Trinidad journalist Bassant returns home despite death threats
From Caribbean360 Mark-BassantVIENNA, Austria, Thursday July 24, 2014, CMC – Investigative journalist Mark Bassant of Trinidad and Tobago has returned to home despite the continued existence of a threat against his life. Bassant told the International Press Institute (IPI) that…
China will cast a huge shadow as Japan meets CARICOM
By Sir Ronald Sanders BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday July 2014 – The word will not be spoken in any formal speeches and it won’t be mentioned in final statements and declarations, but it will be talked about in the corridors and…
U.S. Coast Guard interdicts 3,591 pounds of marijuana in the Caribbean Sea
From Maritime Security The Coast Guard seized more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated wholesale value of $3.5 million and detained five suspected smugglers during a drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea, southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico….
One-third of Alzheimers’ cases preventable, says research
From Caribbean360 CAMBRIDGE, England, Thursday July 24, 2014 – With cases of Alzheimer’s disease on the rise in the Caribbean and elsewhere, research from Britain’s Cambridge University indicating that one-in-three cases of the illness worldwide is preventable is welcome news….
Birmingham drug mule saved by cabin crew after cocaine pellet bursts in stomach
By Mike Lockley From Birmingham Mail Colmin Smith, 48, had swallowed 61 pellets before Virgin plane was forced to make emergency landing in Bermuda A Birmingham drugs mule carrying half a pound of cocaine in his stomach almost died when…
Cayman Islands reports progress on energy bid
The Cayman Islands’ Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) will soon wrap up the bidding process to select a solution to Grand Cayman’s need for new firm generating capacity. ERA Managing Director Charles Farrington says the final choice will be announced at…
New Cayman Islands’ Immigration officers welcomed
“This is a serious responsibility – take it seriously,” the Deputy Governor, Hon. Franz Manderson, Cert. Hon., JP advised the Immigration Department’s newest officers at their graduation. On Friday, 18 July 2014 held at the University College of the Cayman…
Migrant massacre at sea: 5 arrested for the deaths of 100
By Esther Tanquintic-Misa From International Business Times All they wanted was a chance at a better life. But migrants aboard a boat enroute to Europe didn’t realize death could come knocking while they pursue their journey. On Wednesday, Italian police…
Thailand airport scam
From Clean Internet Charity This is a confidence trick where one is falsely accused of shoplifting, and then held by police or those claiming to be authorities until they pay a large ‘bail’ for the alleged theft. At times those…
If researchers are right, this rock will make solar power cheaper than coal
By Christie Nicholson From core77 In 2007, a student at the University of Tokyo brought a lump of a grey, sparkly mineral to his professor Tsutomu Miyasaka, with the hope that this material might have potential to make cheap and…
