Dominica: A Caribbean island rebuilds “from zero”
By Ben Parker From Irin News In a rare live-blog from the prime minister of a country grappling with disaster, Dominica’s Roosevelt Skerrit described his own roof being torn off by Hurricane Maria. He has now confirmed 25 deaths and…
Falling jet wing panel damages car in Japan
From BBC A car was seriously damaged when part of an aeroplane’s wing landed on it in the Japanese city of Osaka. The piece, which weighed more than 4kg (9lb), fell from a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plane shortly after…
Taxing digital economy players a daunting task?
By Supriya Surendran From The Edge Financial Daily KUALA LUMPUR: The two tax captains of Malaysia — Inland Revenue Board (IRB) chief executive officer Datuk Sabin Samitah and Royal Malaysian Customs Department director-general Datuk Seri Subromaniam Tholasy — both shared…
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Liberty University sends a team of volunteers to the Caribbean
By Siobhan McGirl From WDBJ7 CBS LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ7) You can tell a lot about where a person is going from what they pack in their bag. “Well definitely my work boots,” said one student as she rummaged through her…
CAST Performance In Shakespeare’s Nightclub [Now performing here in Cayman islands]
By Bailey Kight From The Bottom Line When people hear the name Shakespeare, they tend to think of old-fashioned clothing and traditional plays. The group with the Cambridge University American Stage Tour (CAST) had a completely different take on Shakespeare….
Recipe of the week
Recipe: Butter-Roasted Sweet Potatoes By Meghan Splawn From The Kitchn You’ve had roasted sweet potatoes before, so you’ve had them all, right? I used to think the exact same thing until I learned a technique for butter-roasting thick slices of…
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At UN, Cuba urges relief to assist storm-hit Caribbean; cites ‘setback’ in bilateral relations with US
From UN news Centre 22 September 2017 – In the wake of successive hurricanes Irma and Maria, which tore through the Caribbean and left communities in desperate conditions, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla urged the international community to “give…
German election: AfD vows to fight ‘invasion of foreigners’
From BBC Germany’s right-wing, nationalist AfD party has vowed to fight “an invasion of foreigners” into the country, after winning its first parliamentary seats. “We want a different policy,” co-leader Alexander Gauland said following the historic surge. But splits have…
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Preserving the dignity of Caribbean people
By Mervyn Crichlow San Fernando From Trinidad Express (Letter to the Editor) Very commendable and timely the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago announced on Thursday any resident or citizen from storm-ravaged Dominica who could find accommodation and sustenance in…
Predictive analytics – Facts you must know
From Digital Marketing Philippines Data gathering solutions are now becoming more cost-effective and available even to small and medium businesses with limited budgets. With this, Digital Marketers are moving towards generating meaningful intelligence from all these data – and use…
