Israel is making a huge mistake with its ground offensive into Gaza
Fred Kaplan, SLATE From Business Insider Israeli ground troops are moving into Gaza. From a purely tactical and short-term view, it makes sense. From a strategic and medium-to-long-term view, it’s crazy. The short-term outlook has a certain clarity. Hamas militants…
Raul Castro addresses Meeting of leaders of China, Latin American and the Caribbean Brasilia
FromEurasia Review REMARKS OF RAUL CASTRO RUZ AT MEETING OF LEADERS OF CHINA, LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN BRASILIA By Raul Castro Ruz Her Excellency Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Esteemed comrade Xi Jinping, President…
National Emergency Commission issues another preventive alert for the Caribbean and Northern zones
By L. Arias From The Tico Times The Costa Rican Red Cross this week evacuated 20 people in the Limón community of Guácimo. They currently remain at a temporary shelter. Increased rainfall in the early hours on Thursday prompted the…
15 facts about Dubai that will blow your mind
By Elena Holodny From Business Insider A worker refreshes himself in the afternoon heat as he works on a construction site in Dubai June 19, 2006. REUTERS/Devadasan Dubai has been one of the most exciting and volatile economic stories of…
Showdown coming between Barbados teachers and government
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday July 21, 2014, CMC – Teachers are shaping up for a possible showdown with Government over pending charges of misconduct against one of their own, that stemmed from comments made at political meeting. The Ministry…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
The sad case of Debbie Ebanks
One can only find sympathy for Debbie Ebanks and the judge who sentenced her to 12 months in prison. The real culprits are us for not being able to convince our government there is a mental health problem here in…
Restaurant finds its service is slower because you’re spending too much time staring at your phone
By Brad Reed From BGR If you find that service at your favorite restaurant isn’t as speedy as it once was, don’t blame your waiter — instead, blame all the people who spend tons of time messing around on their…
James Garner, Rockford Files star, dies aged 86
From BBC James Garner, the US star of hit TV series The Rockford Files and Maverick and films including The Great Escape, has died aged 86. Garner had suffered ill health since a severe stroke in 2008. “Mr Garner died…
Jamaica youth declaration
MY WORLD, MY SIDS – Youth Empowerment Sustainability We, the delegates to the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Regional Youth Consultation, meeting in Kingston, Jamaica from June 27th-July 1st, 2013, having discussed sustainable development challenges affecting each of our…
