Caribbean chikungunya originated recently in Asia
From croftsblogs Via Emerging Infectious Diseases, a remarkable report: Transcontinental Movement of Asian Genotype Chikungunya Virus. Excerpt: In agreement with findings in a recent report characterizing the 2013 CHIKV detected on St. Martin Island (6), the phylogenetic tree generated from…
Caribbean Mother’s Day
From Narrative Network On Mother’s Day, I always marvel at mothers like my maternal grandmother Violet Chan Keong, who arrived in Harlem from Trinidad. She was newly divorced and travelling with three small children, including my mother. She left behind…
Bajan paper banned from covering Sparrow concert?
From Trinidad Express Newspapers Proving that one bad example, set in one place, is always liable to be followed elsewhere in the Caribbean, the Barbados Central Bank last week decreed that journalists from that country’s Nation newspaper are no longer…
“Ex-Pat TV” expanding to Cayman Islands
From Bernews A Bermuda-based business bringing the Island the best of UK TV is expanding its service to include the Cayman Islands. Ex-Pat TV was introduced to Bermuda by professional photographer David Skinner who came across the concept while on…
Commentary: Our Caribbean: The political party and the elected government
By Oliver Mills From Caribbean News Now Gordon Lewis, in his book “Main currents in Caribbean thought”, states that different European colonising groups put their distinctive mark upon different Caribbean colonies, and this is shown by the fact that, in…
CIHN announces site of 2nd International treatment facility
Caribbean International Holdings (CIHN) facility is approved for stem cell therapies by Mexico’s equivalent of US FDA May 12, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Both the Protocols and Procedures of therapy center inside San Javier Hospital, Guadalajara, are certified…
Schools are not factories
From The Barbados Advocate Acting Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Harcourt Husbands, says while a major task of educators is to prepare students for the world of work, the classroom is not a factory for the workplace….
iNews Briefs
Heavy police presence in East Kingston following deadly shootout From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday May 12, 2014, CMC – Police Sunday maintained a strong presence in eastern sections of the capital after residents took to the streets to protest the…
Operation Tempura UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) disclosure
Freedom of Information Request I note you seek access to the following information: It was revealed that MPS had written off £19,492.66 in expenses incurred by officers involved in Operation Tempura in the Cayman Islands because the officers concerned had…
[Jamaican] Cops eye Cayman
Ryon Jones, Staff Reporter From Jamaica Gleaner Despite having taken an oath to serve, protect and reassure the people of Jamaica, many members of the police force seem ready to head elsewhere at the drop of a hat. That was…
