New hope for rape kit testing advocates
From BBC Five years after more than 11,000 unprocessed rape kits – some dating back to the 1980s – were discovered in a police warehouse in Detroit, cities across the US are working to eliminate their own huge backlogs of…
Deadly fire turns Lincoln couple’s cruise into logistical nightmare
By Richard Piersol From JournalStar Les Pitons dominate the skyline along the southwestern coast of St. Lucia in the West Indies. The volcanic peaks rise 2,618 and 2,438 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. January 01, 2015 2:00 pm / Column3…
Judging the Judges in 2014
By Susan Beck, From The Litigation Daily What were the best and worst court decisions of the year in the world of business law? It depends who you ask, of course. To come up with my own far-from-exhaustive list, I…
CLICO bail-out plan rejected
By Shawn Cumberbatch, From Barbados Nation News Eastern Caribbean countries which have suffered major fallout from the collapse of CLICO want Barbados to consider an alternative strategy to fix the company. However, CLICO International Life Insurance Limited (CIL) judicial manager…
US Treasury proscribes St Kitts-Nevis citizen for Iran sanctions evasion
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — The US Department of the Treasury on Tuesday designated a citizen of St Kitts and Nevis under Iran-related regulations for supporting Iranian government sanctions evasion efforts. The individual in question, Hossein Mansour Zeidi,…
Ebola patient zero may have been infected by a bat
By Laura Geggel for LiveScience From Mashable In the small village of Meliandou, in Guinea, stood a tall, hollowed-out tree where children loved to play. But thousands of bats lived in the tree, and one toddler — a 2-year-old named…
Caribbean Philosophical Association announces the 2015 recipients of its awards
The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2015 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and the new awards for beginning scholars and graduate students: The Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award Grace Lee…
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Lotteries and public policy in United States and Commonwealth Caribbean Law: scrutinizing the success of lotteries as a voluntary and ‘painless’ tax
By Stephen J. Leacock Barry University – Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2013 Abstract: This article explores the remarkable success of lotteries as a voluntary and “painless” tax in…
UPDATED: Official rosters announced for teams competing in CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Jamaica 2015
Tournament kicks off January 9 in Kingston; Finals scheduled for January 24 in Montego Bay Miami (Monday, January 5, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today officially announced the final 20-man rosters for…
