China’s dumb strategy when it comes to smartphones
By George Chen From South China Morning Post Smartphone makers in China focus on quick profits rather than breakthrough technologies We all know that things move fast in technology, but there is something troubling about a weird kind of industry…
Spending on native advertising is soaring as marketers and digital media publishers realize the benefits
By Mark Hoelzel From Business Insider Native is one of the hottest topics in digital media, and advertisers and publishers are taking notice. By creating advertisements that are in the same format as the content audiences are there to consume,…
Trinidad and Tobago banks facing transition year
From Oxford Business Group Banks in T&T are adjusting to new challenges this year, including lower oil prices, slower economic growth, tightening interest rates and political uncertainty in the run up to elections. But overall performance so far this year…
The Editor Speaks: A new legal aid director is not going to solve anything
The Cayman Islands Attorney General (AG), Samuel Bulgin, announced on Monday (25) in the Legislative Assembly there was now being drafted new legislation to address the mounting problems regarding legal aid. Because of the Bill of Rights and Children’s Law…
Is ISIS in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
By Peter Binose, Madrid. Monday, May 25, 2015 Did they find everyone who had been issued a dodgy Vincentian passport that allowed them to change their name without declaring their previous name? Did they get back every dodgy passport issued?…
Ferguson protesters now protesting over not getting paid
By John Blosser From Newsmax At least some of the protesters who looted, rioted, burned buildings and overturned police cars in Ferguson, Missouri, last year were promised payment of up to $5,000 per month to join the protests. However, when…
Why do peacekeepers have immunity in sex abuse cases?
By Rosa Freedman From CNN Story highlights Rosa Freedman: French peacekeepers accused of sex abuse in CAR. Peacekeepers are protected by UN immunity She says this is unacceptable and makes U.N. complicit in preventing justice. Rosa Freedman is a senior…
RBC Executive Rider pays special attention to local clients
From Curacao Chronicle WILLEMSTAD – RBC head of Commercial and Capital Markets in the Caribbean, Tim Rider, recently visited Curaçao to meet key clients and government stakeholders. Rider also took the opportunity to spend time with Russell Kopke, the newly…
Officers immune in shooting of mentally ill woman, Supreme Court rules
By Zoe Tillman and Marcia Coyle, From Legal Times Police officers who shot a mentally ill woman armed with a knife are immune against claims that they failed to accommodate her health issues, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday….
Pastor Shot Outside Church While Planting Flags for Memorial Day
From TeaParty.org (Hartford Courant) – The Rev. Dr. Augustus Sealy, who leads the First Church of the Nazarene on Capitol Avenue, was injured at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday in a drive-by shooting, police said. Sealy, 54, was planting small flags…
