Q&A: Credit and debit card surcharges
From MMC-News The UK government is planning to ban “excessive” fees for using a debit or credit card to buy items such as tickets online. It has gone further than recommendations from the regulator to ban surcharges on debit cards…
Beehive Domes
Beehive Domes in Purnululu National Park, Western Australia By Gary Arndt From Everything Everywhere Beehive Domes in Purnululu National Park, Western Australia Most visitors to Australia stick to the east coast of the country. While there are many great things…
Live-TV shooting suspect pronounced dead at hospital
By Jaime Fuller From New York Magazine Twenty-four-year-old WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward were killed during a live-TV broadcast at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia on Wednesday morning. Police quickly began searching for a suspect, former…
Sandals resorts claim to lead rebound of Caribbean economy
From The New Today SANDALS Resorts International (SRI) has been leading the rebound of the Caribbean economy through a combination of new investments and upgrades of properties region wide, resulting in an uptick in job creation and economic growth. This…
Danny and the drought: How El Niño left the Caribbean parched
By Tim Padgett From WLRN Miami Remember Hurricane Danny roaring out in the Atlantic last week with 115-mile-an-hour gusts? When it reached Puerto Rico this morning it was wheezing. That’s a big relief for the Caribbean islands – but it…
The Great Fall of China?
Geoff Cook Chief Executive Officer From Jersey Finance Tumbling stock markets around the world have triggered a resurgence in the debate about the sustainability of China’s economic performance. So what does the future hold? Chinese intervention to prop up the…
Cayman Islands Minister responds to Football Association’s PR
Statement re CIFA Executive From Hon. Osbourne Bodden, JP, MLA Minister of Community Affairs, Youth and Sport The technicality used to block the bids of those seeking office is understood per CIFA’s Articles, but in light of all that has…
Digicel & NBA launch Jumpstart Basketball Clinics in Caribbean
Digicel and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today the launch of the Digicel NBA Jumpstart Basketball Clinics in the Caribbean, which will take place in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks…
Tiny bookmarks that look like food
From Designer Daily Inspirational Gecko is a small online shop on the DaWanda selling platform. It is managed by an Italian student named Francesca, who creates all kind of cute things she sells, like bookmarks, covers, key chains, or brooches….
Caribbean water ministers will address water and climate issues to help shape the development agenda
Written by Sourced Information From West Indies News Network In September, the United Nations will finalise a Post-2015 Development Agenda known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs follow and expand on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expire…





