springtime on Mars
This starkly beautiful picture shows springtime on Mars By Dina Spector From Business Insider Sand dunes emerge from a winter coat of carbon dioxide frost on a spring day in northern Mars, in a photo taken by the Mars Reconnaissance…
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: solar hourglass, urban tornadoes and the world’s tallest garden
From engadget Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Japan is the birthplace of high-speed rail, and it continues to be a…
Gb Airport costs 126% above region
By Natario Mckenzie, Tribune Business Reporter From tribune242 TOURISM officials yesterday conceded it was “critical” that Freeport’s airport fuel and handling costs, which are 126 per cent higher than Caribbean rivals, are reduced within the next “three to six months”…
TSA agents ‘opened urn full of mother’s ashes in airport security and spilled them’
By Kieran Corcoran From Daily Mail TSA agents spilled contents of urn inside grieving son’s baggage on trip to spread her remains in the Caribbean Sea Shannon Thomas, from Cleveland, Ohio, lost his mother in 2012 Flew to Puerto Rico…
Roderick “Chuckey” Gordon takes home Trinidad calypso monarch title
From Caribbean360 Gordon overcame a strong field of 12 that included three former monarchs, to lift the title with his political rendition “Wey You Think” and the social commentary “Wedding of De Century”. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Roderick “Chuckey” Gordon…
For Guyana, energy plus efficiency equals common sense development
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, IPS – Guyana is shaping up to set a gold standard for the Caribbean in implementing a national energy efficiency strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.”Energy efficiency is the main…
Commentary: Haiti’s national carnival in Gonaives
By Jean H Charles from Caribbean News Now Some ten years ago on September 18, 2004, the city of Gonaives was under siege after tropical storm Jeanne unleashed a deluge of biblical proportion depositing in the region enough water to…
Nestor Torres and friends close Saint Martha series with lively Latin program
By Lawrence Budmen Nestor Torres and friends performed earlier this year at St. Martha’s Church in Miami Shores. While “A Caribbean Celebration” was the theme of the Saint Martha-Yamaha Concert Series’ final performance of the season, the concert really was…
Former Haitian dictator dies
By Joseph Guyler C. Delva From HCNN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier died on Saturday, possibly of a heart failure, after he collapsed and hit his head while visiting a close ally near the…
ICCI turns 44 year old!
(GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS) – The first tertiary institution in Grand Cayman turns 44 years old this year. The International College of the Cayman Islands celebrated the milestone with an observance at The Cayman Islands Baptist Church. Trustee and founding…
