New emails show Clinton Foundation-State Dept Haiti links
From Caribbean News Now From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — Washington-based watchdog group, Judicial Watch, on Tuesday released 894 pages of new US State Department documents, including previously unreleased email exchanges between former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s staff…
Commonwealth and OAS missions to observe Bahamas elections
From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — A former foreign minister from Ghana, Hanna Tetteh, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to The Bahamas for the country’s general election scheduled for May 10, 2017. The Organization of American…
Who needs runways when you’ve got the Lockheed Fury?
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget Soldiers on the battlefield could soon have an extra set of eyes watching over them. Lockheed is currently developing a high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle called the Fury. But unlike other HALE…
Boudin: A story of sausage, slavery and rebellion in the Caribbean
By Melissa Banigan From Nevada Public Radio The making of boudin is a visceral, bloody and time-consuming process in the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe. Boudin — a name that comes from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning “sausage” — was first…
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler: Venezuela to ‘Vexit’ the OAS, but where does CARICOM stand?
By Earl Bousquet From Caribbean News Now The wider Caribbean finds itself slap dash in the middle of an unfolding situation that’s already tearing apart the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and possibly the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), even as…
Agriculture stakeholders discuss regional food safety
May 2, 2017 — In an effort to enhance the quality of agricultural produce in the Region, food safety stakeholders convened in Barbados from April 25-26, 2017 to discuss the improvement of plant health in the Region. The two-day consultations, conducted…
NATO: Climate change is a global threat that all countries must combat
From WN In some of the strongest comments from the U.S.-European military alliance, NATO’s supreme allied commander for transformation laid out the threat of President Donald Trump mulling to pull out of the Paris accord, according to Reuters. “There is…
“Cuba opening up is a fantastic thing for the Caribbean” – Chastanet
By Miami Herald From St Lucia News Online MIAMI HERALD – You might think other Caribbean tourism destinations would be ready to flip their sandals as Cuba’s tourism numbers continue to climb. International visitors to Cuba last year rose by…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Batabano and RCIPS Public Service Announcement The Cayman Carnival Batabano Committee, and the Royal Cayman Islands Police, are advising the public of the following Road Closures to facilitate the staging of the Batabano Friday Night Fete, Saturday Food Festival, Road Parade, and Street Concert: On Friday May…
East End tragedy: Cayman Islands police officer criminal attack
From RCIPS: May 4 2017 at 12:44 PM Criminal Attack on Police First Responder RCIPS have commenced a criminal investigation into an incident of criminal damage to a police officer’s private vehicle at his home address which occurred yesterday evening. …







