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Slaves were given an island over 150 years ago. Then Irma struck
By Jean Chemnick, From E&E First of a two-part series. Click here to read the second part. Last year’s devastating hurricanes may have swept away one of the world’s few examples of slavery reparations. The 1,800 residents of Barbuda can…
Cayman Islands: Robbery reported in George Town last night, 27 February
From RCIPS Wed 28 Feb 2018 Shortly before 10:45PM yesterday, 27 February, officers were dispatched to a report of a robbery in the vicinity of Patricks Island, George Town. Upon arriving home and exiting their vehicle, a man and a…
UPDATED: Cayman Islands Fire Service on scene at East End brush fire
UPDATED: 11:23AM Wed 28 Feb 2018 Overnight brush fire in East End was extinguished early this morning. GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Fire services officials have confirmed that an overnight brush fire near the East End quarry is no longer burning….
US: Bipartisan bill calls for study on economic impact of broadband access
By Mallory Locklear From engadget It’s a companion bill to a similar piece of proposed legislation in the Senate. Two Democratic and two Republican Representatives have introduced a bill that, if enacted, would require the Department of Commerce to research…
The extreme security measures taken at “America’s Safest School”
BY RAIN NOE From Core77 In the 1950s, American schoolchildren were shown a training film called “Duck and Cover.” Fear of a Soviet nuclear attack meant that students had to practice air raid drills. Times have changed and the air…
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car renews UEFA Europa League partnership
From Jeffrey Group Enterprise Rent-A-Car recently announced that it has signed a new three-year agreement to continue as an Official Partner of the UEFA Europa League. The sponsorship of one of UEFA’s most prestigious European club football competitions will continue…
Beyond The Frame | The Shinto Bride
Meiji Shrine | X-Pro2 From The Travel Photographer t’s a real shame that the traditional Shinto wedding ceremonies in Japan have dropped in popularity in the recent years, and that these only represent 20% of all weddings in the country, dropping…
China’s web censors go into overdrive as President Xi Jinping consolidates power
By Jon Russell From TechCrunch A week that begins with the repeal of regulation that prevents dictatorship in China is likely to be a busy one for the country’s censorship people, and so it has proven to be. China’s web scrubbers…
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How the Olympics can embrace non-binary athletes for the future
BY HEATHER DOCKRAY From Mashable It’s hard to remember a time before the Olympics had very open, very gayathletes like we do now, but the first openly gay Olympian didn’t appear until 1988 in Seoul. Thirty years later, there’s still…
The Global Futures Lab – A Search for Alternative Futures, by Paolo Cardini
BY BRUCE AND STEPHANIE THARP From Core77 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), with the support of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI), is hosting a unique international symposium entitled Global Futures at MAXXI in Rome, Italy…
