Madoff investors recover 72 percent of losses with new trustee deal
From Newsmax The Irish investment fund that helped open a floodgate of European cash for Bernard Madoff’s bogus securities firm in the early 1990s agreed to pay $687 million to victims of the fraud to resolve a trustee’s lawsuit —…
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Irma: Storm weakens, but millions are without power in Florida
From The New York Times After days of frantic preparation for a storm that devastated the Caribbean, Floridians awoke Monday to destruction that fell short of the direst forecasts. Still, residents faced life-altering damage and displacement that would prevent a…
Cruise stocks plunge as hurricane Irma threatens Caribbean
By Christopher Palmeri From Bloomberg Category 5 storm may make weekend landfall in Florida Operators cancel voyages, reroute ships to avoid affected area Irma Threat Sends Cruise Line Stocks Lower Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Norwegian Cruise Line…
Caribbean consul generals
Caribbean consul generals in NY celebrate carnival’s 50th By Alexandra Simon From Caribbean Life It’s a historic year. The West Indian American Day Carnival is celebrating its 50th anniversary year and will honor that milestone on Eastern Parkway on Sept….
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Powerball manipulates odds to create $700M jackpots
By Jeffrey Rodack From Newmax Powerball manipulated its drawing nearly two years ago – making it more difficult to win the jackpot and leading to gigantic prizes for those who do, The Washington Post reported. The $700 million prize for…
US statues libs want destroyed
10 Statues Liberals Want to Destroy By Clyde Hughes From Newsmax Statues and monuments have become the new target of liberals, spurred on by the violence over the removal of a monument to Robert E. Lee on Aug. 12 in…
Jerry Lewis, comedy legend, dies at 91
From Newsmax Jerry Lewis, the brash slapstick comic who teamed with Dean Martin in the 1950s and later starred in “The Nutty Professor” and “The Bellboy” before launching the Muscular Dystrophy telethon, has died in Las Vegas. He was 91….
Haitians chasing false promises flee from United States to Canada
From Caribbean News Service NEW YORK, Aug 15 2017 – Thousands of Haitians with uncertain immigration status have fled the United States in recent weeks, walking across the New York border into Quebec seeking a safe haven in Canada, according…
Cayman Islands: GJS August 2017 active wear
By Gordon Solomon Fine Art Cayman Islands Here it is, GJS August 2017 Active Wear! Wear an original artwork from my oil painting series “Cleansing Carnival.” This collection of art marks the last dance of Cayman’s Carnival’s. “Fire breather”, “Feathered Headdress”, “Sandwich…
3 things from the book ‘1984’ that seem especially chilling today
By Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy From Business Insider Some critics speculated that George Orwell’s relevance would fade after the year 1984. Harold Bloom wrote in 1987 that Orwell’s great novel of totalitarianism,1984, threatened to become a period piece, such…
