‘Solar Roadways’ to create smart roads & clean energy
By Lyndsey Gilpin June 5, 2014, From Tech Republic A smart grid of solar roads could reduce pollution, improve the economy, and have the potential to produce three times the amount of power the US currently uses. About an hour…
Importing food is damaging the Caribbean: Why no action?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday June 5, 2014 – It is shameful that golden opportunities to produce more food in the Caribbean and significantly reduce the astronomically high annual food import bill of US$4.75 billion are…
Hurricanes with female names result in more fatalities
From EdOrbit When it comes to hurricanes, there are serious gender equality issues, according to new research which reveals that storms given feminine names tend to cause significantly more deaths than those with masculine ones. The reason, researchers from the…
New targets set for controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean – PAHO
From Caribbean360 MEXICO CITY, Mexico, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Latin America and the Caribbean have established new targets for expanding diagnosis and antiretroviral treatment (ART) and reducing patients’ viral loads by the year 2020. The…
Trinidad central bank seeks to assure policyholders ahead of CLICO sale
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, MC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago is seeking to assure policyholders that the terms of conditions of their policies “have not changed at all” and that the plan for the resolution of the…
High Energy costs stifling Caribbean competitiveness
By Kiana Wilburg From KNEWS “We are very good at analysis; but we need to become excellent at practice. We know what needs to be done; and we just need to do it,”- CDB President Dr. William Warren Smith Unlocking…
Archaeologists unearth Roman fort and harbour in England
By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable A team of archaeologists and volunteers unearthed the remains of what is believed to be a Roman fort and harbor on the coast of northwest England Tuesday. While excavating the remains of a known Roman…
Join the Cayman Islands Astronomy Society: look up and see what you have missed
From the Cayman Islands Astronomy Society News Letter Pedro St James, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Monday 2 June 2014 By Cayman Stargazer It was the night/evening of 2 June 2014, not a sound was heard, the moon was waxing…. Well,…
Drink Your Way Through Grilling Season With This Summer Smash
By Elana Lepkowski From Serious Eats Aged spirits tend to get pushed to the back of the bar during the warmer months, making way for bright, peppery silver tequila-based margaritas and white rum mojitos. There’s a misconception that you need…
Big US, Arizona companies park money in Bermuda, Cayman Islands, other tax havens
From Phoenex Business Journal Apple puts more money in foreign tax havens than any other major U.S. corporation, according to a new report. Big U.S. and Arizona companies — such as Apple, American Express, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Intel…
