Bahamas next Caribbean nation to consider legalizing medicinal marijuana?
From Atlanta Black Star The Bahamas government will consider the issue of medicinal marijuana as part of a regional meeting next month, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell confirmed yesterday. Mitchell said the government has noted developments in the United States…
Protest coverage in Haiti and Venezuela reveals U.S. media hypocrisy
By Kevin Edmonds, The Other Side of Paradise From nacla The media coverage of the events unfolding in Venezuela provides a troubling example of how the imperial ambitions of the United States can magnify crises—especially when contrasted with the current…
Caribbean Contribution to Black History
By Tony Best From the New York Carib News Law, government, Literature, Politics, science and economy, indeed in every area of life When the U.S. Postal Service recently issued a stamp commemorating the life and accomplishment of Shirley Chisholm, the…
Suntech commences proceeding in the United States in support of restructuring process
Chapter 15 petition filed by the Company’s restructuring professionals GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Feb. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (OTC: STPFQ) (the “Company” or “Suntech”) today announced that the joint provisional liquidators (the “JPLs”) of the…
Mighty Sparrow to receive prestigious Order of Trinidad and Tobago award
Sparrow, acknowledged as the “Calypso King of the World” returned to Trinidad and Tobago earlier this month after recovering from a diabetic coma in the United States, where he has been residing for years. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday February 20, 2014,…
Caribbean – American Contribution To Black History
By Michael Roberts From opednews.com Today, nobody can doubt the sterling contribution of Caribbean-Americans to the growth and development of the United States. And it’s been a long history of proven commitment by those who have made this country their…
Nonsensical Cuba embargo
7 Reasons the nonsensical Cuba embargo has got to go From The Huffington Post More than half of Americans want to put the U.S. embargo on Cuba to rest, according to a poll released this week by the Atlantic Council,…
New occupational therapist joins KidsAbility
Dr. Mona Kazemi, has joined the team at KidsAbility at the Cayman Chiropractic and Medical center as occupational therapist. Dr. Kazemi graduated in 2012 from the University of Southern California with a doctorate in occupational therapy. The University of Southern…
iNews Briefs
Recycling their industrial garbage bins has saved the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) tens of thousands of dollars. Because of the shrinking budget and the increasing need for the bins the DEH launched an in depth study on the state…
CI Youth Football assists
CI Youth Football Programme assists young cancer patient Players and coaches from the Cayman Islands Youth Football Programme’s Under 14 team participated in a yard clean-up at the residence of Tommy and Mechon Ebanks in West Bay this past Saturday….
