Venezuela president raises fuel price by 6,000% and devalues bolivar to tackle crisis
By Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogota From The Guardian UK Nicolás Maduro uses decree powers to raise fuel prices for first time in 20 years and devalues currency in bid to boost nation’s coffers Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, has announced the first…
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Tourism Matters: Again the taxpayer is left in the dark
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now The decision by the Sandals group to sell one of the hotels they either own or operate in Antigua to competitor Elite Island Resorts raises a number of questions. Like the announced Beaches…
Measuring the wrong thing
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio There’s nothing wrong with using measurements to prove something – as long as you’re measuring the right thing – which is where the subjectivists and the measurementists often get off on the wrong foot….
Cayman Islands General Elections progress update
From The Elections Office Cayman Islands George Town, Cayman Islands, 2016 – The Elections Office continues preparations for General Elections under the 19 single member electoral districts system in the areas of legislative amendment recommendations, voter registration, voter education, allocation…
NASA finds ‘super-Earth’
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget NASA finds ‘super-Earth’ with an atmosphere it can analyse. But don’t expect to find life there. Astronomers at NASA, working with the ESA and the University College London, announced Tuesday that they have discovered a…
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Storm-tossed ship cuts latest cruise short amid Norovirus, storm concerns
From NBC 4 New York A cruise ship that was battered by a major storm earlier this month is cutting short its most recent voyage amid a norovirus outbreak and the possibility of a severe storm. Natalie Pasquarella reports. (Published…
Former judges take on one of their own in recusal case at [US] High Court
By Tony Mauro, From The National Law Journal One biased judge can taint the deliberations of an entire appellate court, a group of former judges is telling the U.S. Supreme Court. The former judges who filed a brief in Williams v….
10 behaviors of genuinely successful people
By Steve Tobak, Entrepreneur From Business Insider Truly successful people are passionate about their work. We live in a strange time. People can call themselves anything they want and get away with it. If you believe what they write about themselves,…
Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering Conference 2016
Heads of Regulatory Agencies and Business Leaders from across 25 territories in the Americas will meet at the 2016 Annual Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Conference to discuss the latest advances in the fight against Financial Crimes. This premier…
Top 5 evolution misconceptions you should stop believing
By PAULA KOVER for The Conversation From Mashable Given its huge success in describing the natural world for the past 150 years, the theory of evolution is remarkably misunderstood. In a recent episode of the Australian series of I’m a…
