ECCU Governments raise $10.6 billion on RGSM
From WINN FM As the Regional Government Securities Market (RGSM) approaches its 15th anniversary, member states are celebrating their success in raising over $10.6 billion in Treasury bills and Bonds to finance government operations. This is according to the Eastern…
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New healthcare funding scheme launched
By Marlon Madden From Barbados Today While the Freundel Stuart administration struggles to find a sustainable means of funding healthcare, Barbadian seniors are being offered an avenue through which to cover their own healthcare costs. The City of Bridgetown Credit…
Wed (12) Update: Cayman Islands Armed Robbery of Armoured Truck at Airport Foster’s, 8 April
From RCIPS Apr 12 2017 Update on 8 April Robbery Investigation We would like to provide an update regarding the status of the investigation into last Saturday’s (8 April) robbery at Foster’s Food Fair, and ask for further public assistance….
Researchers are helping robots avoid expensive face plants
By Steve Dent From engadget Why are robot tumbles comedy gold? Unlike humans, they make no effort to protect themselves, resulting in flailing, extra hard falls (bottom). But the high-g impacts are hell on the extremely expensive, often one-of-a-kind machines,…
Mice brains store backup copies of memories
By Timothy J. Seppala From engadget Turns out that even the human brain might use redundancy when it comes to storage. New research out of the Riken-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics suggests that memories are stored in two places…
NASA’s new X-plane and the future of electric aircraft
By Emily Calandrelli From Tech Crunch The world is on a quest to create cleaner, quieter airplanes that could replace the fuel-guzzling, roaring commercial aircraft in use today. NASA is leading much of the research and development effort in this area and…
A new guitar is 30% lighter thanks to multiple weird tricks
By John Biggs From TechCrunch Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could make a lighter guitar, they didn’t stop to think if they should. As TC’s resident guitar lover I have to take all the high-tech…
A mega-telescope is trying to take the first image ever of a black hole, hell yeah
By Taylor Hatmaker From TechCrunch This week, a massive international array of the most powerful radio telescopes on the planet set its sights on the most camera-shy subject of all, the black hole. Badassly known as the Event Horizon Telescope, the…
Breast implants nearly derailed a UFC bout
BY SAM LAIRD From Mashable Media reports that Ultimate Fighting Championship straw-weight Pearl Gonzalez was pulled from a fight because of her breast implants have proved incorrect. But her implants did prompt a review before she was allowed to compete…
Dominica: Opposition Leader Prevented From Entering Parliament Building
From Caribbean News Service ROSEAU, Dominica, Apr 11 2017 – Opposition Leader Lennox Linton Tuesday said he had been prevented from entering the compound of the Parliament building and called for the removal of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit from office….
