Wheels of steel & a heart of gold update
The following two stories are an update to our story (May 6 2013) on Paralympic athlete, Ryan Chalmers, who started his Push Across America for specialised dive programme in the Cayman Islands. Go to: http://www.ieyenews.com/2013/05/wheels-of-steel-a-heart-of-gold/ #1 This story is from…
Peter MacKay in U.S. capital meeting with Chuck Hagel, John McCain
By Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press, From Montreal Gazette WASHINGTON – Defence Minister Peter MacKay was in the U.S. capital on Tuesday to meet with his American counterpart, Chuck Hagel, and bestow an honorary doctorate upon Sen. John McCain. In…
FAO helps reduce risks from pesticides in the Caribbean
From Barnacle Grenada From 10-14 June, national delegates from 15 Caribbean countries attended the 18th Meeting of the Coordinating Group for Pesticide Control Boards of the Caribbean (CGPC) in Trinidad and Tobago, to decide on action to reduce risks from…
Wine fund market brought to its knees
By Ellen Kelleher Financial Times It is difficult to turn a profit on bottles of bordeaux and burgundy when the outlook for sought-after vintages looks bleak at best. And it is more challenging still if you run an open-ended wine…
The effect of passenger safety on cruise line shares
By THE MOTLEY FOOL From Insider Monkey Carnival Corporation (CCL), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH): The Effect of Passenger Safety on Cruise Line Shares Passenger safety on cruise lines has been a hot topic…
Noble Energy eyes Nicaragua’s first Caribbean well
From globalpost US oil firm Noble Energy is set to start drilling in August on Nicaragua’s first offshore Caribbean well, with about a 25 percent chance of success, a company official said Wednesday. Noble senior vice president Susan Cunningham said…
FAO trains Caribbean people to deal with banana disease
Technicians from different Caribbean Nations will receive training in a workshop that experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be developing here from the 17 to the 22 of June to deal with the black sigakota that threatens…
CONCACAF Interactive Gold Cup enters final knockout stage with twelve remaining contestants
Final competition to take place during 2013 Gold Cup, with title match set for big screen at Cowboys Stadium Miami, FL (Wednesday, June 19, 2013) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today the…
The Dominican Republic and drug smuggling via the Caribbean
By Jerry Brewer, From Mexidata info To break the cycle of narcotics trafficking and the accompanying violence by organized criminals and gangs, as they increasingly (and once again) make end runs via the Caribbean Basin with drug routes to the…
Tropical Getaway on Little Cayman
FromVRBO Located less than 400 mi south of the USA, the Cayman Islands offer a tropical paradise within easy reach of most international airports. While the hustle and bustle of Grand Cayman attracts the majority of visitors to the country,…
