St. Kitts and Nevis feature stories winners at Caribbean Media Awards Luncheon
by CUOPM Feature stories on St. Kitts and Nevis have won Best Feature Article in a Trade Publication and Best Online Article at the Caribbean Media Awards Luncheon in New York on Thursday, June 6. The stories earned two of…
Peter MacKay in U.S. capital meeting with Chuck Hagel, John McCain
By Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press, From Montreal Gazette WASHINGTON – Defence Minister Peter MacKay was in the U.S. capital on Tuesday to meet with his American counterpart, Chuck Hagel, and bestow an honorary doctorate upon Sen. John McCain. In…
FAO helps reduce risks from pesticides in the Caribbean
From Barnacle Grenada From 10-14 June, national delegates from 15 Caribbean countries attended the 18th Meeting of the Coordinating Group for Pesticide Control Boards of the Caribbean (CGPC) in Trinidad and Tobago, to decide on action to reduce risks from…
Wine fund market brought to its knees
By Ellen Kelleher Financial Times It is difficult to turn a profit on bottles of bordeaux and burgundy when the outlook for sought-after vintages looks bleak at best. And it is more challenging still if you run an open-ended wine…
The effect of passenger safety on cruise line shares
By THE MOTLEY FOOL From Insider Monkey Carnival Corporation (CCL), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH): The Effect of Passenger Safety on Cruise Line Shares Passenger safety on cruise lines has been a hot topic…
Noble Energy eyes Nicaragua’s first Caribbean well
From globalpost US oil firm Noble Energy is set to start drilling in August on Nicaragua’s first offshore Caribbean well, with about a 25 percent chance of success, a company official said Wednesday. Noble senior vice president Susan Cunningham said…
FAO trains Caribbean people to deal with banana disease
Technicians from different Caribbean Nations will receive training in a workshop that experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be developing here from the 17 to the 22 of June to deal with the black sigakota that threatens…
Tropical Getaway on Little Cayman
FromVRBO Located less than 400 mi south of the USA, the Cayman Islands offer a tropical paradise within easy reach of most international airports. While the hustle and bustle of Grand Cayman attracts the majority of visitors to the country,…
Students experience a day in the life of a police officer
Six new recruits joined the ranks of the RCIPS yesterday (Tuesday 18 June), but only for the day. The new officers – all aged between 10 – 15 years – had been chosen by their schools to take part in…
Attorney says he’s against St Lucia joining CCJ
From Go-Jamaica A member of the St Lucia delegation that attended the constitutional talks leading to the island’s political independence from Britain more than three decades ago, says he is against breaking ties with the London-based Privy Council. Attorney Evans…
