Caribbean’s Hilary Beckles to Europe: ‘Clean Up Colonial Mess’
From TeleSUR Sir Hilary Beckles, the vice-chancellor of the UWI and chairman of the Reparations Committee, argued that the visages of slavery are still current and active. Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Reparations Commission has urged…
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Cayman Islands Health City physicians share Caribbean cardiology firsts at St. Lucia conference
CAYMAN ISLANDS (July 30, 2018) – The Caribbean could soon become synonymous with high quality, affordable health care, according to medical professionals at Health City Cayman Islands, one of the region’s foremost tertiary care hospitals. Presenting at the 33rd Caribbean…
A Caribbean coming together
By Christopher Famous fromRoyal Gazette Recently, the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman served as the host for the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic region conference. The conference ran from June 16 to 23. Nearly 100 delegates…
Five things to know about Mia Mottley, Barbados’ first female prime minister
BY NDUTA WAWERU From FACE2FACE Africa The Caribbean Island of Barbados has elected for the first time a female prime minister, Mia Mottley. Mottley was on Friday sworn in as the eighth prime minister and the fifth female head of…
China, Trinidad and Tobago pledge pragmatic cooperation
From XINHUA NET BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, and they agreed to expand cooperation in infrastructure construction, finance and other areas. Li said…
Argentina creating stronger ties with the Caribbean
From Barbados Advocate Gustavo Martinez Pandiani, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to Barbados affirmed that his country’s goal is to have a strong presence in the Caribbean. He was speaking at the Opening reception of the Argentine – Caribbean Regional…
Four years of medical innovation at Health City Cayman Islands
Caribbean tertiary care hospital continues transformation of health care with another year of pioneering procedures CAYMAN ISLANDS (April 24, 2018) – As Health City Cayman Islands celebrates its fourth anniversary this month, hospital doctors, management and staff at the Caribbean…
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Opinion: Reviving the Caribbean Court of Justice debate
BY STEPHEN VASCIANNIE From Jamaica Observer THE central question is familiar: Which court should we have as the final decision-making power for our disputes — and why? I return to this well-trodden path for three reasons. First, the current situation…
Movie making booming in Caribbean
From St Kitts & Nevis Observer Film production is surging in the Caribbean and Central America despite natural – and some political – turmoil, according to Variety. “The region’s film industry indeed feels more effervescent,” said the Panama International Film…
Latin America, Caribbean countries collaborate to eradicate hunger and malnutrition
BY ERNIE SEON From Jamaica Observer MONTEGO BAY, St James (CMC) — A much more concerted effort is underway to stem rising hunger and food security and eradicate all forms of malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The…
