It’s not just Tesla: Why dealers are wary of electric cars
By Todd Wasserman From Mashable For a guy who is supposed to be selling electric cars, Mike Kelly isn’t a big fan. Kelly, a car dealer in Erie, Pa., who also happens to represent his district in Congress, said in…
A fitter and more adventurous generation leaps, climbs, and pedals into retirement
By Tara Bahrampour, From Washington Post A generation ago, Americans’ idea of retirement travel might have involved a Caribbean cruise, a casino vacation or a European shopping trip. It would not have typically included trekking in the Himalayas, clearing invasive…
Crime & violence in Latin America & The Caribbean
By Chaka Phillips From Latin Post How to cope with it using a human face The underlying causes of crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region stems from drugs, inflation, poverty, unemployment, and lack of social…
90,000 Inner City Jamaicans to benefit from improved services and crime prevention
By S Coward From World Bank WASHINGTON, March 14, 2014 – More than 80,000 Jamaican citizens will benefit from improved services, basic infrastructure and targeted crime and violence interventions in 18 vulnerable inner-city communities as a result of US$42 million…
Message in a bottle writer traced back to Middle Tennessee
By Josh Cross From The Tennessean Illinois man found bottle on a small island in the Turks and Caicos after it was thrown from cruise ship When it was opened, the envelope located inside a wine bottle Bob Buffington found…
New yellow hypergiant star found in the Milky Way
By Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer for Space.com From Mashable A powerful telescope in Chile has imaged the largest yellow star ever discovered. The star, called HR 5171 A, shines 12,000 light-years from Earth in the center of a new image…
US orders review of deportations to the Caribbean
From Jamaica Observer WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – United States President Barack Obama has ordered a review of deportations to the Caribbean and other countries, saying that removal of undocumented immigrants should be done more humanely. “The President emphasised his…
Peter Doig transforms Montreal’s winter cold into the warmth of the Caribbean
From Artlyst Peter Doig, In his latest exhibition, ‘No Foreign Lands’ at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MBAM) displays his most recent millennial paintings, sketches and etchings based on the culture and his personal experience in Trinidad, where he…
Sandals Royal Bahamian officially opens new Crystal Lagoon swim-up suites
From Bahama Islands info Prime Minister Perry Christie and a delegation of government officials were on hand last week for the official opening of Sandals Royal Bahamian’s Crystal Lagoon Suites.NASSAU, Bahamas — Prime Minister Perry Christie and a delegation of…
Irish pride resonates to Caribbean as tiny island makes merry
By Graham Clifford From Independent.ie As the sun sets over the Caribbean island of Montserrat, I find myself serenading the locals who have come down to the waterfront to meet up with the visiting Irish. I belt out ‘Raglan Road’…
