An annual Cayman Islands swimming tradition: The 2016 Lions Sprint Meet
The Lions Club and Stingray Swim Club (SSC) host the annual, fun-filled and fast-paced Lions Sprint meet on Saturday May 21st at the Lions Aquatic Centre. This meet is a partnership between the Lions Club — the visionary service club…
Now hundreds of migrants from the Caribbean fly 6,000 miles to Turkey in bid to enter Europe while posing as being from Somalia
By Tom Kelly, From Daily Mail UK They fly to Istanbul then perilously cross Aegean Sea to Greek islands On arrival some claim to be from Somalia, Syria or even Afghanistan They say there are cheap flights and they don’t…
Decision on former Caribbean football official Jack Warner’s lawsuit to be taken next month
IANS From Sports Keeda Warner is currently on TT$2.5 million ($331,428) bail following his first court appearance on May 27 last year. A judge will rule on June 17 whether to allow the United States government to be included as…
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OUR CARIBBEAN: Politics of ‘ethic arithmetic’
By Rickey Singh From Barbados Nation News PRIME MINISTER Freundel Stuart may perhaps take pride in keeping close to his chest any creative political initiative he plans to unfold for the second half century of Barbados as an independent nation,…
Caribbean islands warned as Venezuela collapses
From Curacao Chronicle CARACAS – The mayor of Chacao in Venezuela’s capital Caracas has warned that Caribbean islands and Colombia may suffer an influx of refugees from Venezuela if food shortages continue in the country. Español Ramón Muchacho said that…
The Caribbean Memory Project Is crowdsourcing family histories to preserve the region’s cultural heritage
By Atiba Rogers From Global Voices So you missed out on all those talks with your grandparents about what the good old days were like — or perhaps you’re curious about your family’s past and how you ended up in the…
Lakehead University researcher delves into 200-year-old Caribbean mystery
From CBC News New research indicates some, but not all, of the British sailors who died in the Caribbean had lead poisoning Researchers have only recently gained access to the skeletal remains of British sailors buried in Antigua in the…
Indian Caribbean Museum at Trinidad and Tobago needs State’s Help
By NewsGram NewsDesk From NewsGram The museum in Waterloo is dedicated to the preservation of artifacts on the material history of indentured immigrants in the Caribbean. Last Wednesday, a lecture was given by the Anthropologist Dr Kumar Mahabir at the…
The importance of developing a Caribbean Jurisprudence
By Sir Lawrence A. Joseph From Barnacle Perhaps the most compelling argument for all Caribbean countries to accede to the Appellate Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to establish and develop a Caribbean jurisprudence. The term jurisprudence…
Trinidad trade unionist charged with rape, indecent assault; granted $1/4 million bail
By Caribbean360 From St Lucia News Online CARIBBEAN360 – The head of the Public Services Association (PSA) Watson Duke has been charged with raping one of the organization’s employees at a hotel a week ago, after allegedly indecently assaulting her…
