Being Muslim in Barbados: An exclusive interview
From Caribbean360 Suleiman Bulbulia on Barbados’ Muslim community BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday October 7, 2014. AMG — The power of the media to shape and influence public perceptions comes with great responsibility. When AMG decided to cover reactions to the Barbados…
Trinidad and Tobago launches internet exchange point
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago has become the latest Caribbean nation to launch an Internet exchange point (IXP). Called TTIX, the local IXP brings together seven of the country’s Internet service providers (ISPs)….
Cayman Islands heads to Trinidad
At the end of September, two Cayman riders headed to Trinidad for the third leg of the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Junior Show Jumping Competition. (“CEA JSJC”) Each calendar year, the four CEA countries, Cayman, Barbardos, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago,…
Cartoon of the Day
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,…
Briton Steven Goodman ‘evades service’ of lawsuit connected to Cayman Islands Axiom Legal Financing Fund
British attorney Steven Goodman has been accused of “actively evading service” of a complaint against him in New York for alleged extortion regarding the fraudulent Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund. Even though the complaint was filed at federal court…
Nobel Prize in literature goes to French novelist
Bookends From Jamaica Observer STOCKHOLM (AP) — Patrick Modiano of France, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effect on his country, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature last Thursday. The Swedish Academy gave…
CARIBBEAN DEBT: Lingering debt spectres highlight need for change in the Caribbean
By Oliver West From Emerging Markets Jamaica is getting back on track and could become an unlikely poster child for the IMF. However, elsewhere in the Caribbean the threat of default looms and some countries are not ready to ask…
Cuban athletes face hurdles on road to sporting glory
By Will Grant BBC News, Havana Looming down on Cuba’s young athletes as they train at the Pan American Stadium on the outskirts of Havana is a billboard with an image of Che Guevara and his famous words “Hasta la…
Cuba: Unfinished nuclear power station
By James Gordon From Daily Mail UK Cuba’s Soviet Legacy: Inside the Caribbean island’s unfinished nuclear power station that lays just 180 miles off the Florida coast Cuba is an nation full of 1950s automobiles but at one time the…
Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival 2014 Aruba SEA JAZZED all weekend
From Aruba Daily on October ORANJESTAD – The 8th Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival was held this last weekend with a great line up. The years festival attracted some 8,000 local and international visitors who enjoyed a total of 20 high…
