Caribbean travel bans unfair, says Sierra Leone national
By Ken Richards From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — A national of Sierra Leone residing in Britain has criticized the travel ban imposed by St Kitts and Nevis and a number of other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member…
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,…
Former Ameriprise adviser from Plymouth admits to swindling $1 million from clients
By Randy Furst Star Tribune The ex-Ameriprise employee spent her clients’ money on clothing, vacations, tuition. The money siphoned from elderly clients paid for some eclectic purchases. It was spent at Victoria’s Secret, on Caribbean cruises, salon visits and donations…
Mike calls on CARICOM to observe what is happening in TCI
From Turks & Caicos Weekly News In A press statement on October 10, former Premier Michael Misick congratulated the former Premier of the Cayman Islands McKeeva Bush, on clearing his name of corruption charges. Misick congratulated Bush on being found…
New program will test air traffic control for drones
By Tom Simonite for MIT Technology Review From Mashable How do you keep small drone aircraft safe in the world’s busiest national airspace? One idea is to have them use cellphone networks to feed data back to an air traffic…
Oracle founder Larry Ellison gave away this Japanese Supercar as a gift
By Benjamin Zhang The adventures of former Oracle CEO Larry Ellison are well chronicled. His possessions including everything from luxury mega-yachts to fighter jets to his own Hawaiian Island. However, what’s even more interesting are things the Silicon Valley titan…
Caribbean infrastructure needs more investment
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) would like regional countries to invest annually 6.2 percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – some US$320 billion dollars – to satisfy…
ExxonMobil blasts divestment advocates who are happy to strike a nerve
By Katie Sola From Mashable ExxonMobil blasted fossil fuel divestment advocates as “out of step with reality,” in a recent blog post. Activists, who want nonprofit institutions such as universities and churches to dump their stock in fossil fuel companies,…
10 amazing chair designs
From Designer Daily When we talk about creativity of a designer or artist, then there are several areas where they can show their talents. Today in this blog, we are introducing you to 10 amazing chair designs designed by different…
OECS ministers call Chikungunya, Ebola the “most urgent” public health priorities
From Caribbean360 Bed CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Monday October 20, 2014, CMC – Health ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) say the Chikunguyna and Ebola viruses are the “most urgent” public health priorities facing the region at this…
