Why isn’t Silicon Valley doing more to fight Ebola?
From The Daily Beast Witnessing arguably the worst public health crisis of the 21st century, the industry that claims to be changing the world is nowhere to be found. Where have all the tech titans gone? The executives of Silicon…
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Crown prosecutor says claims by Cayman Islands ex-premier of ‘political witch-hunt were distraction In the summing up by Duncan Penny QC for the Crown in the case against former Cayman Islands premier McKeeva Bush, he told the jury last Friday…
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Cayman Cuba talks may achieve “considerable cost savings” Although there has been no official press releases issued by the Cayman islands government relating to the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding treatment and repatriation of Cuban refugees arriving in the…
Everything you need to know about baking with chocolate
By Marissa Sertich Velie From Serious Eats Cocoa nibs are just the beginning. [Photographs: Vicky Wasik, unless otherwise noted.] For as long as I can remember, chocolate has been one of my chief extracurricular activities. From brownies to birthday cake…
Caribbean Voices
By Tony Martin From Caribbean Beat Issue 56 “Nothing was created in the West Indies”, V.S. Naipaul famously wrote. Yet many of the earliest writers and thinkers in the Americas were Caribbean men and women, creating histories, novels, essays, poems,…
Ebola crisis forces Nigeria and Sierra Leone out of Nanjing 2014
By Duncan Mackay From Inside the games Sierra Leone’s team for Nanjing 2014 has been ordered to return home by the Chinese authorities because of the Ebola crisis ©National Olympic Committee of Sierra LeoneNigeria and Sierra Leone have both withdrawn…
Ebola viral disease in West Africa: Warning from Cayman Islands PHD
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Following an outbreak of Ebola viral disease (previously known as Ebola Hemorrhagic fever) in West Africa, the Medical Officer of Health in the Cayman Islands, Dr Kiran Kumar, has issued an advisory. Ebola is…
Shifting drug smuggling routes bring contraband to Florida
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau From Sun Sentinel WASHINGTON — Under cover of night, speed boats sneak into Florida coves and inlets, hauling bundles of marijuana and cocaine. Drugs wash up on shore. Radar aircraft hover, searching for smugglers….
The changing face of citizenship
By Maria Sacchetti, From Boston Globe Standing together in Faneuil Hall, they raised their right hands: a nurse’s aide from Haiti, a National Guardsman from Cape Verde, and a giddy couple from Nigeria who later twirled outside with joy. “We…