Jamaica: Brooklyn man gets 24 years for 2014 Caribbean J’Ouvert shooting
From Jamaica Observer NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — A 28-year-old Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a Grenadian man during the Caribbean J’Ouvert celebration…
Cayman Islands Tourism Association Board of Director Elections 2017/18
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands February 24, 2017 — The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) recently announced the call for nominations for the CITA Board of Directors elections for its upcoming membership year. Written nominations are due by 4:00pm on Tuesday,…
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St. Maarten listed as spot of rich travellers [Cayman Islands #5]
From The Daily Herald St Maarten PHILIPSBURG– St. Maarten has been named the number four destination that the rich like to trip to in the Caribbean in a recent article published online on Bloomberg.com. The photo essay says of St….
Anatomy of an Oscars fiasco
How La La Land was mistakenly announced as best picture By Andrew Pulver from the Guardian UK How could the wrong film have been named as the winner of the Oscars’ most important award? Here are the pictures that tell…
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Climate change impacting credit ratings
From the Barbados Advocate Becoming weather and climate ready is extremely important to countries across the region, says Dr. David Farrell, Principal of the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). Addressing the launch of the Weather and Climate Ready…
Haiti names new prime minister
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb 23, CMC – President Jovenel Moise says he has appointed Dr. Jack Guy Lafontant , a professor of gastroenterology at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the State University of Haiti (UEH) as the…
Costa Magica caught fire in engine room during eastern Caribbean cruise
BY GORDON SMITH From Miami Herald The cruise ship Costa Magica caught fire in engine room during a voyage to Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe. The vessel was on cruising in eastern Caribbean, when in early morning of February 24 there was…
BY. JIM DONNELLY From The Oscars
The complete list of 2017 Oscars winners is coming! View the complete list of of winners below from Oscar Sunday. Check back during the ceremony for instant updates after every winner is announced. Look for the WINNER mark in each…
Jamaica: JN Bank halts Canadian dollar cheque processing
By Tameka Gordon From Jamaica Gleaner JN Bank customers who conduct transactions using third-party cheques denominated in Canadian currency, particularly pensioners, will no longer be able to process those transactions through the bank. The newly launched commercial bank stopped processing…
Son of Caribbean immigrants to lead Democratic Party’s fight against Trump
From NAN Tom Perez, the new elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee has Caribbean immigrant roots. News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Mon. Feb. 27, 2017: As Donald Trump ramps up his plan to deport immigrants from the U.S. and build…
