Barbados prepares to cut ties with the Queen
From BBC Barbados is set to become the world’s newest republic on Tuesday. The island nation will remove the Queen as its head of state and swear in its first ever Barbadian president. Watch Celestina Olulode as she travels to…
USA: Jury finds Kyle Rittenhouse Not Guilty on All Counts
From Newsmax Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. Rittenhouse, 18, cried and hugged one of his…
Don’t Blame Government Benefits for Inflation—Blame the Modern Economy
By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute Headlines are screaming that inflation is here to stay. Consumer prices have risen by an average of 6.2 percent in the past year, the sharpest increase since 1991. Although Americans are supposedly—in the words of the New York…
Episcopal Relief & Development launches Year-End Match Campaign to support Transformative Work in Priority Areas of Women, Children and Climate
November 17, 2021: Episcopal Relief & Development is kicking off its annual Year-End Match, offering supporters the opportunity to transform lives with twice the impact this holiday season. Thanks to a very generous group of donors, contributions that Episcopal Relief & Development…
Cayman: Department of Education Services (DES) concerned about John Gray High School Incident
The Department of Education Services (DES) has expressed its concern regarding the contents of a video shared on social media earlier this week that depicts a physical altercation between a group of John Gray High School (JGHS) students. “We are…
How the race for the Championship Golden Boot is shaping up
The English Championship is a long, grueling campaign. In fact, it’s hard to think of another top league in European football — not including League One or League Two — with quite as many teams (24) and where sides are…
What you need to know about animated series
Animated television shows have captivated people’s imagination over the past decade or so. There is a multitude of successful shows and others that have not. The one consistent thing in all of them is that an animation is a powerful…
Fossil fuel production ‘dangerously out of sync’ with climate change targets
Despite increased climate ambition and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of energy from fossil fuels in 2030, than the amount that would limit global warming to the Paris Agreement level of 1.5°C. 20 October 2021 – That’s according…
Vaccinated elders reflect on pandemic travel– BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN (OCTOBER 18, 2021)
“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.” – Proverbs 16:9 Three weeks ago in this column, I shared a story about how we as vaccinated elders managed the outward journey (Trinidad to Barbados) of our…
How the wealthiest countries schemed to avoid economic commitments at COP26
The G20, an exclusive club of mostly wealthy nations, met just before the COP26 in Glasgow and paid little more than lip service to the world’s leading problems, while preserving their own financial dominance. By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media…