Update on Human Rights violation in the Cayman Islands
From Dr Leo Raznovich Visitor visa: the Immigration Authority has agreed on Monday 7th September to grant me a visitor status for two weeks. This regularises my situation until my next planned departure to the U.S. and Europe. Upon my…
Isle of Man becoming a hub for cryptocurrency start-ups
From Econo Times The Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, is a self-governing country with population a little over 85000. The island has seen three decades of continuous economic growth and has embraced emerging…
Navigating ‘Island’ Parenting: Enjoy your children
By Mutryce A Williams From Caribbean News Now Navigating “Island” Parenting is a submission of reflections, insights, quotes, tips and parenting advice that I have gathered over the years as a source of inspiration and as tools to deal with…
iPad-friendly drones invade Apple’s online store
By Ronald Chavez From Mashable Apple’s vision of a ritzy, high-end retail presence apparently also has room for drones. The DJI Phantom 3 Advanced and Phantom 3 Professional appeared on the company’s online store today — the first set of…
Gender reassignment surgery OK’d over parents’ objection
By Lizzy McLellan, From The Legal Intelligencer A Bucks County judge has denied two parents’ emergency petition for limited guardianship of a transgender woman, allowing her to proceed with a scheduled gender reassignment surgery. In their petition, Klaus and Ingrid…
Cruise ship fire leaves guests stranded on Caribbean island
By Greg Roumeliotis – Reuters From Trade Arabia The Carnival Liberty leaving Miami in 2013. An engine fire on board the ship has left passengers stranded on a Caribbean island. An engine fire on board a cruise ship operated by…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Finally, Rowley as T&T prime minister
By Rickey Singh From Barbados Nation News THE 65-year-old volcanologist,Dr Keith Rowley, who is now the new Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, succeeded in upstaging all the professional pollsters and organisations at Monday’s general elections when he accurately forecast…
Missouri man sentenced to life in prison over marijuana is set free
By Matt Ferner National Reporter, From The Huffington Post “The Jeff Mizanskey case simply shows that the war on drugs has reached the pinnacle of absurdity.” Jeff Mizanskey, a 61-year-old man who was serving life in prison for nonviolent marijuana…
Texas Abortion Clinics ask Supreme Court to review restrictions
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal Raising the stakes that abortion will be on the decision docket in the new U.S. Supreme Court term, a Texas coalition of reproductive health clinics and physicians asked the justices on Wednesday…
British Airways plane catches fire on Las Vegas runway
From Richmond Times Dispatch LAS VEGAS (AP) — An engine on a London-bound British Airways jet caught fire Tuesday while the plane was preparing to take off from Las Vegas, shooting flames from the side of the jet and forcing…
