Judge gives deployed sailor ultimatum: appear in court or lose your daughter
By David M Brooks From Business Insider A Michigan judge has issued an impossible order to a deployed sailor: Appear in court Monday or face arrest and the possibility of losing custody of his six-year-old daughter, ABC News reports. Matthew…
Amazon’s Android phone sets the mobile market on Fire
By Jack Wallen From Tech Republic Jack Wallen examines the release of Amazon’s new Android-based Fire Phone to determine if it can set the mobile market ablaze. The juggernaut online shopping site finally announced it’s first entry into the world…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
TTPBA expresses concern over Cybercrime bill
By Julien Neaves From T&T NewsDay The Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) has joined the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) in expressing concern about the Cybercrime bill, with the TTPBA noting that if the legislation is…
What the World Cup looked like 70 years ago
By Brian Koerber From Mashable Italian goalkeeper Carlo Ceresoli helping an England player who had been knocked down during the International match between England and World Cup Champions Italy at Arsenal Football ground, Highbury, London, on Nov. 14, 1934. Did…
Genetically engineered ‘super bananas’ begin human trials
By Alex Magdalen From Mashable If bananas weren’t a super food before, these “super bananas” make a case for the fruit’s place among the nutritious elite. Bananas genetically engineered to improve the nutrient-deficient lives of millions in Africa will soon…
United States slams Guyana’s efforts to curb human trafficking
From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday June 23, 2014, CMC – The United States government has again listed Guyana among countries not doing enough to curb trafficking in persons, and suggested it was an unwilling partner in the effort. “Guyana is…
Yo founder: we were lucky to get hacked (and everything is fixed now)
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist The makers of one-word messaging app Yo are sounding the all-clear after reports last week that the app could easily be hacked, leaving users’ phone numbers at risk. But also? That whole thing was…
Trinidad & Tobago lost 79% of tertiary educated labour force via emigration to developed countries
By AleemKhan From Breaking News Trinidad & Tobago T&T has lost more than 70 per cent of its tertiary level educated labour force through emigration to developed countries, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report released Tuesday (June 17)….
China demolishing Christian churches and crosses
From Newsmax Officials in China’s Zhejiang province have launched what Christian activists call an “anti-church” campaign that has reportedly damaged or demolished some 360 church buildings and crosses. One recent attack on China’s Christian community came with officials’ attempts to…
