IPI adds Caribbean defamation laws to online database Campaign celebrates legal changes in five countries
From International Press Institute VIENNA, Feb 12, 2016 – Detailed information in defamation laws in 15 Caribbean countries in now included in the International Press Institute’s (IPI) online media laws database. The information reflects data collected by IPI over the…
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Turks and Caicos gaming delegation visits Jamaica
By Denise Dennis KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Jamaica’s Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) on Friday hosted consultations with government officials from the Turks and Caicos Islands (TC), to aid that British territory in the finalisation of its gaming policy,…
New Year: New resolution or same old illusion
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now The prospects of economic growth and social development for the English-speaking Caribbean region in 2016 are not bright. While there may be improvements in a few countries, they will each continue to…
Internet exchange points critical to the Caribbean digital economy, says BVI minister
From Caribbean News Now ROAD TOWN, BVI — Caribbean nations need to strengthen their Internet infrastructure if the region is to take full advantage of the global digital economy. This was the view expressed by Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) vice…
Cayman Islands Commissioner’s responsiveness to complaints and appeals has resulted in far greater public use says ACM VP, Peter Richards
ACM VP, Peter Richards Addresses Caribbean Broadcasting Union Caribbean Broadcasting Union Annual General Assembly, St. George’s, Grenada August 18, 2015 Digital Journalism and Media Freedom in the Caribbean By Peter Richards Digital Journalism and Media Freedom in the Caribbean INTRODUCTION…
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Jamaica right to roll out red carpet for Obama
By Dexter Wharton, From Barbados Nation News Martin and Haywood rule Read More Jamaica right to roll out red carpet for Obama So United States President Barack Obama had a swell time in Jamaica last week. Let me start by…
Heart Institute of the Caribbean
From Jamaica Gleaner The Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) is the leading cardiac care centre in the Caribbean. Since its opening in 2005, the Heart Institute has been dedicated to preventing and treating heart and blood vessel diseases through…
Cuba, DR threat – Single tourism marketing strategy needed
From Barbados Advocate It’s just a matter of time before America lifts its travel ban on Cuba, and when that happens, a flood of pent up demand will be unleashed, bringing with it a monumental threat to the tourism dependent…
Innovative solutions needed for sustainable health care
By Prof Ernest Madu From Jamaica Observer CARDIOVASCULAR Diseases (CVD) were responsible for less than 10 per cent of all global deaths at the dawn of the 20th century. By 2001, CVDs were responsible for about 30 per cent of…
Caribbean Voices
By Tony Martin From Caribbean Beat Issue 56 “Nothing was created in the West Indies”, V.S. Naipaul famously wrote. Yet many of the earliest writers and thinkers in the Americas were Caribbean men and women, creating histories, novels, essays, poems,…
