CONCACAF announces schedule change for Week One Champions League Match in Panama
Arabe Unido versus Montego Bay United Moved Up to August 5 Miami (Friday, July 17, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today announced a schedule change for Week One of the 2015/16 Scotiabank…
Lawyer ousted with clients from Houston’s sues restaurant, claiming racial bias
By R. Robin McDonald, From Daily Report A partner with a Lawrenceville health law boutique claims in a federal suit that he and three clients were ordered to leave a Houston’s restaurant in Buckhead because they were minorities. Yussuf Abdel-aleem…
The IMF vision of debt and Obama’s boldness with Iran
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now The debt crisis in Greece and the historic accord to limit Iran’s nuclear capability, thus lifting crippling sanctions, will have global repercussions. US President Barack Obama has shown strong and courageous leadership…
Puerto Rico fails to transfer $94 million for a bond payment, putting ‘other payments in jeopardy’
By Megan Davies, Reuters From Business Insider Puerto Rico’s Public Finance Corporation (PFC) failed to transfer funds to pay the principal and interest on its bonds, according to the island’s bank and a filing on Wednesday, highlighting cash problems as…
Recipe of the week
Weekend assignment: How to brew your first batch of beer From The Kitchn’s Beer School Today’s assignment: Brew your beer! The Kitchn’s Beer School: 20 lessons, 7 assignments to brew your first 1-gallon batch of beer. Sign up & see…
Boeing workers fired for dressing in KKK garb lose appeal
By P.J. D’Annunzio, From The Legal Intelligencer The dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by two white men and one Native American man who were fired by Boeing after dressing like Ku Klux Klan members at work has been upheld…
Supreme court rejects plea to strike down death penalty
By Tony Mauro, From The National Law Journal Missouri death row appeal cited Breyer’s dissent in lethal-injection case. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday night turned away a full-scale challenge to capital punishment in the case of a convicted murderer…
6 tips for planning overseas travel
By Samuel Rosenberg From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 18, 2015 – It’s summer time and if you plan to travel abroad, it means it’s also time to plan. Your plan should include finding savings, wherever possible, so that you…
Suit against Wal-Mart follows marriage-equality ruling
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal Wal-Mart Stores Inc. faces the first purported class action demanding equal employment benefits for married same-sex couples since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized those marriages across the country last month. But it’s…
EU warning over Russia ‘land grab’ in South Ossetia border row
From BBC Russian troops have been installing barbed wire and fences along the de facto border between South Ossetia and Georgia since the 2008 war The EU has warned of increased tensions amid claims that Russia has redrawn a section…
