Jamaica Fights to Break Grip of Violent Past
By Damien Cave From The New York Times KINGSTON, Jamaica — Gunshots every night, burned-down businesses and corpses — up to a half-dozen a day — used to define the neighborhood of Mountain View on the eastern hillsides of Kingston,…
The mystery of America’s economic health
By: Ashley Kindergan The Fianacialist The latest economic data out of the United States is a little bit like an episode of “House,” Fox’s long-running series about the mysteries of medical diagnosis. In this case, the patient—that is to say,…
Caribbean economies battered by storms
By Jewel Fraser From IPS PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 19 2013 (IPS) – The Caribbean is in danger of becoming “a region of serial defaulters” with respect to international debt obligations, according to one expert, and this may partly…
Nicaragua to start exploring for oil in Caribbean
From fuel fix MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua says it will start exploring for oil in a swath of seabed in the Caribbean Sea that an international court granted it last year after a dispute with Colombia. Energy and Mines Minister…
RNC unanimously votes to shut out CNN, NBC from debates
By Bill Hoffmann From Newsmax The Republican National Committee on Friday (16) made good on its threat to dump CNN and NBC from covering its GOP presidential primary debates unless they drop their “political ad” productions about Hillary Clinton. It…
CEVA staff say they were ‘press-ganged’ into investment that lost them thousands
By Alex Lennane From Loadstar Relations between CEVA’s shareholder, Apollo Global Management, and the logistics company’s staff have been dealt a severe blow after an equity share scheme saw many employees lose their investments. In April, CIL Ltd, formerly known…
CADVA successfully launches anti-violence campaign in Trinidad
Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness brought its anti-violence campaign initiative to Trinidad and Tobago early August. A series of events under the theme: “UNITE TO INSPIRE: EDUCATION CREATES ACCEPTANCE,” launched “Operation BUILD-BOARD” in partnership with IMRARC (Irene Madray’s Recreational Arts…
9 Household items that could be spying on you
By Adam Levin* From The Huffington Post For Americans concerned about their privacy, the NSA data grabs are daunting, but what about the data grabs happening inside your own home, perpetrated not by the government but by your coffee machine?…
Cooking your goose Hong Kong style
By Eliot Simpson, Appleby The recent decision of Mr Justice Harris in the case of re Yung Kee Holdings Ltd, [2012] 6 HKC 246, in the Court of First Instance in Hong Kong has highlighted some of the issues that…
Chimpanzees, Orangutans Can Swim and Dive, Biologists Prove
by Natali Anderson From Sci-news Two biologists reporting in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology say that they have documented for the first time the swimming and diving behavior in apes. For many years, zoos have used water moats to…
