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Is Caribbean integration no longer practical?
By David Jessop, From Dominican Today Earlier this year, Owen Arthur, the former Prime Minister of Barbados, described the malaise that now affects much of the Anglophone Caribbean. Delivering the 15th Archibald Nedd Memorial Lecture in Grenada, Mr Arthur observed…
Woman charged in murder of D.C. Lawyer pleads guilty
By Zoe Tillman,From Legal Times In deal with prosecutors, Jamyra Gallmon pleads to second-degree murder in death of DLA Piper associate David Messerschmitt. The woman charged with killing Washington lawyer David Messerschmitt during a planned robbery at a downtown hotel…
Cayman Islands utility company announces slight increase in customer’s bills
CUC Base Rate Adjustment – Effective June 1, 2015 In accordance with the Rate Cap Adjustment Mechanism (RCAM) detailed in CUC’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Licence, the Board of the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has approved a Base Rate adjustment…
Cayman Islands: Dr Watler-Lyons graduates from MEMOS
Dr Dalton Watler-Lyons successfully completed MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sport Organisations Management), class of 2015. The mission of MEMOS is to assist professionals working in national or international sports bodies to develop the knowledge required in order to better manage…
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How South Africa’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup was allegedly built on bribes
By Daniel Rivero From Fusion Votes for the hosting location of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were bought by bribes. This morning, soccer fans awoke to overdue news: Nine FIFA officials had been indicted by the U.S. Department…
NASA finds distant galaxy shining as bright as 300 trillion suns
By Mariella Moon From engadget Ever tried looking at the sun with your bare eyes? Too bright, right? Now imagine looking at something with the brightness of 300 trillion suns. That’s how intense “the most luminous galaxy found to date”…
Acorda goes on attack against hedge fund’s IPR
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder The first pharmaceutical company to come under fire from a well-known Dallas-based hedge fund formally asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Wednesday not to play ball with what it describes as a…
Modern advances in an ancient practice [fighting cancer]
By Heather Stringer; from Cancer Fighters Thrive Studies are revealing the benefits of acupuncture for a wider patient population. When Karen Reynolds was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer in early 2014, she welcomed the idea of integrative medicine as…
Jury sides with Anapol Schwartz in gay lawyer’s suit
By Max Mitchell, From The Legal Intelligencer A Philadelphia jury has rejected a gay lawyer’s claims against Anapol Schwartz over his aborted lateral move. The jury in Downs v. Anapol Schwartz rendered a defense verdict Tuesday afternoon, finding for the…
The people who control the Internet got together in a room yesterday — here’s what they’re worried about
By Cale Guthrie Weissman From Business Insider On Thursday, in a large Romanesque ballroom on Manhattan’s Amsterdam Avenue, the people who make the big decisions relating to the underlying technology of what we call the “internet” sat discussing the future….
