Urban gardens
6 inspiring urban gardens that impact the community By Chelsea Frisbie From Mashable Even in a city setting, it is possible to put your green thumb to good work. By planting organisms that don’t require large areas to grow and…
10 things you should know about the Caribbean man linked to the Brazil scandal & Haiti energy deal
From News America Now NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. April 29, 2016: A Caribbean-born businessman has been named in the Panama Papers scandal for links to Brazil’s ever-widening corruption investigation and now to a Haiti petroleum deal. Here…
Cruise company says dredging only choice for big ships in Cairns
Nick DaltonThe Cairns Post DREDGING is the only way Royal Caribbean International will bring its larger cruise ships into the Cairns harbour. The operator has ruled out putting three of their bigger liners through computer simulations to ascertain whether they…
Development of Marijuana Industry Urgent – Shaw
By Alecia Smith-Edwards From JIS Story Highlights He pointed out that exploiting the benefits of marijuana is “not about smoking a spliff” or “walking around with two ounces of the weed.” Mr. Shaw noted that in the United States alone,…
Caribbean Rhythms: CALL FOR PAPERS
Hegemonies and dissidences in Caribbean carnivals Revista Brasileira do Caribe – ISSN: 1518-6784 (impreso) y ISSN 1984-6169 (online) – Indexada en Latindez, Redalyc,CAPES – announces the it will receive topic articles about Caribbean rhythms, Hegemonies and dissisdence in Caribbean Carnivals….
Court Greenlights Massive Class Action Against South African Mines
By Julie Triedman, From Global Lawyer News In a historic class action decision spearheaded by U.S. plaintiffs firms Hausfeld LLP and Motley Rice and their South African counsel, a court in Johannesburg on Friday greenlighted a four-year-old class action against…
Tanker grounding in environmentally sensitive area of Colombian Caribbean
By Tony Fielder From UK P&I Club Early interaction with authorities pays long term dividends in defeating class actions brought by tourism and fishing Lobby Groups. The 2005 case reported below is one the many such instances where early use of…
Comparative analysis reveals use patterns of deeper Caribbean coral reefs by shark species
From Science Daily Group spawning may drive predator habitat use for lemon sharks, may inform fisheries management Source: PLOS Summary: Three species of shark, tiger, lemon and Caribbean reef, all use deeper coral reefs in the Virgin Islands, but only…
MFSA Warns that Alpha Capital Markets is Unauthorised in Malta
By Rosemary Barnes From Finance Magnates The company has allegedly been misleading investors by pretending to be regulated. Malta’s financial markets watchdog, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), today issued a warning against forex broker Alpha Capital Markets (Alphacmarkets). The…
The Caribbean has an air tax problem
By George Nicholson Op-Ed Contributor From Caribbean Journal The regional airline industry has been characterised by a high degree of commercial difficulties. The last three decades has seen the Caribbean airspace littered with the remains of more than thirty carriers…







