CARPHA and Guyana launch novel public-private program to boost tourism and health
From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Tourism growth and sustainability in the Caribbean face serious health, safety and environmental (HSE) threats. These include disease outbreaks and deficiencies in food safety and environmental sanitation. This contributes to reduced tourism arrivals,…
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Montego Bay to host third Caribbean TVET Conference
By Latonya Linton From JIS Story Highlights: The Third International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean will be held from May 10 to 12 at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay,…
UK: Brexit Judgment: UK Supreme Court dismisses the government’s appeal
Article by Roger Kennell From Rudnick LLP Parliament must authorise notice of withdrawal from the EU under Article 50 Summary The UK Supreme Court has yesterday, by a majority of 8-3, dismissed the Government’s appeal against the Divisional Court’s judgment…
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CONCACAF Q&A: Junior Flemmings (New York Red Bulls II)
Junior Flemmings is a talented attacker, who has represented Jamaica at the under-17, under-20 and under-23 levels. The 21-year-old scored seven goals in 23 games last year for New York Red Bulls II, before suffering left medial meniscus injury that…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: Globalization has disadvantaged small states
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, Friday April 28, 2017 – Globalization was originally a construct of industrialized nations whose economic activity had developed sufficiently to withstand competition within their own borders from other countries,…
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“Accurate data will help to save lives” – ILO Director-General on World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28 April 2017
On thisWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work, the ILO highlights the urgent need for vastly improved national occupational safety and health (OSH) data. It is estimated that over 2.3 million fatalities and 300 million accidents causing injuries occur…
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Vacation Nightmare: Woman returns from Caribbean with this strange infection
From David Wolfe. Com Imagine a relaxing vacation to the Caribbean—beaches, sunshine, and…parasitic worms infecting your body?!? The unlikely grouping became a nightmarish reality for one 45-year-old Pennsylvania woman who, upon returning home from vacation, noticed a strange rash forming…
Sergey Brin is secretly building a massive zeppelin in a NASA hangar, report says
By Matt Weinberger From Business Insider Google cofounder and Alphabet president Sergey Brin is secretly building a massive zeppelin in Hangar 2 of the NASA Ames Research Center, with a giant metal skeleton already in place,reports Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance. It’s not…
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Caribbean scientists work to limit climate impact on marine environment
By Zadie Neufville From iCrowsNewswire (IPS) Caribbean scientists say fishermen are already seeing the effects of climate change, so for a dozen or so years they’ve been designing systems and strategies to reduce the impacts on the industry. While some…
TRINIDAD: Baby drowns in bucket of urine, relatives say “poverty” is to blame
By Trinidad Express From St Lucia News Online That was the cry of relatives of five-month-old Kydari Pacheco who drowned on Thursday in a bucket filled with urine. The toddler was found at around 4.35a.m. head down in the plastic…
