Jamaican boxers take on the Caribbean in The W&N Contender
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Wray and Nephew Contender enters its fourth season and the organisers have added a new twist and a Caribbean flavour to the boxing competition. For this season the Green Team will comprise Jamaican…
Windies go down in exciting finale
From Caribbean360 Barbados-born seamer Christopher Jordan proved to be England’s hero, snatching three for 39 from his four overs, including the crucial wicket of Ramdin in the penultimate over. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday March 13, 2014, CMC – West Indies failed…
WI plans could irk Barmy Army
From ESPNcricinfo staff A battle looks likely to break out within the Caribbean cricketing community after it emerged that several traditional venues could miss out on hosting England Tests next year. The matter is already being discussed in the highest…
UPDATE (from RCIPS): Bryce Merren alleged to be involved in drug smuggling and money laundering
From RCIPS Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:06 AM The RCIPS can confirm that it has been in consultation with our US and Puerto Rican colleagues in relation to the arrest of a local businessman on drug related matters. Original…
Dive Instructor in Cayman Islands attacked by a shark
From Bigfoot News Blog A shark attacked a Dive Instructor in Cayman Islands on Thursday (13). While lion fish culling in the Western Caribbean sea, a dive instructor was caught off guard by a shark that came out of nowhere…
Breast Cancer and Wellness
The Breast Cancer Foundation offers support for breast cancer patients in the Cayman Islands The Breast Cancer Foundation recently announced a new wellness initiative. The catalyst for this initiative was a donation made to the Breast Cancer Foundation by a…
Let us focus research on what we do best
By Professor Errol Morrison “There are some things which we in the Caribbean will do best…and there are some things which only we in the Caribbean will want to do!” These are the words of Nobel laureate in economics, the…
iNews Briefs
FTC Investigating Herbalife By Chris Morran From Consumerist For more than a year, some have accused nutritional supplement company Herbalife of operating a pyramid scheme and called for federal authorities to investigate the business. Today, the company confirmed that it…
PM woos Caribbean nurses to T&T
By Gail Alexander From Guardian Media ST VINCENT: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has invited nurses from the Caricom region to work in T&T in a bid to ease T&T’s nursing shortage. Persad-Bissessar made the offer on Tuesday at the same…
Government spends over $17,000 on Chatham House trip
Government releases cost of Chatham House trip GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Government spent $17,437.70 on travel to London for a Chatham House Conference on Global Corruption and an appearance by Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin on BBC’s HardTalk last month….
