The Gardens of Blenheim Palace, England
By Gary Arndt. From Everything Everywhere In March 2007 I sold my house and have been traveling around the world ever since. Since I started traveling, I have probably done and seen more than I have in the rest of…
More viewers in the Caribbean can now enjoy HBO
The leading entertainment provider launches with Digicel in six countries Miami, FL – HBO Latin America, the sole authorized distributor of HBO content in the Caribbean, continues its expansion in the market through a recent commercial agreement with Digicel in…
Law and Politics: Forty-one years of independence, what now?
By Lloyd Noel From Caribbean News Now We in the tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique – are coming up to 41 years on 7th February since achieving that position of an independent state in the British Commonwealth…
New UN study finds one in seven men say: It’s okay to beat your wife
By Kalifa Clyne From T&T Guardian One of every seven men in T&T say it is acceptable to beat their wives if they are unfaithful. This was revealed by a 2013 public opinion survey commissioned by the joint United Nations…
Harvesting sea salt creates these crazy multicoloured ponds
Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe From Core77 Wikimedia Commons Sea salt is harvested by evaporating brine, i.e. ocean water, then scraping up the white bits. Obviously to industrialize this harvesting, you need to have your processing facility close to…
Melatonin makes old bones stronger
By Katherine Gombay From Medical Xpress Faleh Tamimi, a professor in McGill’s School of Dentistry, is the leader of a research team that has just discovered that melatonin supplements make bones stronger in elderly rats and therefore, potentially, in elderly…
Garifuna jazz goes to Trinity College
By Tequila Minsky From Caribbean Life News “This is our launching of Black History Month,” said Dr. Dario Euraque, Trinity College history professor. “And, we’re giving it a more international focus.” Dr. Euraque has written extensively on Garifuna social and…
Recipe of the week
Beer-braised pot roast with mustard and cherry bomb peppers By Jennifer Oliver From Serious Eats PHOTO: Cherry bomb peppers lend heat to this beer- and mustard-braised pot roast. [Photograph: Jennifer Olvera] We’re on the cusp of spring, even though it…
OAS co-hosts launch of Jamaican national cyber security strategy
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday (4) co-hosted with the government of Jamaica, the launch of the country’s national cyber security strategy in Kingston, Jamaica. The OAS cyber security program has been working with the…
China stepping up scrutiny of tax evaders
By Matthew Heller Beijing is going after base erosion and profit shifting, and multinationals could get caught in the crosshairs. China is continuing to step up its efforts to curb what it sees as cross-border tax evasion by foreign-owned companies,…