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Zika virus may be transmitted through sex
By lisaparavisini From Repeating Islands A virologist at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, has suggested that Zika virus infection is the only vector-borne disease that may be transmitted by sexual intercourse, St Lucia Online reports. The first…
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Opinion: Human Rights in SVG
By Peter Binose The ‘United Nations Charter of Human Rights’ as Ignored and Abused by the ‘Unity Labour Party SVG’. Preamble [applicable almost everywhere but not in SVG] Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable…
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Tourism Matters: Unjustified fuel surcharges
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now According to a statement issued recently, the 200-plus airline members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are poised to deliver a higher than forecast record profit in 2015 and should see a…
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2015 was brutal for oil stocks, and one industry guru thinks 2016 might be even worse
By Bob Bryan From Business Insider Energy stocks had a monumentally bad year in 2015. The iShares Global energy ETF, which does a decent job at tracking the industry as a whole, was down over 20%. Oil prices tumbled, earnings dried…
Ericsson and Verizon plan for millions of IoT devices
Ericsson’s cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking solution welcomed by Verizon New network software enables Verizon to leverage existing LTE infrastructure for diverse IoT opportunities on a massive scale Joint IoT trials between Ericsson and Verizon will continue in 2016 Ericsson…
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Caribbean women journalists and those testy moments with men
BY JEDIAEL CARTER From Jamaica Observer Women have been breaking the proverbial “glass ceiling” and continue to make strides in the competitive man’s world. As they continue to work and achieve greatness, some women are of the belief that despite…
Yahoo agrees to settle Email Privacy Suit
By Ross Todd, The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. has agreed to settle a class action challenging the way the company analyzes email messages to serve targeted ads to users of its popular Yahoo Mail service. The deal, outlined…
Canada: Trudeau family’s Caribbean vacation splashed across the tabloids
The Canadian Press From CTV OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting used to international media attention and now he is getting tabloid headlines for vacationing with his family at an exclusive resort in the Caribbean. The visit to…
MOBIUS: China has a big conundrum on its hands
By Mark Mobius, Investment Adventures In Emerging Markets From Business Insider New-year celebrations in the Western world gave way to concerns about China as its stock market opened 2016 with a loss, triggering declines in equity markets globally. The 7% decline…
Destination of the week
Thinking about Costa Rica? 7 Reasons why you might want to head to the Caribbean coast of the Country By Don Hazen, V.C. Dent From AlterNet A number of unique elements make the Caribbean side interesting. Costa Rica attracts large numbers…
