SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – In a region renowned for scuba diving and snorkelling, conservationists are urging Caribbean people to eat the red lionfish that has invaded Caribbean waters and threaten to devastate the marine ecosystem in the region. ...
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US Scientists Say Caribbean Lizards Show Evolution Is Predictable
CALIFORNIA, U.S., CMC – Scientists in the United States say the study of Caribbean lizards reveals that evolution is predictable. According to a study of Caribbean lizards by researchers at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis), Harvard University ...
Read More »INTERPOL Launches New Technology To Detect Fraudulent Travel Documents In The Caribbean
LYON, France, CMC – The international police organization (INTERPOL), says it has launched a new tool enabling Caribbean countries to exchange information on fraudulent identity and travel documents. Known as Dial-Doc (Digital INTERPOL Alert Library Document), INTERPOL said that the ...
Read More »US Citizen Recuperating After Shark Attack
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 64-year-old United States citizen is recuperating in hospital after he was bitten on the left hand by a Nurse shark, the police said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement said that the man, from Fort ...
Read More »CARICOM Pleased With Growth In Intra-regional Trade
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – There has been a “significant” increase in intra-regional trade in 2011, according to the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. It said that intra-regional trade in CARICOM has been positive with significant growth in the early period of the ...
Read More »King Toppled As Leader Of St. Lucia’s Main Opposition Party
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Former Prime Minister, Stephenson King, was swept out of the leadership of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) after his former tourism minister, Allen Chastanet, scored a convincing victory in Sunday’s poll. King, who ...
Read More »Warner Wins By-election In Ruling Party’s Heartland
By Peter Richards Trinidad Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former National Security Minister, Austin “Jack” Warner, was returned to Parliament, on Monday night, after his convincing victory in the Chaguanas West by-election, which he had previously represented following ...
Read More »Caribbean Seeking Reparations For Slavery
By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (IPS) – As Caribbean countries prepare to observe Emancipation Day on Aug. 1, they are also caught up in an ongoing debate over reparations for slavery. St. Vincent and the Grenadines ...
Read More »REAL ESTATE…with a difference: Versace Mansion Auction!
It’s been a rocky road for one of the country’s most expensive and illustrious mansions, and if houses could talk, this one would tell you the story of the joys and disappointments of its 83 years . The mansion was ...
Read More »REAL ESTATE…with a difference: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill!
There’s no argument about Tim and Faith being on the A-list of country music singers. With a staggering 8 Grammys, 14 Country Music Awards, 14 American Music Awards, 4 People’s Choice Awards and 28 American Country Music Awards, is it ...
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