Grenada needs a National Heroes Day not American mimicry
By Arley Gill From Caribbean360 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday October 10, 2014 – October 25th will be another holiday to commemorate “Thanksgiving Day’’ in Grenada. In the October 2nd editorial Caribupdate Weekly, the editor put forward sound reasons why Grenadians…
SickKids program assists Caribbean
By Jasminee Sahoye From The Caribbean Camera The Hospital for Sick Children through its Global Child Health outreach – SickKids-Caribbean Initiative – has taken modern technology in the form of telemedicine to the Caribbean to assist with paediatric cancers and…
Kenyan High Court orders boy of Jamaican parentage to cut dreadlocks
From Caribbean360 NAIROBI, Kenya, Friday October 10, 2014, CMC – A High Court judge has ordered the parents of a six-year-old boy, who unsuccessfully sued his school, to cut off his dreadlocks before he is allowed into the school. High…
Cayman Islands Prospect Primary School students publish book and build school in Kenya
On 30th September Prospect Primary School students from Ms. Jayme Farrell’s Year 3 class from the academic year 2013-14, presented senior Ministry of Education and Department of Education Services’ (DES) officials with copies of their published book, The Serenity Sombrero….
‘Come Back Home’ to Cayman
An evening of entertainment with the Cayman Islands Folk Singers and Guests The Cayman National Cultural Foundation will present on October 24 and 25, ‘Come Back Home’, a unique and entertaining musical evening, which promises to take audiences ‘Back to…
Argyll officers and crew sample Cayman Islands hospitality
HMS Argyll visits Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands witnessed the departure of Devonport based Royal Navy Warship HMS Argyll today after a three day community engagement and disaster relief planning visit The visit to the British Overseas territory is part…
UN: Ebola no threat yet to the Caribbean
By Tony Best From The New York Carib News Caribbean nations: UN and specialized agencies must prevent Ebola spread Act now and avert a global public health emergency. That, in essence, was the urgent demand of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago,…
A cancer patient’s decision to die
By Anthony Zurcher Editor, Echo Chambers From BBC Brittany Maynard says 1 November is the day she will die. The 29-year-old was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in January, after suffering from debilitating headaches for more than a year. Following…
Consolidated Water develops 2 most energy efficient plants in world
CWCO Windsor, Blue Hills Plants, Two of the Most Energy Efficient in the World Consolidated Water Co. Platinum Sponsor at CWWA Conference NASSAU, N.P… (October 9, 2014)… Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: CWCO), which develops and operates seawater desalination plants…
Armed robbery of disabled woman’s wheelchair described as a “vile and dastardly act”
From Caribbean 360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday October 10, 2014, CMC – The Jamaica government has condemned the robbery of a motorised wheel chair by a disabled woman describing it as a “vile and dastardly act”. Police said that Coretta Vincent,…
