NASA captures crazy images of forest fire from space
Nasa Earth Observatory From Business Insider NASA Earth Observatory Spring came early to southern Alaska in 2014, bringing warm and dry weather. By the end of May, vegetation was already primed to burn. So when a fire broke out on…
Maya Angelou – an American messenger, a universal message
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 29, 2014 – A remarkable American voice has been stilled, but the entire world is poorer for it. Many of us – including me – never met Maya Angelou, yet…
Passports from St. Kitts & Nevis Citizenship-by-Investment Program used to facilitate financial crime
Abuse of the Citizenship-by-Investment Program Sponsored by the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing this Advisory to alert financial institutions that certain foreign individuals are abusing the Citizenship- by-Investment program sponsored by…
St Ignatius Dominates Battle of the Books
St Ignatius Catholic School dominated the Lera Parchment Battle of the Books, at the George Town Public Library this past Saturday morning, 24 May 2014. Teams from St Ignatius won both age-groups. The Neurotic Nerds won the fifth- to sixth-…
Ministry continues consultation on the situation of women and girls
On Saturday, 29th March 2014, the Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs hosted the first National Conference on Women. Through an interactive agenda, participants shared their experiences and perspectives on a wide range of issues – from sports, health…
Two India girls ‘gang-raped’ and hanged in Uttar Pradesh
From BBC Ever since the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi in December 2012, there have been public protests and an outcry against sexual violence Two Indian girls found hanging from a tree in a village in the…
CARICOM bracing for crucial test at UK/Caribbean Forum in London
By Rickey Singh From Guyana Chronicle Caribbean Community Foreign Ministers are bracing for a crucial test of their “no-business-as-usual” stand against the Dominican Republic (DR) when they meet next month for the Eighth UK-Caribbean Forum in London. The core problem…
Fuel farm opens at Ian Fleming Int’l Airport [Jamaica]
By Renae Dixon from Sunday Observer BOSCOBEL, St Mary – The Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel in St Mary now has its own fuel plant and so aircraft coming into the facility no longer have to get fuel elsewhere….
New images of the Colorado River flowing into the Sea of Cortez for the first time In 16 years
From Business Insider When the Minute 319 “pulse flow” began in March 2014, it was not clear whether the effort would be enough to reconnect the Colorado River with the Sea of Cortez. Some hydrologists thought there might be just…
Malaysia missing MH370 plane: ‘Ping area’ ruled out
From BBC Australian Deputy PM: “No signs of aircraft debris” have been found The area where acoustic signals thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were detected can now be ruled out as the final resting place of flight MH370,…
