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It’s time to stop ‘dissing’ our heroes, and get rid of mediocrity
BY HG HELPS Editor-at-Large [email protected] From Jamaica Observer As ridiculous as it sounded, news came last week by way of a badly written news release issued by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) —something that has become common in the…
Facebook escapes big damages in Privacy Class Action
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in Oakland has declined to certify a damages class in a privacy lawsuit against Facebook Inc. over its alleged scanning of users’ private messages. In an order issued…
The Rubik’s cube of the Caribbean public education system
From Antigua Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 21, CMC – The very good news for Caribbean education is that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has agreed that 2016 is the time to craft a Regional…
Physical Gold Fund SP has registered with the FCA
From Physical Hard Assets Fund SPC LONDON, May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Physical Gold Fund SP (PGF) has registered with the FCA within the United Kingdom. PGF is now permitted to market within the United Kingdom through the…
Sandals Foundation Improving the Lives of Caribbean People
By Marlon Tingling From JIS Story Highlights Speaking at a JIS Think Tank in Montego Bay recently, Ms. Clarke said since 2009, US$1.5million is being spent annually on projects to uplift the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens. “We…
Beautiful trees
Capturing the beauty of Earth’s 3.04 trillion trees BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable The Earth has a staggering variety of trees, many of which are older than any human currently alive today. A new study published in the journal Nature,…
Cloudy nights make cities brighter
Cloudy nights now make cities brighter instead of darker By BECKY OSKIN for LiveScience From Mashable The last time anyone in a big city saw a dark and stormy night was when winds knocked out the power grid. Storm clouds…
Which Countries Sell Citizenship?
From Jules Suzdaltsev TestTube A person can gain citizenship by birth, marriage, employment, or in some cases by check. So where can you buy citizenship? Sale alert: Act now, and for the low, low price of $100,000, you can be…
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Coding and creativity could conquer the digital divide
BY MATT PETRONZIO From Mashable LONDON — Technology has an image problem. That’s what Belinda Parmar, CEO and founder of Little Miss Geek and Lady Geek, said in a panel at the +SocialGood UK conference in London on Friday. In conversation…
A loss beyond measure
By Mark Fajgenbaum From Trinidad Express The following is a guest column in tribute to the late West Indies cricket commentator/writer Tony Cozier: It is no loose hyperbole to describe the death of Tony Cozier last week as perhaps the…
