China’s monetary policy: The good news, and bad
By Bob Davis from The Wall Street Journal Here’s a good news/bad news evaluation of China’s monetary policy by three economists at the San Francisco Federal Reserve. The good news: monetary policy has a much stronger effect on China’s economy…
World Mental Health Day in Cayman Islands concentrates on schizophrenia
From Georgina Wilcox Friday 10 October is World Mental Health Day. Schizophrenia affects around 26 million people across the world and is the focus of World Mental Health Day this year. Despite being a treatable disorder, more than 50% of…
Nevis premier files lawsuit against state-owned media house
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Monday October 6, 2014, CMC – Premier Vance Amory has filed a lawsuit against the state-owned ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) claiming that he had been “falsely and maliciously” accused of using his office to enrich…
Millionaire moguls fight over $200 million-plus
By Matt Nippert From Stuff NZ Tens of millions of dollars worth of English property, and more than $200 million stashed in a Jersey bank account, are being fought over in the clash between Kiwi moguls Sir Owen Glenn and…
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,…
Half the population of the Americas is at risk of diseases carried by small insects
By (PAHO/WHO) From The Bahamas Weekly Top health experts call for stepped-up action on West Nile virus, dengue and other vector-borne diseases Washington, D.C. — Roughly 50% of people living in the Western Hemisphere are at risk of one or…
BVI court issues pivotal guidance on exclusive jurisdiction clause
By Richard Brown and Phillip Kite from Harneys In what is likely to be considered a landmark decision, the BVI Commercial Court has held that winding up proceedings brought on just and equitable grounds relating to BVI companies will not…
Had my face ‘morphed’
Had my face ‘morphed’ by a plastic surgeon and was shocked by the results By Megan Willett From Business Insider Megan Willett/Business Insider My personal “Before” and “After” pictures with the morphing technology. Plastic surgery can be a daunting process….
‘impossible’ lunar eclipse
There’s an ‘impossible’ lunar eclipse happening Wednesday (8) By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider On Wednesday, Oct. 8, you will get the chance to see one of the rarest types of lunar eclipse, called a selenelion or horizontal eclipse. But…
UN conference pressures Latin America, Caribbean to legalize abortion
By pncius.org From LIFE SITE Radical extremists infiltrated yet another UN meeting to promote their agenda, of global abortion-on-demand, which is increasingly opposed at major UN meetings by a growing coalition of countries with pro-life laws and policies. The “First…
