Britain sued by Caribbean countries for ‘damage’ from slavery
By Matt Blake From Daily Mail UK Britain is sued by 14 Caribbean nations for the ‘damage’ it did through slavery – even though country was first in the world to abolish the trade The coalition meets in St Vincent…
Giant virus comes back to life after 30,000 years
From Caribbean360 While scientists say the contagion poses no danger to humans or animals, other more deadly pathogens could be unleashed as the Siberian permafrost becomes exposed. LONDON, England – While it lacks the fear factor of the discovery that…
The Judge who said no to the NSA
By James Oliphant, From The American Lawyer When Judge Richard Leon took on the NSA over its collection of phone data, it wasn’t the first time he had questioned government’s antiterrorism tactics. Once again, Richard Leon isn’t buying what the…
Warburton to Newsmax TV: Central banks may get involved with digital currencies soon
By Dan Weil From Moneynews Central banks may well enter the digital currency space before long, says Peter Warburton, director of U.K.-based Economic Perspectives, an economic consulting firm. “They must realize that challenges like bitcoin will just keep on coming,…
Grenadian Social Action Collective challenges Caribbean to #BunDiscrimination
From Global Voices The online social collective Groundation Grenada recently launched an anti-LGBT discrimination campaign, #BunDiscrimination, collaborating with graphic designer Joshua Lu to create several posters featuring altered lyrics from popular songs to highlight the double standards at work. According…
Why Chinese ADRs plunged?
By Mena Callahan From Emerging Markets E Commerce China Dangdang Inc, 58.com, Concord Medical Services Hldg Ltd, Sky-mobi Ltd, Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd, Perfect World Co., Ltd. Dot Hill Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:HILL) fell 12.80% on Monday, extending declines after providing…
‘Beautiful’ sponge threatens reefs
By Ken Kaye From Sun Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s such a vibrant orange that divers think it’s part of South Florida’s colorful coral reefs. But it’s a destructive sponge that for the past decade has been spreading and…
Great white shark just keeps swimming — into the history books
By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable A great white shark is swimming through new, unexplored waters — at least for her kind. She’s set to make history as the first white shark to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Named Lydia, this 14-foot-long,…
Lev Tahor children taken into care as search goes on for others
From The Globe and Mail It wasn’t your typical sun vacation to the Caribbean. After five days in a Trinidad hotel, barely eating because of the lack of kosher food and fretting about being forced to return to Canada, nine…
CLICO policyholders disagree with Barbados central bank governor’s statements
From Caribbean360 The Barbados Investors and Policyholders Alliance said it had observed that the Central Bank Governor “was very careful to use words like “may not” or “might have”, in his statement. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday March 6, 2014, CMC –…
