Lionfish characteristics make them more ‘terminator’ than predator
From Science Daily New research on the predatory nature of red lionfish, the invasive species that is decimating native fish populations in parts of the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, seems to indicate that lionfish are not just a predator,…
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‘Youth Olympic Games: Spotlight on Cayman Islands’ Polly Serpell’
From Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) Polly Serpell is the first equestrian to represent the Cayman Islands at the Youth Olympics this month in Nanjing, China. Polly’s progress can be followed on CIEF’s Facebook page. Here follows an interview with…
West Bay ladies won’t give up on Dart road closure – UPDATE
UPDATED: Despite losing their fight in their legal challenge to the closure of part of the West Bay Road by Dart, the four West Bay ladies, Alice Mae Coe, Annie Multon, Ezmie Smith and Betty Ebanks, are not giving up. They are…
Could a new vaccine offer protection against chikungunya virus?
By Marie Ellis From medical News Today Chikungunya is a virus transmitted to humans by infected mosquitos. Though it mainly affects people living in Africa and Asia, it has been identified in Europe and even the US recently. Though there…
LIME, Digicel can’t block forever
By Paul Golding, GUEST COLUMNIST From The Gleaner Gordon Swaby, innovator of web-based teaching tool, EduFocal, has railed against Digicel and LIME for their pushback against VoIP platforms such as Viber. – VoIP, WhatsApp will trigger new business model At…
World record opah fish caught in Caribbean
By Sophia Steele From KpopSrarz Three gigantic moonfish surprise Recreational Fishermen, Not Consumed Due To Mercury Level World record breaking opah fish was caught by recreational fisherman in the Mexican waters. One of the opah fish, also known as moonfish,…
Outgoing Antigua GG accuses government of lying regarding her removal
From Caribbean360 ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Thursday August 14, 2014, CMC – Outgoing Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack Wednesday accused the new Gaston Browne government of lying to the country regarding her removal from office. Dame Louise will be replaced by…
Caribbean Voices
By Tony Martin From Caribbean Beat Issue 56 “Nothing was created in the West Indies”, V.S. Naipaul famously wrote. Yet many of the earliest writers and thinkers in the Americas were Caribbean men and women, creating histories, novels, essays, poems,…
Puerto Rico’s population shrinks as residents move to US
From Caribbean360 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Thursday August 14, 2014 – A new study has found that Puerto Rico has undergone such a dramatic population shift that there are now over a million more Puerto Ricans on the US mainland…
Daily Buzz reports “Real mermaid infant washes ashore in the Caribbean”
No its not April Fools Day but according to the website Daily Buzz Live a “Real Mermaid Infant Washes Ashore In The Caribbean” and “According to NOAA they are growing in massive numbers”. I leave you without comment the whole…
