Your body odor could be your new ID card
By Nic Halverson for Discovery News From Mashable Facial recognition, fingerprints and iris scans could soon take a back seat to the newest biometric identification method on the block: body odor. Researchers at Spain’s Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, in collaboration…
Select Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts offer groups authentic kosher experience
Distinctive Kosher Catering Enhances Luxury Events at Several Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts CHEVY CHASE, MD, Feb 10, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — The Ritz-Carlton hotels in — Amelia Island; Atlanta; Buckhead; Coconut Grove, Miami; Grand Cayman; Key Biscayne, Miami; Naples;…
Man travels 1,000 miles to claim bogus prize
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Ratan Kumar Malbisoi travelled more than a thousand miles to claim a bogus prize An Indian villager recently travelled more than a thousand miles to the BBC office in Delhi in an unusual quest…
The dark origins of Valentine’s Day
By Arnie Seipel From npr Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled. Though no one…
Cuba frees jailed Canadian businessman
From Washington Post TORONTO — A Canadian businessman who served 2 1/2 years of a 9-year prison sentence in Cuba for corruption has abruptly returned to Canada. Sarkis Yacoubian, president of Tri-Star Caribbean import company, said Saturday that he’s extremely…
January 2014 funerals
Harrison Myrie – 10 Jan 2014 Creek Buel Stoel Ebanks 17 Jul 1934 – 15 Jan 2014 Boatswain Bay Kenneth John Hay 31 May 1953 – 20 Jan 2014 Garden of Reflections Steve Jackson – 26 Jan…
LIAT airline leadership asleep at the wheel again
By Robert Maclellan From TN Global Travel Industry News In the first month of 2014 Caribbean regional media reported that LIAT has had to choose between paying employee salaries and paying aircraft lease charges in order to maintain flight operations….
Can chlorophyll protect you from cancer?
By Magda Rod from Care2 Chlorophyll is a chemical compound in plants that collects light and uses the light to make energy. It also gives plants their green color. Chlorophyll is the life blood of plants. It has a long…
Ex-Caribbean Sea Works director: My hands are clean
By Radhica Sookraj From Guardian Media Former director of Caribbean Sea Works Ltd Krishnamurti Mahabir says he is not afraid to face the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) because he had no involvement in the $644 million cargo of cocaine…
Anglicans focus on caring for God’s creation
By Paul Henry From Jamaica Observer WORSHIPPERS packed St Mary the Virgin Church for the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands St Andrew Deanery Day service last Sunday. The churches from the St Andrew Deanery turned out for the…
