brian Koerber After 25 years, Robin Barton has been reunited with the police officer who saved his life just hours after he was born — a reunion that has also spawned finding Barton’s biological parents. Retired policeman Michael Buelna discovered…
US Suits take aim at J&J diabetes drug Invokana
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal Johnson & Johnson faces allegations in a pair of suits filed March 30 that users of its popular diabetes drug, Invokana, develop kidney damage and heart disease. The latest filings bring the…
