Children’s Bill of Right’s [CSD]
Children’s Bill of Rights My son came home from school today With a smirk upon his face. He decided he was smart enough To put me in my place. He bragged, ” Guess what I learned in Civic II…
Secretary-General conveys Commonwealth support to storm-wracked Eastern Caribbean
By S Coward Jan. 12, 2014 – Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has written to the Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and Saint Lucia following the tragic loss of life and devastation wrought by the recent storm in…
Teen with rare aging disease dies at 17
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai From Mashable When Sam Berns was 22 months old, he was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disease whose symptoms resemble those of aging. He was only supposed to live until 13 years old. Instead, he lived…
Credit card hackers go upscale, steal Neiman Marcus customers’ info
By Chris Morran January From Consumerist If you live under the delusion that paying too much at the department store would somehow result in a higher level of security, prepare to have your mind blown. The folks at upscale retailer…
Independent Exclusive: Scotland Yard’s rotten core: Police failed to address Met’s ‘endemic corruption’
By Tom Harper Independent UK Organised crime infiltrated police ‘at will’, according to secret report. Top-level internal inquiry identified scores of corrupt individuals working for Met. Organised criminals were able to infiltrate Scotland Yard “at will” by bribing corrupt officers,…
Goldman Sachs tweeted out this awesome photo of its view of the frozen Hudson River [Jan 9 2014]
By Linette Lopez From Business Insider The polar vortex has only one upside — all the gorgeous pictures people have taken of our frozen landscape. Goldman Sachs tweeted this picture of their view from downtown New York City. Goldman’s building…
Bermuda to use “Integrated Casino Resort” model for gaming
By the Caribbean Journal staff Casino gaming will be coming to Bermuda as announced late last year, the government said this week. The island’s government said it had decided to “proceed with the establishment of legalized casino gaming through the…
Caribbean RoundUp From Caribbean Life
By Azad Ali Caribbean The United Nations says growth in the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will pick up pace in 2014 on an improved global outlook that will help increase demand for exports. The UN’s regional economic…
Bulldozer crushes marine sleeping in foxhole
By Amanda Macias From Business Insider The details of how a 20-year-old Marine died during a training accident back in March were recently released by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, reports the Marine Corps Times. Private First Class Casey James…
NRA to undertake roads evaluation
The Cayman Islands National Roads Authority (NRA) have announced a launch of an International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) exercise, called “The next generation of road assessment”. “The Cayman Islands recorded nine (9) road traffic deaths in 2011, equivalent to approximately…
