One healthy, watery Caribbean
By Dr Adana N Mahase-Gibson From Trinidad Express Newspapers As a medical professional, I always cringe when I hear about a creepy new disease emerging in some far off land. Gone are the days when we could say: “Nah, that…
Company to refund consumers $3.5M because Cactus Juice isn’t “inflammation relief without a prescription”
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist The marketers of Nopalea have agreed to refund customers $3.5 million after the FTC found the company’s advertisements to be deceptive. Advertisements featuring carefree, beautiful smiling people sipping on juice might not be enough to…
Microsoft will impose restrictions on ‘External Staff’
By Karyne Levy From Business Insider Microsoft announced this week that it would be laying off 18,000 employees, the biggest in the company’s history. Included in those cuts are the legions of contract workers it employs, high-powered lobbyists, and Xbox…
New Little Cayman Museum ribbon cut
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – A lifetime of collecting and preserving the past for future generations was realised Friday morning with the opening of the newest Little Cayman Museum. Linton N. Tibbetts, OBE, believed it was important to save the…
Caribbean is 2nd in HIV infection
The Caribbean is second in the world to Sub-Saharan Africa in the rate of HIV infection. The primary mode of transmission in the region is heterosexual intercourse with high risk groups to include men who have sex with men (MSM)…
High end smart phone woes/InCapS AM Best rating
Things are about to get even uglier for the high-end smartphone market By Tero Kuittinen From BGR As it happens, Samsung issued a warning about its upcoming quarterly earnings literally hours before Walmart’s decision to discount the iPhone 5c to…
Sex-on-beach trial Britons guilty
From BBC A British man and woman have been sentenced to three months in jail in Dubai after being found guilty of having sex on a beach. Michelle Palmer, 36, of Oakham, Rutland, and Vince Acors, 34, of Bromley, south-east…
Disney says boy, 12, cut fingers on Pirates ride
By Sandra Pedicini and Jim Stratton, From Orlando Sentinel A man whose fingertips were severed aboard Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean this month made international news. Three months before that, it turns out, a 12-year-old boy lacerated four fingers on…
NBC BACKTRACKS: Reporter who witnessed child deaths sent back to Gaza amid controversy
By Paul Szoldra From Business Insider NBC News is sending reporter Ayman Mohyeldin back into the Gaza Strip to cover the conflict there after he was pulled out last week due to “security concerns,” the network announced Friday. “Thank you…
National Emergency Commission issues another preventive alert for the Caribbean and Northern zones
By L. Arias From The Tico Times The Costa Rican Red Cross this week evacuated 20 people in the Limón community of Guácimo. They currently remain at a temporary shelter. Increased rainfall in the early hours on Thursday prompted the…
