Haunted Caribbean: Go if you dare
By Mark Rogers, From USA TODAY According to legend, a woman named Annie Palmer murdered three husbands and slaves that she took as lovers at Jamaica’s Rose Hall Great House. (Photo Credit: JAMAICAGETAWAYTRAVELS.COM) The Caribbean is fertile ground for restless…
Ukraine steels itself for Winter as Putin forges ahead with Novorossiya
By Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko From IPI Global Observatory The Europe-Asia Summit in Milan, Italy, delivered little, if any, tangible progress to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. Relations between Russia and Ukraine’s major European allies remain just a few…
9 reasons to fear Ebola
By Nick Tate From Newsmax The Obama administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have moved to tamp down worries over Ebola even as the number of cases continues to accelerate. However, many doctors and researchers say there…
These Are The Hacker Groups That Should Be Keeping You Up At Night
By Natasha Bertrand From Business Insider In light of recent hacks, you might be interested in the groups that pose the greatest threats to our cybersecurity. Ironically, the hacker groups that you should be afraid of also have the least…
The United Nations will fail Haiti once again
By Kevin Edmonds & Ajamu Nangwaya From Counterpunch On October 15, the United Nations Security Council met to “debate” the extension of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) which has acted as an occupying force in the country…
High-tech, high yields: Caribbean farmers reap benefits of ICT
By Jewel Fraser From IPS PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 15 2014 (IPS) – Farmers in the Caribbean are being encouraged to make more use of farm apps and other forms of ICT in an effort to increase the knowledge available for…
50 Pending Cayman Islands court cases stopped or stayed
50 Pending court cases in the Cayman Islands have been stopped or stayed by the Summary Court as a result of prosecution and police failures to pursue them says Cayman lawyer Peter Polack. The 50 cases of mostly traffic offences…
Pentagon says global warming increases terrorism threat
From Wire Reports From Dallas News A U.N. agreement, to be signed next year in Paris, would require the world’s largest producers of planet-warming carbon pollution to slash their emissions. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a report Monday asserting decisively…
Look fit and healthy – Learn 9 ways on how to lose love handles
By Jane Sills From olwomen Love handles are the areas of fat around the abdomen. Most of the excessive fat accumulated in the body is deposited here. Too much deposit of fat leads to fat love handles, something people tend…
Edward Snowden, days ago: ‘Get rid of Dropbox’
By Dave Smith From Business Insider Nearly 7 million usernames and passwords from Dropbox, the free cloud service for storing your photos, videos, and documents across devices, were leaked onto the internet on Monday. And just days prior, speaking via…