Study confirms that most of us carry less than $50 cash
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist Sometimes the effort needed to fumble inside my wallet for cash and change just seems too much of a burden. So I rarely use the tender and instead go straight for the debit card. And…
Black lawyer nominated as ABA president
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life News The American Bar Association (ABA) has nominated a black lawyer as the first woman of color to be its president. Paulette Brown, a labor and employment law partner and chief diversity officer…
Update: Harvard’s satanic ‘black Mass’ cancelled
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Editor (CNN) – A Harvard club’s plans to stage a satanic “black Mass” were abruptly cancelled Monday after drawing fire from the Archdiocese of Boston and condemnation from the president of the Ivy League…
Slow food in Grand Cayman
By Emily Elyse Miller From Trends on Trends Don’t say I didn’t warn you because after reading this you’re going to end up packing your bags and moving to Grand Cayman. I mean I don’t even need to do that…
An alarming prediction about Antarctica made in 1978 is coming true
By Dina Spector From Business Insider Two new studies published on Monday report that the melting of the ice sheet in West Antarctica is unstoppable and could raise global sea levels by as much as 4 feet in the next…
Caribbean chikungunya originated recently in Asia
From croftsblogs Via Emerging Infectious Diseases, a remarkable report: Transcontinental Movement of Asian Genotype Chikungunya Virus. Excerpt: In agreement with findings in a recent report characterizing the 2013 CHIKV detected on St. Martin Island (6), the phylogenetic tree generated from…
Ailing radio host Casey Kasem missing amid family dispute
From Business Insider LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered an investigation into the whereabouts of Casey Kasem after an attorney for the ailing radio personality’s wife said the former “Top 40” host had been removed from the…
Commentary: Our Caribbean: The political party and the elected government
By Oliver Mills From Caribbean News Now Gordon Lewis, in his book “Main currents in Caribbean thought”, states that different European colonising groups put their distinctive mark upon different Caribbean colonies, and this is shown by the fact that, in…
CIHN announces site of 2nd International treatment facility
Caribbean International Holdings (CIHN) facility is approved for stem cell therapies by Mexico’s equivalent of US FDA May 12, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Both the Protocols and Procedures of therapy center inside San Javier Hospital, Guadalajara, are certified…
Kidnappers release Venezuelan TV reporter after eight days in captivity
By Ewald Scharfenberg From El Pais Nairobi Pinto, who works for the pro-opposition Globovisión network, was found unharmed A Venezuelan television journalist who was kidnapped by armed men in front of her family in broad daylight was freed early Monday…
