Bahamian designer, Anthea Bullard recognized in Washington
By Sophia Lightbourne From the Bahamas Weekly Washington, DC – Fashion designer for luxury brand Hardour Collection, Anthea Bullard was recognized and awarded in the United States capital of Washington, DC for Fashion Innovation and overall fashion contributions to the…
Obama retreating on ‘Economic Inequality’
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax President Barack Obama and many Democrats are backing away from the subject of economic inequality, instead focusing more on economic “opportunity” and lifting the fortunes of the middle class. The shift is a marked shift…
The many magical museums of Barbados
By Henry S. Fraser From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sunday July 6, 2014 – Museum: From the Latin, and the Ancient Greek (Mouseion), which denotes a temple dedicated to the Muses (the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts), and…
Why Scotland must face up to slave trade past
Exclusive By Judith Duffy From The Herald Scotland It has long been a hidden part of Scotland’s history: now the debate over how the country should recognise its past links with slavery is to be reignited as part of a…
How do you solve a problem like Amazon?/Blue ocean press presents
The Book world asks: How do you solve a problem like Amazon? By Boris Kachka From Vulture “We are all here tonight because this is an issue that involves all of us, and it involves America, and it involves democracy,”…
Cayman film competition winners/Ebony names Caribbean poets
Cayman Through My Eyes Film Competition 2014 winners announced Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (July 4, 2014) Three students have been named the winners in the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism (DOT) Cayman…Through My Eyes short Film Competition from 80 outstanding…
Cayman YMCA receives charter/Rare psychotic hallucinations
Cayman Islands YMCA receives charter From St Petersburg YMCA [Last] week at the YMCA World Council meeting in Estes Park, Colorado with an audience of 1,300 representatives from 83 countries gathered at the YMCA of the Rockies, the YMCA of…
Bahamas PM meets US Charge d’Affaires/Caribbean culture impacts USA
Deputy Prime Minister meets with US Charge d’Affaires From Bahama lsands Info BAHAMAS, Nassau – Acting Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Brave Davis, met with US Charge d’Affaires John Dinkelman to discuss public concerns expressed by the Prime Minister about…
Bank honours humanitarians/Trinidad creates 30,000 new jobs
RBC honours nominees in the Humanitarian category From Bahama Islands Info RBC Royal Bank, sponsor of the second annual 2014 Bahamian Icon Awards NASSAU, Bahamas – RBC Royal Bank, sponsor of the Second Annual Bahamian Icon Awards, will be presenting…
CARICOM: Arrest “bun-wuk” before it spreads
By Sir Ronald Sanders “BUN-WUK” TRANSLATES INTO “BURN WORK” AND IT IS AN EVENT, CREATED BY YOUNG PEOPLE, TO STOP WORK AT 1 PM ON FRIDAYS AND TO REVEL THEREAFTER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK-END. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday July 3, 2014 –…