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Cayman’s DG 5K challenge

Big-Hearted Crowd Makes DG’s 5K a Great Success Walkers and runners turned out in force today (Sunday, 24 April) for the 2016 DG’s 5K Challenge, raising money to help Cayman Heart Fund buy a new ambulance. The early morning charity…

Virginia restores voting rights to over 200,000 convicts – The Cayman Position

By Peter Polack The difference between 10,000 Caymanians with a conviction and those in Northward is that Northward inmates cannot vote. They are all convicts. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Law and Conditional Release Law needs change for reasonable periods: Fine-…

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Digicel strengthens female workforce with ‘WILL Power’ series

From Jamaica Observer Telecoms giant Digicel has embarked on a new initiative aimed at empowering and grooming female employees for leadership roles in the organisation. Named the Women in Leadership Learning Power (WILL Power) series, the programme is delivered in…

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The View from Europe: Another blow for Venezuela

By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Last week in Doha, many of the world’s major producers of crude oil tried, but failed to agree to freeze production, in order to stabilise and eventually increase prices. It was an outcome…

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10 fast facts about Caribbean immigrants In Canada

From News Americas Now News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Mon. April 25, 2016: Starting May 2, 2016, Statistics Canada will begin sending census letters and packages to all Canadian households, including Caribbean nationals or West Indians who call the country home,…

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Lendl Simmons, Samuel Badree’s inspirational sacrifice and hapless state of West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)

By Devarchit Varma From Cricket Country Cricket in the Caribbean is not dead, it is not over. It simply has the wrong men managing it. Lendl Simmons was not a part of the West Indies team for ICC T20 World Cup…

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Jamaica’s Christian conservatives point fingers over comprehensive sex education

By Emma Lewis, Global Voices  From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — There are two topics that really get Jamaicans hot under the collar: sexuality and religion. When the two are combined, fireworks are the likely result. The debate between…

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Breaking free from fossil fuel dependency

By Amrita Dass We all know that God is a Trini, has been and always will be. It’s time for us, however, to stop relying on this concept and, as a nation, start taking matters of importance into our own…

Caribbean urges rethink of approach in combating drug problem

From Jamaica Observer UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The Caribbean last Thursday joined the international community in urging a rethink to the approach taken to deal with the illegal drugs trade. At a special United Nations General Assembly session, they “reaffirmed…

3 Caribbean and Latin American Islands make world’s Top 10 List

From News Americas Now News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. April 22, 2016: Two islands in the Caribbean and one in Latin America have made it on to the coveted top 10 islands in the world list this year. The…