Jamaica NCC endorsed contracts
Jamaica NCC endorsed contractsThe Office of the Contractor-General is the Secretariat for the Contractor-General and the National Contracts Commission. However, both the Contractor-General and the National Contracts Commission are independent, separate and distinct Commissions of Parliament. The Contractor-General is responsible…
Vietnam, Release Activists!
Target: Vietnam Government Sponsored by: Brittany E.G. 14 activists were convicted and sentenced to jail terms ranging from 3 to 13 years, following up to five years of house arrest, by the People’s Court of Nghe An province. This is…
Australia dolphins ‘saved’ by juvenile’s distress call
The distress call of a young dolphin has been used to lure a large pod of the animals to safety, after it appeared they would strand themselves in shallow water. Environment officials in Western Australia caught the juvenile and took…
SportsMax to Broadcast Williams Sisters, Sharapova
SportsMax acquires rights for the WTA Tour thru 2016 Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka plus other top female tennis players in the world now have a new home as SportsMax will broadcast the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour…
Christine Lagarde: “2013 Will Be Make or Break”
by Cushla Sherlock The Financialist Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, cautioned at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Europe must continue to guard against a relapse in 2013. Speaking at an event honoring women leaders…
Ed Koch, Mayor Who Became a Symbol of NYC, Dies
From Newsmax Edward I. Koch, the outspoken three-term New York mayor who led the biggest U.S. city from the brink of bankruptcy in the late 1970s and boosted the spirits of crime-weary residents, has died. He was 88. Koch died…
The 2013 PwC Cayman Men’s Invitational Championships – Finals
From Cayman islands Tennis Club Wow! The 2013 PwC Cayman Men’s Invitational Championships, hosted by The Cayman Islands Tennis Club, finally had a worthy crowd to watch the best singles match between two people that the Island has ever seen. …
Twitter hacked; 250,000 accounts affected
(CNN) — Twitter is coming forward as the latest site to be hacked. The social network said in a blog post Friday afternoon that approximately 250,000 user accounts were potentially compromised, with attackers gaining access to information including user names and email addresses….
UK Regulator confirms full review of interest rate swap mis-selling
Nick Parmée Wealth Briefing The Financial Services Authority, the UK regulator, today confirmed that Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS will fully review their sales of interest rate hedging products to small businesses, in the wake of serious failings found in…
USA Network Launches Characters Unite Month To Combat Hate, Intolerance And Discrimination
Campaign Features Original Programming, Including Episodes of Hit Series SUITS and NECESSARY ROUGHNESS and Documentary on NFL Superstars Larry Fitzgerald, Jameel McClain, Troy Polamalu and Justin Tuck Fighting Bigotry USA Will Present a Special Commercial-Free Presentation of Academy Award-Winning “Schindler’s List,”…
