Cayman Islands Catboat Club holds grand re-opening of its clubhouse
It was a beautiful day for the grand re-opening of the Cayman Islands Catboat Club clubhouse last Saturday (2). Their clubhouse suffered terrible damage from Hurricane Ivan nearly 10 years ago and it sat there almost beside Burger King on…
AIDS 2014: Key Messages/Lessons for the Caribbean
From Curacao Chronicle CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – The Twentieth International AIDS conference is over. Far from over, however, is what must be done on this “last climb” to end the epidemics of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by…
Look, Ma, no wheels! How maglev trains reach 500kph
By Takashi Kurokawa, By Nikkei Asin Review TOKYO — JR Tokai, a railway operator in central Japan, is scheduled to begin construction this autumn on the Linear Chuo Shinkansen line. The line’s magnetically levitated, or maglev, trains will be the…
Tesla delivers
By Rob Wile From Business Insider Tesla reported adjusted earnings of $0.11 a share, beating Bloomberg’s consensus for earnings of $0.04 a share and loss of $0.26 a year ago. Revenue came in at $857.5 million, versus a consensus estimate…
Tiger Woods walks off course at Bridgestone / CPL Cricket
Tiger Woods walks off course at Bridgestone Invitational By Andrew Both AKRON, Ohio — Reuters From The Globe and Mail Defending champion Tiger Woods pulled out of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio on Sunday after aggravating his troublesome back,…
US issues new customs declaration form for Caribbean travellers
From Jamaica Observer WASHINGTON, (CMC ) — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says it has issued a new customs declaration form “in print and online” that expands the definition of family members for arriving Caribbean and…