Former USVI governor arrested on embezzlement charges
From Caribbean News Now ST THOMAS, USVI — The former governor of the US Virgin Islands was arrested on Tuesday morning on two felony counts of alleged financial improprieties in relation to widely publicized security improvements on his house in…
Hurricane Danny is the first hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season
From The Weather Channel Potential Threat to Lesser Antilles Next Week Hurricane Danny has Formed in Atlantic As Tropical Storm Danny continues to move [WEST], it is expected to become a hurricane, and is expected to reach the Caribbean by…
Google investors welcome Alphabet plan
By Jamie Robertson BBC business reporter A new-look Alphabet for Google Google’s shares rose over 6% in after-hours trading Monday after it announced a massive restructuring. The plan creates a new holding company, Alphabet, to run all the Google companies….
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Contempt hearing postponed, same-sex families will get to amend birth, death certificates
By Miriam Rozen, From Texas Lawyer Texas officials have complied with a federal court order and amended the death certificate of a man who was married to another man to identify the surviving spouse. The state officials have also pledged…
Caribbean can boast of one of world’s highest immunisation rates
From CARICOM The Caribbean can boast of having one of the highest immunisation rates in the world. That’s the word from Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater. He made the…
Being a new mum
Honest illustrations perfectly describe the struggles of being a new mom By Andrea Romano from Mashable Every new mom has her own personal struggle with motherhood, but there’s nothing like a good laugh to put everything in perspective. Comedian Meghna…
From Kearny to the Caribbean, med school student getting a hands-on education
By Ryan Wall From The Jersey On Jakub Halicki’s first day volunteering aboard the USNS Comfort, he did something most first-year medical students don’t get to do: he saw a patient. Halicki, a former Kearny resident and medical student, was…
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Nakhid hopes to become Caribbean’s first FIFA President
By Sean Devers From Kaieteur News Fifty-one year old former Trinidad & Tobago Footballer David Nakhid played 35 Internationals and scored eight goals for T&T between 1992 and 2005. The mid-fielder also played professionally in Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Lebanon, Trinidad…
Has Ralph Gonsalves got a Degree in Potholes?
By Peter Binose For sure he has not got a proper PhD in law like Senator Lewis, perhaps Gonsalves has a PhD in potholes, because he has overseen the creation of more potholes in SVG than any man before him…
