Jamaica, Washington DC and Alaska legalise pot
Jamaican government votes to decriminalize marijuana, set up medicinal pot system By Sasha Goldstein From New York Daily News Legalization advocate and reggae legend Bunny Wailer smokes a pipe stuffed with marijuana during a ‘reasoning’ session. Jamaica lawmakers on Tuesday…
world’s largest cruise ship
New details emerge on world’s largest cruise ship By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY From Detroit Free Press The biggest cruise ship ever built will be called Harmony of the Seas. Royal Caribbean this week announced the name for the 227,700-ton…
For Goodyear, self-reporting yields lighter FCPA fine
By Jenna Greene, From The National Law Journal More than two years after Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. self-reported its wrongdoing to securities regulators, the company has agreed to pay $16 million to settle foreign-bribery charges. According to the U.S….
TCL records massive losses despite revenue increase in 2014
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday February 26, 2015, CMC – The cash-strapped Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) says it profit before taxes fell by TT$136 million (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) last year despite an increase in revenue from the sale…
Trouble in Paradise: Inside Canadian banks’ billion-dollar Caribbean struggle
By Tim Kiladze From The Globe and Mail They arrived in droves starting at 5:30 a.m., desperate to secure a steady pay cheque. By midmorning, the anxious mob totalled 5,000 people. Sandals, a Caribbean hotel chain, was hosting a job…
Toddler shot in head whilst he sleeps
By Renee Trujillo From LoveFM Residents of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye are in shock at the news of the death of a two year old boy following a shooting incident that occurred on the island last night. We spoke to…
Washington cops fired 17 shots in death of Mexican immigrant Antonio Zambrano-from new York Daily News
KENNEWICK, Wash. — (AP) The three officers involved in the death of an unarmed Mexican man in Washington state fired 17 shots, including several that struck the former orchard worker but none that hit him in the back, a task…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Al Sharpton, cable giants hit with $20b discrimination suit
By Elliot Jager From Newsmax Cable giants Comcast and Time Warner — along with Al Sharpton — are being sued by the National Association of African-American Owned Media (NAAAOM) for discrimination. Comcast and Time Warner recently announced they were merging….
