Sex, sensuality, & womanhood through the Caribbean lens: One woman’s story
By Bee Quammie From For Harriet “It’s raining My body’s calling I’m in neeeeeed Of my darling…” – Lady Saw I still remember my father bringing home that Lady Saw vinyl, putting it on his turntable in our basement, and…
Getting rid of nude celebrity photos on the web is a lost cause
By Colin Daileda From Mashable Perhaps unsurprisingly, those nude photos of celebrities are likely to stay on the Internet forever. Some of the celebrities whose naked images were stolen and spread across the web this past weekend, such as Jennifer…
50 missing after Kashmir bus swept away by stream
From The New Zealand Herald A bus carrying more than 50 wedding guests was swept away by a flooded stream Thursday in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir, and all but five of the passengers were missing, officials said. Police officer…
Tesla picks Nevada for $5 bln battery plant
By Michael Thurston, AFP from Business Insider Los Angeles (AFP) – US electric automaker Tesla Motors is to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery plant in Nevada, the state’s governor announced, unveiling plans for the five-billion-dollar “Gigafactory.” The plant, plans for…
Changes in Caribbean constitutions spur controversy
BY JEWEL FRASER AND JACQUELINE CHARLES From Miami Herald In a post-independent Caribbean, leaders are learning that change doesn’t come easy as they pursue political reforms. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — As embattled Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar stepped into the…
Cayman Islands: Focus Grand Cayman report & video
From Add Helium Focus Grand Cayman is a weeklong event held every September at Divetech in (you guessed it) Grand Cayman. The event brings together rebreather divers, and underwater photographers for a week of diving and imaging fun. Like every…
Hannah’s Confession to open at Harquail end of September
From Juliet Garrick We’re almost there! “Hannah’s Confession” will open at the Harquail Theatre on Friday, 26th September! Ten months of preparation will find a group of amazing actors on stage telling the haunting story of a fifteen year old…
Whilst Cayman’s cruise ships anchors destroys our coral without recompense it’s different in TCI
This interesting story fell on our desks from Turks & Caicos Weekly news Damaged coral reef restored – Gov’t awaits monetary compensation MORE than 2,000 corals and other structures have been re-attached and artificial structures built off the coast of…
LDK Solar announces filing of Schemes of Arrangement in Hong Kong
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — LDK Solar CO., Ltd. in provisional liquidation (“LDK Solar” or the “Company”) and its Joint Provisional Liquidators (“JPLs”), Tammy Fu and Eleanor Fisher, both of…
[Turks & Caicos] Police force under scrutiny
From Turks & Caicos Weekly News A thorough review of the actions and inactions of Commissioner of Police Colin Farquhar will take place before his contract comes to an end next year. The investigation is set to be a part…
