Zika’s million-dollar question: Where are the birth defects?
By Will Carless From PRI For experts studying the mosquito-borne virus Zika, the data just got even more confusing. A curious conclusion is emerging: While the virus has spread like wildfire across the Americas, outside Brazil, an epidemic of birth…
Migrant crisis: ‘Hundreds dead’ in shipwrecks off Libya
From BBC More than 200 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, spokeswoman Carlotta…
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Cayman-based management group goes global
By Samantha Cartaino From AinOnline Aviation Management Services (Cayman) is expanding its operational support business worldwide, starting November 1, with new offices in the UK, China and the U.S. The group, which began trading from its Grand Cayman headquarters in…
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Caricom strategises to fight seaweed that’s hurting fishing industry
By Denis Chabrol From Demerara Waves The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has borrowed and modified a Puerto Rico protocol to remove large amounts sargassum seaweed that has been retarding the movement of fishing vessels and chasing away some fish…
Crowds watch on at idyllic island as plane makes final landing at world’s scariest airport
By Darren Hunt From Daily Express UK A MUCH-LOVED pastime of thrill-seekers has come to an end after a Boeing 747 touched down for the final time at the ‘world’s scariest airport’. Having inspired some spectacular photo opportunities over the…
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Peter Binose: Here are the basic problems with licensing Argyle airport
By Peter Binose There is no purpose built medical facility of any kind whatsoever built at the airport. There is no hospital within a short distance capable of coping with crash emergency victims. There is no hospital anywhere on the…
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LIAT cabin crew members dispute airline’s staffing statement
From Caribbean News Service ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Oct 31 2016 – The Leeward Islands Flight Attendant Association (LIFAA), has described a recent statement from the management of regional carrier, LIAT, as “unfortunate and misleading.” The association, in a news release…
3 hurricanes from space
This is what three hurricanes look like from space BY MIRIAM KRAMER A new video from NASA shows all three powerful hurricanes currently churning waters on Earth as seen by the International Space Station in one day. Two hurricanes in…
Royal Caribbean reports solid Third Quarter Results and remains on path to the double-double
MIAMI, Oct. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported GAAP and adjusted third quarter earnings of $3.21 and $3.20, respectively, up 13% from last year and better than expectations. Full year adjusted earnings guidance is unchanged…
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Caribbean lukewarm on LGBT travellers
From Antigua Observer MIAMI BEACH, Florida – The Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has said the body cannot force member countries to cater to the Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Transgender (LGBT) traveller. Hugh Riley has labelled as “a…
