Commentary: The reparations debate in the Caribbean
By Oliver Mills, From Caribbean News Now Since the recent publication of the book “Britain’s Black Debt” by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, a debate has emerged in…
Cuba urges slashing tariffs on intra-Caribbean trade
EFE From Fox News Latino Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday called for revising and updating the trade and cooperation agreement between his country and the Caribbean Community to scrap tariffs on 300 products. “Small and vulnerable” countries need to…
The worst Caribbean ports of call for cruises
By Melinda Crow From Yahoo Travel Ships lined up in the port of Nassau in the Bahamas (Photo: Roger Wollstadt/Flickr) It’s dreary outside and you find yourself dreaming of an escape to the Caribbean. You long for turquoise water and…
Digicel could scale back Caribbean investment
From The Irish Times The CWC-Columbus deal would create ‘virtual monopolies’ in several Caribbean markets Colm Delves, who runs Denis O’Brien’s Caribbean telco Digicel, gave a most interesting interview over the weekend in its main market of Jamaica. No doubt…
Brixton [London] Village 1961
By Mike Urban From Brixton Buzz See how Brixton Village looked in 1961 with Pathe’s ‘Caribbean Market’ footage of Granville Arcade British Pathé have released some wonderful colour footage showing scenes from Granville Arcade (now Brixton Village) in 1961. Granville…
Naturalist not ‘Eaten Alive’ by anaconda on TV show, gets called ‘wimp’ by angry viewers
From Fox News Latino It was all hype and no follow-through for Discovery Channel’s special “Eaten Alive.” For weeks the network and nature conservationist Paul Rosolie led viewers to believe that Rosolie would be swallowed whole by a giant green…
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Derek Haines achieves his six4hospice challenge in Cayman Islands Marathon Cayman Islands veteran marathon man, Derek Haines (66) was applauded loudly as he crossed the line in 34th place overall in a time of 3:58:25 at the Intertrust Cayman Islands…
Cayman Islands Premier statement to LA re revelations on immigration officials, police officer, prison officer and his own political assistant
Statement to the Legislative Assembly By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA 8 December, 2014 Madam Speaker, We will all have seen, read or heard in the media recently of unfortunate circumstances surrounding the Department of Immigration, the Prison…
Cayman Islands Premier gives statement to LA regarding his JMC meeting in London
Statement by Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA to the House concerning the 2014 Joint Ministerial Council [JMC] meeting 8 December, 2014 Madame Speaker, This past week, from December 1st through the 4th, I led a small delegation to…
Still lovely isle, Grand Cayman awash in change
By Bella English From The Boston Globe The globe warms, the water stays blue, the coral dies. GRAND CAYMAN — When I recently fished some honeymoon photos out of a battered scrapbook, I barely recognized the girl in the red…
