PM woos Caribbean nurses to T&T
By Gail Alexander From Guardian Media ST VINCENT: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has invited nurses from the Caricom region to work in T&T in a bid to ease T&T’s nursing shortage. Persad-Bissessar made the offer on Tuesday at the same…
UWI defends doctor who performed C-section resulting in death of baby
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday March 13, 2014, CMC – The doctor who performed the C-section which led to the death of a baby at the Mt. Hope Maternity Hospital on Carnival Saturday has the backing of the University of…
Troubled cruise line brochures we’d like to see
By Thomas Walton Blade Columnist It’s official: Ocean cruising is not necessarily good for your health. A year ago, an engine fire left Carnival Cruise Lines’ Triumph adrift without power for days. Air conditioning was knocked out, and for many…
Boy George: Bad karma
By Patrick Strudwick Independent UK The enthusiastic rehabilitation of Boy George after he served time for a vicious attack says much about our disregard for male victims of violence, writes Patrick Strudwick In the din of sycophancy encircling celebrities, there…
LIAT to axe unprofitable routes as part of financial shakeup
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday March 7, 2014, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, says it will take “decisive action” to deal with unprofitable routes as the Antigua-based airline seeks to make its operations financially variable. “We have been trying,…
Caribbean Rum Tourism on the rise
Rum tourism is on the rise in the Caribbean and according to an article published in the New York Times last week, savvy travelers are making distilleries, rum festivals and rum-themed cruises central to their holiday itineraries (1). Carl McBurnie,…
Here’s the technology that’s going to make your phone’s Internet 1,000 times faster than 4G
By Kyle Russell From Business Insider In today’s world, there’s one area of technology that can almost never be fast enough: the wireless networks that power our mobile devices. Despite decades of advancements, we still lose signal when walking around…
Kickstarter launch for Neil Young’s PonoMusic high-res service
By Pete Hayman From What HiFi Just days after details started to emerge from the US about PonoMusic, a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of the high-resolution music service backed by musician Neil Young has started. And it seems…
Dutch academic skeptical about Caribbean reparations claim
From Jamaica Observer AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (CMC) — A noted Dutch historian has warned Caribbean leaders that they should not expect much from their reparation claims against Europe even as they on Monday adopted a plan to further pursue the issue….
Shirley Chisholm Women’s Empowerment Conference
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life A major women’s group in Brooklyn will on Saturday, March 15 hold its Third Annual Shirley Chisholm Women’s Empowerment Conference, saluting the legacy of New York City’s first black Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke….
