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Cayman Islands Grace Gealey to star on FOX’s “Empire” Grace Gealey, originally from the Cayman Islands, will be starring on FOX’s Empire, which premieres in January 2015. Grace Gealey stars as Anika Gibbons in the anticipated FOX series EMPIRE co-created…
For Guyana, energy plus efficiency equals common sense development
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, IPS – Guyana is shaping up to set a gold standard for the Caribbean in implementing a national energy efficiency strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.”Energy efficiency is the main…
One more confirmed case of chikungunya in Cayman Islands – total now 6
Chikungunya Update as of 15 September 2014 The total number of confirmed cases of chikungunya has reached six, as at September 15, 2014. Since the last update on 8 September 2014, five new cases were placed under investigation during the…
CFU Caribbean Cup
From Guyana Chronicle Online Golden Jaguars fall 2-0 to St Lucia GUYANA’S Golden Jaguars suffered their first loss in the 2014 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup football tournament, following a 2-0 defeat to St Lucia, when the two sides…
Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean Countries
By Jessica Faieta, Inter Press Service | Op-Ed From Truth Out United Nations – Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries, I have witnessed firsthand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable…
Guyana: GFF names 18-man squad for Caribbean Cup qualifiers
From GuyanaTimes The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Friday announced an 18-man squad to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Cup qualifiers early next month, focussing primarily on locally based players. The Guyanese, drawn in Group Six, are down to face…
T&T behind Haiti in economic growth
From Guardian Media T&T ranks ninth among the Caribbean’s fastest growing economies, according to data just compiled by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac). Eclac’s recently unveiled projections for growth in 2014 shows T&T,…
Republic Bank fights high Caribbean energy costs . .
By Maury Wright Editor in Chief, LEDs Magazine and Illumination in Focus .. with comprehensive lighting control Lighting control pays off in almost any environment, but implementing aggressive control strategies is especially important in areas such as the Caribbean where $0.40…
Ramotar slams US diplomat over Guyana government poll remarks
By Peter Richards From Caribbean360 ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Thursday July 3, 2014, CMC –Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar Wednesday forthrightly dismissed a statement by the outgoing United States Ambassador, Brent Hardt, who accused the head of state of selectively abiding by…
Eating curry may improve health and extend life – study
From Caribbean360 CALIFORNIA, United States, Friday May30, 2014 – While the debate over the superiority of Guyana or Trinidad curry shows no sign of cooling down, a new study shows that merely eating curry – regardless of its culinary merit…
