Your smartphone is a ‘security blanket’ for your social life
By Jon Fingas From engadget Even when you’re not looking at it. Do you instinctively reach for your smartphone whenever you’re in an awkward chat with unfamiliar people, or just feel like you’re the odd one out? There’s likely a…
Former UK Foreign Secretary Johnson refuses to apologize for Islamaphobic comments
From WN Boris Johnson said he was standing by his remarks on Tuesday after the Conservative Party chairman told him to apologize for commenting that Muslim women wearing burkas “look like letter boxes” and comparing them to “bank robbers,” according…
Drink recipe of the week
CARIBBEAN RUM PUNCH By LISA From Cooking With Curls Are you an Outlander fan? If you are, then you know that tomorrow night is the final episode of the season…boo. We have spent the past few weeks watching Jamie and…
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Caribbean States call on US to seriously address climate change
From teleSUR Caribbean States leaders are asking the Trump administration to rejoin the landmark Paris climate deal signed in 2015, from which the U.S. withdraw in June 2017. Leaders from the Caribbean states are calling on the Donald Trump administration…
Jamaica opens first retail marijuana seed store
BY AZAD ALI From Caribbean Life Jamaica has opened its first retail marijuana seed store located in the Marketplace on Constant Spring Road, the Jamaica Gleaner reported. The ribbon-cutting ceremony signified the start of a new era for the use…
A retailer is selling a dress that looks like a long-sleeve shirt, bikini, and minidress combined — and people are divided
Lucy Yang From Business Insider A metallic green bodycon dress from PrettyLittleThing is the latest clothing item to divide the internet. The bold design features a unique top that looks like a bikini on the left and a long-sleeve shirt…
Take a stand against orphanage trafficking this summer
By Miriam Karmali, From Freedom United “He dressed us up looking poor so the visitors see us, they feel pity for us, and they donate more. But they don’t really know what was going on inside the orphanage.”Sinet Chan, Cambodian…
With Wynn Group out, Grand Bahama resort still in Chinese hands
By Youri Kemp From Caribbean News Now FREEPORT, Bahamas — The Canadian property and real estate developer, Paul Wynn of the Wynn Group, not to be confused with Wynn Resorts – with an equally eponymous name and person in that…
Poor Cat Designs’ take on virtual personal shopping uses real people instead of AI
BY JAKE KROL From Mashable Facebook has been pushing for AI Bots to handle customer inquiries, and Apple is offering Business Chat for iMessage.But where do smaller sized businesses fit into this equation? For them, the AI helpers might carry…
WSJ: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen investigated for tax fraud
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Federal prosecutors are investigating former Trump attorney Michael Cohen for tax fraud, The Wall Street Journal reported. Citing “people familiar with the investigation,” the Journal disclosed Tuesday that authorities were probing whether Cohen underreported “thousands…
