Olwomen story of the week
15 relieving home remedies for mosquito bites By Jenny Smith From Olwomen ‘Close the windows else mosquitos will enter the house’, ‘wear long sleeves while going to the park else you can get a mosquito bite’ and ‘moisturize your skin…
Recently deceased “horror” actor Christopher Lee’s net worth: $25 Million
From Celebrity Net Worth Sir Christopher Lee was an English actor and singer who had a net worth of $25 million. Christopher Lee was probably best known for playing a number of villains in many popular and profitable movies. Notable…
‘Fat Man’ atomic bomb’s core
An unsettling picture of a US physicist cheerfully holding the ‘Fat Man’ atomic bomb’s core By Amanda Macias from Business Insider This image from 1945 shows Manhattan Project physicist Harold Agnew smiling and holding the plutonium core of one of…
Unsanitary growing conditions lead to partial import ban on Mexican Cilantro
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist Bad news for cilantro lovers: U.S. officials have implemented a partial ban on imports of the herb after health officials linked hundreds of illnesses to cilantro growing in feces- and toilet paper-covered fields in Mexico….
A “Caribbean Innovation” for National Spectrum Plan Administration
An important milestone was achieved in Dominica this week; the deployment of the much anticipated “Caribbean Solution” for telecommunications management. This innovative software system was designed and built over the last three years with the assistance of a number of…
Airbus just patented a jet that could fly from London to New York in 1 hour
By Benjamin Zhang From Business Insider Last month, the US Patent and Trademark Office approved an application from Airbus’ Marco Prampolini and Yohann Coraboeuf for an “ultra-rapid air vehicle and related method of aerial locomotion.” In other words, Airbus just…
An iPhone feature most people never find is doing something amazing for the visually impaired
By Steve Kovach, Tech Insider From Business Insider You wouldn’t expect Luis Perez to be an amateur photographer. Perez, a higher education learning consultant in Florida, has retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that essentially gives him tunnel vision. He only has…
Funds in the Middle East: The best of both worlds approach
Article by Daniel Wood and Tom Cochrane From Walkers For asset managers in the Middle East, there are numerous options when it comes to choosing the domicile of a Fund and its Manager. On the Fund side, choices include setting…
Caribbean seeks to provide additional support to existing investors
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, July 29, 2015. Targeting existing investors to reinvest in the Caribbean and creating linkages in the domestic economy between investors and local suppliers to drive investment growth were issues at the centre of the strategy recommended to the…
Fiscal transparency in the Cayman Islands
Article by Antonia Hardy, John Rogers, Daniel Wood and Denise Wong From Walkers Last Updated: 5 August 2015 Introduction The Cayman Islands have an extremely open, accountable and transparent government and regulatory system. Despite the dated stereotype, the Cayman Islands…
