Caribbean sides begin 2015 Women’s World Cup Qualifying
By Tim Grainey – From Soccer365 The 2014 Caribbean Football Union’s (CFU) Caribbean Women’s Cup, part of CONCACAF’s 2015 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers, begins play next month with five groups comprising 19 teams, with each group playing one round at…
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Cayman’s ‘Operation Tempura’ to be analyzed at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference One of the most controversial criminal investigations in the history of the Cayman Islands – known as ‘Operation Tempura’ – will be scrutinized at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference. What…
Journalist held for past ten days in Cuba, charged with ‘terrorism’
From Caribbean News Now PARIS, France — Press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders has condemned the detention in Cuba of independent journalist Juliet Michelena Díaz since 7 April, three days after she wrote a by-lined report for the Miami-based independent…
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High tech hide and seek comes to Cayman A high tech hide and seek game called “geocaching” has been brought to the Cayman Islands by a group of local residents. Geocaching is a global treasure hunt that involves participants using…
Russia becoming more visible on Caribbean shores
By Nil Nikandrov From Tiwy.com Russia intends to take a more active role on the international arena, including in the Western Hemisphere. Russia’s base countries in the region are Cuba and Nicaragua. Since the times of the Soviet Union, relations…
The Editor Speaks: Cuban migrants not winning any friends with escape ploy
The 30 or so Cuban migrants who are here detained at the Immigration Detention Centre have said their break out was a ploy to bring attention to their grievances at their incarceration. All they have done is to make me…
Angry Marco Rubio blasts Harkin for praising Cuba
By Courtney Coren From Newsmax Republican Sen. Marco Rubio gave a scathing response on life in Cuba on the Senate floor after Sen. Tom Harkin praised the communist regime following a recent visit there. Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, visited Cuba…
COB delegation forges ties with Cuban universities
From Bahama Islands Info While in Cuba attending the 9th International Congress of Higher Education, College Council and COB leaders signed an MOU with the University of Havana. From left are: Council Secretary Mr. Michael Stevenson; The Bahamas Ambassador to…
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Cayman’s first female Governor to be Cayman’s first female Chief Scout On Sunday March 2nd at Elmslie Memorial Church, Harbour Drive, George Town, Cayman’s first female Governor, H.E. Helen Kilpatrick, will become Cayman Islands first female Chief Scout. The special…
‘Cuban Five’ agent imprisoned in US back in Havana
By Peter Orsi From Boston.com HAVANA (AP) — A second member of the ‘‘Cuban Five’’ returned to the Caribbean island and a hero’s welcome Friday, a day after leaving a prison in the United States, where he spent 15 years…
