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Former St Lucia minister sues over US visa revocation

From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — On Tuesday, attorneys for former Saint Lucia housing minister Richard Frederick filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington, DC, claiming compensatory and punitive damages of $25 million in relation to the…

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38 Volunteers complete Red Cross training programme

38 Volunteers from the Cayman Islands Red Cross have successfully completed a  National Intervention Team (NIT) training programme. The intensive six-night training, developed by the International Federation of Red Cross, trained local volunteers to coordinate, facilitate, respond to and recover…

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Race on to save Caribbean banana industry from impact of climate change

By Desmond Brown From caribbean360 The banana industry is a valuable source of foreign exchange for several Caribbean countries, including Dominica. LONDONDERRY, Dominica, Wednesday February 26, 2014, IPS – When Dean, the first storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season,…

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Healthy coral reefs need predatory fish

From infozine Scientists had already demonstrated that overfishing removes angelfish and parrotfish that feed on sponges growing on coral reefs–sponges that sometimes smother the reefs. That research was conducted off Key Largo, FL. Washington DC – infoZine – Now, new…

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CI Equestrian Fed. Dress. Chal.

Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation World Dressage Challenge The word ‘dressage’ is a French term, meaning training. Very simply, dressage is the art of striving for a harmonious and hardly perceptible communication between horse and rider. When you watch the dressage…

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West Bay Road challenge dismissed

The challenge by the group of West Bay women to the closure of the strip of West Bay Road by claiming  it was a breach of their rights has been dismissed by Justice Henderson There was a trial in December…

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Sea levels in Caribbean rising and predicted to rise more

Modelling Present-Day and Future Caribbean Sea Level Changes By H.A. Dijkstra, IMAU, Utrecht University, The Netherlands The Caribbean  Sea is connected  to the North  Atlantic  Ocean  and exchange  transport values (in Sv, 1 Sv = 106 m3/s) are fairly well…

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Jamaica government sovereign rating upgraded, outlook stable

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fitch Ratings on Tuesday upgraded Jamaica’s long term foreign currency and local currency issuer default ratings (IDR) to B- from CCC. The rating agency also raised the short-term foreign currency rating from C to B and the…

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More than 5,900 cases of Chikungunya in Caribbean, South America

By Paul Tinder From Vaccine News More than 5,900 suspected cases of chikungunya have been reported in the Caribbean region and South America since December 6, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said on Friday. The ECDC published…

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Mistrial in case of cop accused of corruption and bribery The trial of police officer Elvis Kelsey Ebanks accused of corruption and bribery when he is alleged to have asked for more than $500 from Filipino Len Ferraris not to…