Gov’t, Opposition at odds over airport taxes in St Lucia
From Jamaica Observer CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Prime Minister Allen Chastanet says the former St Lucia Government should be “embarrassed and ashamed” at its decision to rescind an airport development tax, which has cost the island in excess of…
CARIBBEAT: New York organizations don’t forget about ‘cane vics
By Jared McCallister From New York Daily News Hurricane Matthew has faded from the minds of many New Yorkers, but for the Caribbean American Center of New York, the Kindest Hearts Foundation and other organizations the devastating effects of the…
Guyana has highest child labour rate in Latin America, Caribbean
From Kaieteur News The Caribbean Human Development Report 2016 has recorded that the child labour rate in Guyana is at 16.4 per cent, the only country above the Latin America and Caribbean average of 11 per cent. According to the…
Fatal single-car motor vehicle accident in North Side Fri Morning, 21 October
From RCIPS: Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 7:13 AM Today, Friday, 21 October, around 3AM, police and emergency personnel were called to the scene of a single-vehicle accident on Rum Point Road in the vicinity of House #193. The driver of…
UK: Home office overturns decision on May Brown’s sisiter’s UK Visa entry!!!
By Ronke Oke From change.org 21 Oct 2016 — I come with good news… I am glad to announce the Home Office has lifted the ban on May Brown’s sister entering the UK. It was confirmed late yesterday. An official statement from…
Ogier team write chapters for charity book raising money for education of girls
Two of Ogier’s Cayman team have contributed chapters to “Girl on Purpose” – an eBook raising money for gender equality projects to support the 31 million girls around the world who are of primary school age but are out of…
Cayman Islands cancer registry registration on the rise
Registration rates for the Cayman Islands’ cancer registry have been consistently increasing each year. This is the result of cancer survivors and patients being regularly referred to the registry from more than a dozen medical professionals and cancer organisations across…
Why it’s hard to fire cops
By Tess Owen, VICE News From Business Insider It takes a lot to get fired from Chicago’s police department. A review of internal documents by the Chicago Tribune showed that a small handful of the city’s officers were overwhelmingly responsible for…
Florida man spends 17 years challenging debt he never owed in the first place
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Imagine you wake up one day to find out that you suddenly owe nearly $100,000 on a house you’ve never owned, in a city where you’ve never resided. Should be easy enough to sort that…
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Schiaparelli Mars probe’s parachute ‘jettisoned too early’
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, Darmstadt From BBC Europe’s Schiaparelli lander did not behave as expected as it headed down to the surface of Mars on Wednesday. Telemetry data recovered from the probe during its descent indicates that its parachute…
