The Creeping decriminalization of marijuana in the Caribbean
By Kevin Edmonds, The Other Side of Paradise from NACLA While the decriminalization of marijuana has been a topic of discussion for decades, those in attendance at this week’s Jamaica Cannabis Conference are doing more than just blowing smoke—they are…
Is Caribbean style discipline cruelty to children?
By Ralph Seeram From KNEWS The video went viral of the mother inflicting some serious lashes with a belt on her daughter. It went on and on for over eight minutes. It became a subject for National discussion in neighbouring…
EU amends list of Caribbean nationals exempt from Schengen visa requirement
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Council has amended the list of non-European Union (EU) countries whose nationals are exempt from the Schengen area visa requirement. The Council adopted a new regulation listing the third countries whose nationals must be in…
The Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) elects a new board of directors.
CIREBA, The Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association, recently held their Annual General Meeting. One item on the agenda was the business of the annual elections for Board Members. Michael Day from Regal Realty returns to the board as the…
BVI setting up shark sanctuary
From Caribbean Business The British Virgin Islands declared its territorial waters a sanctuary for all shark species this to help protect the marine predators whose global numbers have been dramatically dwindling. Kedrick Pickering, deputy premier and minister for natural resources,…
Caribbean pressures US to resolve Antigua gambling dispute
From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Friday May 23, 2014, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has once again appealed to the United States to honour the first ruling issued by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in favour of Antigua…
Will the Caribbean reparations initiative inspire a revitalization of the US movement?
By Don Rojas From The Nation Underdevelopment in the Caribbean is a direct legacy of the slave trade and descendants of enslaved Africans should be compensated accordingly. A nineteenth century bilboes for an adult, typically found on slave ships, on…
Drugs trafficking in the Caribbean Radar Detector
By Street Hype Report From Street Hype On May 9th American customs and border-protection officials launched an aerostat—a fat, tethered balloon—above the coast of Puerto Rico. Its job is to use radar to detect low-flying aircraft, ships and smaller vessels…
WHO report finds traffic-related injuries deadliest for adolescents
By Ryan Parrish From Vaccine News A recent study conducted by the WHO examined the top causes of death and illness among adolescents worldwide. The “Health for the world’s adolescents” report, the first extensive WHO effort to measure the health…
Immune children aid malaria vaccine hunt
By Rebecca Morelle, Science correspondent, BBC News The antibody trapped the malaria parasites inside of red blood cells A group of children in Tanzania who are naturally immune to malaria are helping scientists to develop a new vaccine. US researchers…
