OPINION: Should America take a page from the Russians and grab Cuba?
By Peter Binose From Caribbean360 We must ask, we must consider in the light of Russia’s behaviour, would the Americans be better off destroying the kind of Cuba that we currently have says Peter Binose. KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Monday March…
BlackBerry wins court order against Ryan Seacrest’s Typo Case
By Karissa Bell From Mashable BlackBerry scored a major victory in its ongoing legal battle with Typo, the Ryan Seacrest-backed company behind the iPhone keyboard case. On Friday, a San Francisco court granted a preliminary injunction against Typo that prohibits…
Rebuild fiscal buffers, Latin American and Caribbean nations told
By Judith Ugwumadu From Public Finance International Latin America and the Caribbean governments need to shore up their fiscal reserves to guard against risks from other parts of the world, the Inter-American Development Bank has warned. Its 2014 Latin American…
Cayman Brac Agriculture Show a success
Cayman Brac produced another well organised and enjoyable Agriculture Show on Saturday, 29 March, 2014, on the Agriculture Grounds. Members of Government along with individuals from Grand Cayman travelled to support the annual event. Also attending were dignitaries visiting from…
Low-cost Dominican surgeries spark warnings by US
By Ben Fox And Ezequiel Abiu Lopez From Boston.com SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Beverly Brignoni was a young New Yorker seeking a less expensive way to enhance her appearance and she did what many other people are now…
Sheffield woman ‘still alive when boyfriend started to cut her head off’
From Yorkshire Post UK An 18-year-old Sheffield woman was still alive when her boyfriend started to cut off her head with a knife, a jury has been told. Aras Hussein, 21, killed Reema Ramzan by decapitating her at his flat…
Bitcoin slips in the wake of the IRS’s tax decision
By Alex Wilhelm From techcrunch Earlier this week, the IRS decided that Bitcoin is property, not currency, setting in place a regulatory structure that could see users of the cryptocurrency forced to keep price score in a rapidly shifting market….
Increasingly popular shea butter comes from some of the world’s poorest communities
From Business Insider The fruit of the shea tree has long been considered sacred by many in Western Africa because of its myriad health benefits. But now growing demand among Western consumers for the fruit, known as “women’s gold” by…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Cayman keeps one-year budget, for now
From IFC Review The government will not move to multi-year budgeting within the next year, Finance Minister Marco Archer confirmed Friday reports “Caymanian Compass”. The presentation of the upcoming 2014/15 spending plan will adhere to the terms of the Public…
