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Jamaica: Jamaica calls for reparations for slavery with UK PM/ Hand, foot and mouth disease
From The Guardian UK Jamaica calls for Britain to pay billions of pounds in reparations for slavery Downing Street says David Cameron does not believe compensation is the right approach ahead of his first official visit to Jamaica IMAGE: Portia Simpson…
Cerasee or Asosi: The cure-all plant for South Florida’s Caribbean transplants
By Nadege Green From WLRN I was born and raised in Miami, but my very Haitian mom always kept true to her roots — especially whenever I didn’t feel well. Have a sore throat? Sour orange leaves can fix that….
NNSA removes U.S.-Origin HEU from Jamaica, makes Caribbean HEU free
By Carol A. Clark From Daily Post Los Alamos NNSA News: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has removed approximately 1 kilogram of U.S.-Origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Jamaica’s “Safe Low-Power Kritical Experiment”…
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Cayman Islands minister wants children protected from pesticides
Minister Kurt Tibbetts – Minister of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure Message for Pesticide Awareness Day 2015 The Cayman Islands’ most delicate resource, our children, are the subject of a unique observance this weekend, the objective of which should…
Undocumented Cuban migrants reach Mona Island on a rubber raft
From US Customs and Border Protection AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued today a public warning upon the landing Wednesday of 5 undocumented immigrants from Cuba on board a rubber raft. Mona Island is a…
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Peculiar Caribbean village where girls naturally transform into boys at puberty
By Mirror From Standard Media There are three sexes in Salinas where being a pseudohermaphrodite is so common it’s accepted alongside male and female. On the face of it, the small village of Salinas in the Barahona Province of the…
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Collaboration and ongoing, concerted effort – the way forward
By the Caribbean Voice From Stabroek News The Caribbean Voice is a New York based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998. Currently it is focusing on suicide prevention and related issues in Guyana…
Digicel flies Haiti children to Cayman Islands Health City for cardiac surgery
Digicel, a mobile telecommunications company that operates in 31 markets across the Caribbean, Central America and Oceania regions, has been presented with a plaque of appreciation in recognition of its contribution to the ‘Have a Heart’ campaign in partnership with…
Why the law can’t touch CEO who raised pill price 5,000 percent
By Alexander Raths From The Litigation Daily Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli has become one of the most reviled people in America after his company raised the price of a drug used to treat life-threatening parasitic infections in AIDS patients…
Time to capitalise on the spa, health and wellness tourism industry
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, September 23, 2015. “The time is ripe for the Caribbean to capitalise on the health and wellness industry”. This was one of the closing comments from Executive Director, Pamela Coke Hamilton in her opening remarks at the two-day…
