Programmer facing paralysis codes new voice
By Stephen Beckett From BBC Locked-in syndrome is a devastating condition in which a person can lose control over nearly all of their body, while their mental abilities are unaffected. One programmer, faced with this prospect, is using his skills…
Grenada may hold referendum on changes to the constitution
From Caribbean360 Election in Grenada: ballot box with voting paper on white background ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Wednesday July 16, 2014, CMC – Grenadians could go to a referendum in seven months to determine if they will accept twelve proposed changes…
20 Years ago, Apple and Kodak launched the digital camera revolution
By Stewart Wolpin From Mashable Back in Apple’s dark ages — during Steve Jobs’ interregnum in the mid-1990s — the company experimented with some strange products. Everyone remembers the ill-fated Newton PDA, for instance, which was considered ahead of its…
Caribbean Airlines keeps Tobago happy
By Vernon Khelawan From Trinidad & Tobago Newsday That there was no great outcry about the services provided by Caribbean Airlines on the airbridge gives the impression that the people of Tobago are comfortable with the level of service being…
Caribbean Export awards €2.9 Million to firms in CARIFORUM
From South Florida Caribbean News Bridgetown, Barbados – The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has announced the awarding of BBD 8,081,874.06 (€2,992,287) to firms and Business Support Organisations (BSOs) across the region via their flagship programme the Direct Assistance…
Why I ripped up $1 million [and I’m known as Cayman]
By Alberto Echegaray Guevara Alberto Echegaray Guevara is a social entrepreneur turned artist, known as Cayman. He is a founding partner and CEO of biotech company Control Micro. What does $1 million represent? Maybe it’s a dream home or comfortable…
Labor group withdraws UNCF support over Koch gift
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent From Black Voice News WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has discontinued supplying scholarships to the United Negro College Fund because it accepted a…
Youth Assembly presents two reports
Her Excellency the Governor Helen Kilpatrick hosted the 2014 Youth Assembly presentation event at Government House on Thursday, 26 June, 2014. It was attended by Minister responsible for Youth, Hon. Osbourne Bodden, his Chief Officer and other senior staff, as…
The Virginia man who crowned himself King in Africa is much more serious than you think
By Harrison Jacobs From Business Insider Virginia native Jeremiah Heaton recently traveled to a remote, mountainous patch of desert between Egypt and Sudan to claim one of the last ungoverned pieces of land in the world. Heaton took the land…
Government receives billions in revenue from Jamaica gaming industry
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, , CMC – The Jamaica government says it has collected J$4.58 billion (One Jamaica Dollar = US$0.001 cents) in revenue from the gaming industry during the fiscal year 2013-14. Minister with responsibility for the Public Service…
