9 years old and about to marry
From Walk Free We’ve just learned that any minute now, the Iraqi Council of Representatives will vote to legalise Forced Child Marriage1. The specifics of the legislation (part of the Jaafari Personal Status Law) are terrifying: There will no longer…
Nominations open for Cayman Islands annual nursing award
Nominations for the annual Eloise Reid Award for Excellence in Nursing are now open. Members of the public, whether they are peers, patients or colleagues are urged to nominate a nurse they believe should be recognised and appreciated for his/her…
Tropical Storm and Hurricane names for 2014
From Tropical – Hurricane Weather forecasters have learned over the years that short, distinctive names in written and spoken communications is quicker and more effective than previous naming conventions based on latitude-longitude methods. Beginning in1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been…
Cut price Dominican Republic plastic surgeries prompt warnings by US
From Caribbean360 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Beverly Brignoni, a 28-year-old New Yorker seeking a cheaper way to enhance her appearance, flew to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery on February 19. She didn’t come back. The young mother died the…
North America and the Caribbean – Human Rights
From Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights Countries of engagement Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the United…
Caribbean fertility rates low
By Joshua Surtees From Guardian Media The assumption that the Caribbean is a hotbed of fertility is a fallacy, local experts say. Rising teenage pregnancies and large families with up to ten children can give a false picture of a…
CARICOM chairman to address reparations forum
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Current Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will present the keynote address this month at an international forum on reparations for slavery in the…
Free ‘NYC’ condoms are being smuggled into the Dominican Republic and sold illegally for cash
By Erin Durkin New York Daily News The taxpayer-funded condoms, distributed for free across the five boroughs under a city Health Department program since 2007, are popping up in stores in the Caribbean country at cheaper prices than other condom…
CCRIF expands scholarship programme
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, April 8, 2013 – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has expanded its scholarship programme to include Caribbean universities – in addition to those in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, previously available under…
Raising NY City’s Minimum Wage – A call to action
By Scott M. Stringer From Caribbean Life As New York City’s economy recovers from the recession, thousands of working families in all five boroughs face a grim reality: Although one of their members might have a fulltime job, the weekly…
