CBS slapped with lawsuit over farting hippo from ‘NCIS’
By Jordan Zakarin From The Wrap UPDATE: CBS responds to the suit, saying, “We believe this to be a flatulent abuse of the legal system, and we intend to clear the air on this matter immediately.” In Hollywood, the land…
LinkedIn sued for furnishing reference reports on users
By Ross Todd, The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — LinkedIn faces claims that it violates a federal consumer protection law by providing reference reports about potential employees to paid subscribers. On Tuesday, plaintiffs lawyers filed a proposed class action in U.S….
Woman uses potato as contraceptive on advice of her mother, roots begin growing inside of her
From Fox News Latino Bizarre, unprecedented, unheard-of. That’s how the Colombian newspaper that broke the now viral story called this electrifying piece of news. A 22-year-old woman from the outskirts of Honda, 90 miles west of Bogota, was found to…
Watching for Migrants this October—International Migratory Bird Day
From eBird Caribbean One of the biggest events of the birding calendar, International Migratory Bird Day, came up last weekend on October 11. The Caribbean is fortunate to be located in the center of many Western Hemisphere migration routes. The…
Memories of MassComm
By Alma Mockyen From Jamaica Observer Veteran broadcaster reflects as Carimac celebrates 40 years Alma Mockyen was one of the first students to read for the Diploma in Mass Communication at CARIMAC, University of the West Indies. As CARIMAC celebrates…
Being Muslim in Barbados: An exclusive interview
From Caribbean360 Suleiman Bulbulia on Barbados’ Muslim community BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday October 7, 2014. AMG — The power of the media to shape and influence public perceptions comes with great responsibility. When AMG decided to cover reactions to the Barbados…
Trinidad and Tobago launches internet exchange point
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago has become the latest Caribbean nation to launch an Internet exchange point (IXP). Called TTIX, the local IXP brings together seven of the country’s Internet service providers (ISPs)….
Cayman Islands heads to Trinidad
At the end of September, two Cayman riders headed to Trinidad for the third leg of the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Junior Show Jumping Competition. (“CEA JSJC”) Each calendar year, the four CEA countries, Cayman, Barbardos, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago,…
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,…
Briton Steven Goodman ‘evades service’ of lawsuit connected to Cayman Islands Axiom Legal Financing Fund
British attorney Steven Goodman has been accused of “actively evading service” of a complaint against him in New York for alleged extortion regarding the fraudulent Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund. Even though the complaint was filed at federal court…
