Cayman Islands radio stations meet with ICTA
Initial consensus was reached on a range of issues this week during the first-ever open meeting between the Cayman Islands’17 music radio station licensees, and Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA) officials. At this initial gathering on Tuesday, 21 July,…
Migrant massacre at sea: 5 arrested for the deaths of 100
By Esther Tanquintic-Misa From International Business Times All they wanted was a chance at a better life. But migrants aboard a boat enroute to Europe didn’t realize death could come knocking while they pursue their journey. On Wednesday, Italian police…
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,…
Casey Kasem’s remains flown to Canada, funeral director says
By Jane Caffrey and Alan Duke, From CNN Casey Kasem, who entertained radio listeners for almost four decades as the host of countdown shows such as “American Top 40” and “Casey’s Top 40,” died early Sunday, June 15, according to…
Total darkness at night key to success of breast cancer therapy, study shows
From Science Daily, Source: Tulane University Summary: Exposure to light at night, which shuts off nighttime production of the hormone melatonin, renders breast cancer completely resistant to tamoxifen, a widely used breast cancer drug, says a new study. Melatonin by…
New Zealand Central Bank raises benchmark interest rate to 3.5%
By Myles Udland From Business Insider The Reserve Bank of New Zealand just raised interest rates. The RBNZ raised its benchmark interest rate to 3.5% from 3.25%. Here’s the full statement from the central bank: Statement issued by Reserve Bank…
Monitoring coral reefs in the Caribbean: Protecting our rainforests of the 0cean
From Caribbean Climate The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) awarded YSI Integrated Systems and Services (a division of Xylem Inc.) a contract for five marine monitoring buoys that will collect high-quality data for researchers studying climate change in the…
The restaurant industry still hasn’t recovered from the recession
By Hayley Peterson From Business Insider U.S. restaurant traffic has failed to recover from the slowdown of the recession. Consumers made 61 billion visits to restaurants in the year ending May 2014, which is roughly 2 billion fewer visits than…
If researchers are right, this rock will make solar power cheaper than coal
By Christie Nicholson From core77 In 2007, a student at the University of Tokyo brought a lump of a grey, sparkly mineral to his professor Tsutomu Miyasaka, with the hope that this material might have potential to make cheap and…
Thailand airport scam
From Clean Internet Charity This is a confidence trick where one is falsely accused of shoplifting, and then held by police or those claiming to be authorities until they pay a large ‘bail’ for the alleged theft. At times those…
