Related News ItemsEastern Caribbean may soon have regional ferryWed, 01 Feb 2012 14:42:42 -0800
The eastern Caribbean may soon have an inter-island ferry system.A British investment company says it plans to lease a "wave-piercing" catamaran to Barbados-based Fast Caribbean Ltd., which hopes ...
Read More... PJ calls on Caribbean states to work togetherTue, 07 Feb 2012 06:37:25 -0800
FORMER Prime Minister PJ Patterson has called on Caribbean nations to work together to protect their interests, similar to what countries, which fought wars for years, are now doing in the European Union (EU).
Read More... Catholicism still dominant in Caribbean, but its influence wanesMon, 06 Feb 2012 09:05:03 -0800
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) -- Trinidad's only Catholic seminary educated future clergy members for six decades, sending graduates to ministries throughout the Caribbean.
Read More... WestJetters vote 91 per cent in favour of regional airlineWed, 08 Feb 2012 04:30:00 -0800
WestJetters vote 91 per cent in favour of regional airline
Read More... Trouble in Paradise: How a Caribbean Experiment in Geothermal Went AwryMon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:51 -0800
Beneath the surface of Nevis there's something that could put this palm-fringed paradise on the map in a big way: heat -- and plenty of it
Read More... Jamaica to benefit from wastewater management projectWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:22:46 -0800
JAMAICA is one of four Caribbean and Central American countries that will benefit from a US$15-million pilot project that seeks to reform and finance the management of wastewater in the region.
Read More... WestJet to go ahead with short-haul carrierWed, 08 Feb 2012 11:36:46 -0800
TORONTO (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd will launch a new regional operation to serve smaller Canadian destinations after winning the endorsement of its workforce for a plan that will ratchet up the pressure on Air Canada , its larger rival. Shares of non-unionized WestJet rose more than 4 percent on Wednesday after the company said it expected to launch the division before the end of 2013. It ...
Read More... Rising ocean acidity worst for Caribbean and PacificTue, 07 Feb 2012 13:32:33 -0800
The current trend of increasing ocean acidification, which threatens fisheries around the world, is driven mainly by man-made changes and is higher even than that seen at the end of the last ice age, some 11,000 year ago, a study has said. Much of the carbon released by human activity ends up in the oceans, increasing their acidity and reducing the growth of corals and molluscs, which in turn ...
Read More... US sets first catch limits in Caribbean fishThu, 26 Jan 2012 14:20:51 -0800
The U.S. government is imposing limits on the number of fish that commercial and recreational fishermen can catch in the waters it controls in the Caribbean, saying previous types of restrictions haven't protected dwindling populations of dozens of species.
Read More... UNDP report says crime biggest challenge to regional economiesThu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:15 -0800
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Crime has become one of the main challenges threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, but the right mix of policies and programmes can halt the problem, according to the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 launched here yesterday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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