St Kitts hospital tightens security following fatal shooting of teenager
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Wednesday September 24, 2014, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government Tuesday night announced an “immediate” increase in security arrangements at the main JFN Hospital following the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old youth there on Monday…
Floods, landslides damage Grenada’s historic tunnel
From Caribbean360 CMC – Grenada says it will spend an estimated two million EC dollars (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) on upgrading structures, including the century old tunnel in the city, damaged by floods and landslides over the last weekend….
The guy who turned down $500 million for his startup just landed a $1 billion valuation
By Julie Bort From Business Insider Ryan Smith, CEO of Qualtrics, feels validated. Investors just told him his company was worth $1 billion, and they ponied up another $150 million in a series B investment to help him grow it…
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‘$Million shootout’ for Cayman Crime Stoppers
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman: A one million dollar prize is up for grabs at the annual Cayman Crime Stoppers golf tournament, the organization’s major fundraising initiative for the year. Teams will compete in a scramble format tournament, with prizes for…
EEOC accuses hospital of pregnancy discrimination
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Chicago hospital in an early test of fresh agency guidelines addressing discrimination by failure to accommodate pregnancy-related medical restrictions. The agency filed EEOC…
How to empower women and girls even more — with technology
By Kari Paul From Mashable Social media and other digital tools are transforming the roles of women and girls across the world, policymakers, activists and tech leaders told the 2014 Social Good Summit on Sunday. United Nations Foundation CEO Kathy…
The future of Audio Engineering
By John Lagrou From Tape Op John La Grou predicts your future When Tape Op’s 420th issue rolls out in 2040, the way we record, edit, mix, and master audio will be transformed entirely from the processes we use today….
Six reefs in disputed Spratlys turned into islets by China
From Want China Times China’s proactive campaign to assert its territorial claims over most of the South China Sea has taken another step after satellite images revealed that six reefs in the disputed Spratly Islands have been effectively turned into…
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Beauty, brains and business
By Michelle Martin From The Voice One woman’s dream to reinvent the beauty pageant to include all ages, shapes and sizes IN AMERICA, the pageant industry is big business. Actresses like Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams and media mogul Oprah Winfrey…
NASA has determined where the mysterious jelly-doughnut rock on Mars came from
By Dina Spector NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ./Business Insider Attached image shows Pinnacle Island in the lower left corner and where the piece of rock had been before it appeared in front of the rover. Scientists have confirmed that a strange-looking…
