Two Dominican Republic journalists arrested summarily during drug raids
From Reporters Without Borders SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the heavy-handed arrests of two journalists by drug police during separate operations in the past two weeks, and the arrests of the daughters of a…
Law firm launches Caribbean practice
By REW Staff Duval & Stachenfeld LLP announced on Tuesday (24) the launch of its Caribbean/Central America Real Estate Practice Group. The group will be co-chaired by real estate partners Tom O’Connor and Alan Cohen. “Our Firm has long been…
Buttonwood fraud illustrates pitfalls of international finance
From OffshoreAlert The collapse of a fraudulent litigation funding group known as Buttonwood Legal Capital, Argentum Litigation and Centaur Litigation illustrates that you can’t rely on anyone but yourself to protect your interests. Investors were swindled out of £97 million…
How Air China Ltd (ADR) (AIRYY)’s Commission cut will Impact Qunar Cayman
By Neha Gupta From tech Insider How Air China Ltd (ADR) (AIRYY)’s Commission Cut Will Impact Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd (QUNR) And Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (CTRP)? 0 Air China Ltd (ADR) (OTCMKTS:AIRYY) has decided to slash down the fixed portion…
UK Government axes Caribbean catering college
By Poppy Brady, in the West Midlands From The Voice Kajans was set up under free school legislation but Department for Education (DfE) says pupil numbers are ‘too low’ ANGRY parents and members of the community refused to let Government…
Jamaica getting tough on supplements after doping scandal
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday June 26, 2014, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is pondering new laws to tackle the illegal importation of banned substances as the country continues its effort to recover from a doping scandal that…
Summer Fun Concert
On Tuesday 24 June, the students of Savannah United Church After School Enrichment Programme (SASEP) presented their yearend “Summer Fun Concert”. Parents, guardians, family, friends, and guests enjoyed the entertainment, with the theme being summer. The students sang, danced, recited…
China has the fastest supercomputer in the world — again
By Lance Ulanoff From Mashable Zipping along at 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second), China’s Tianhe-2 is the world’s fastest computer for the third year in a row, according to Top500, a twice yearly compilation of the fastest computers…
Suarez banned nine matches for bite
By Mike CollettFrom Stuff.co.nz Uruguay will decide in coming hours whether to appeal Fifa’s ruling, local media reported. Suarez was also suspended from any football-related activity for four months and fined 100,000 Swiss francs (NZ$127,000), football’s world governing body said…
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,…
