How living in the Caribbean helped me understand my West Indian heritage
By Shawnette Brandt From Peace Corps Volunteer, Guyana I was born in the United States to Guyanese parents. Growing up in New Jersey, I was surrounded by peers who were first generation American or immigrated to the United States at…
A new, strangely morbid video profiles 3 people vying to visit Mars — and they seem completely unprepared for the trip
By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider Why do you want to die on Mars? This is the most normal question in the series of totally bizarre topics that three Mars One volunteers are discussing in this latest video titled “If…
Samsung’s TVs aren’t the only devices listening to you
By Samantha Murphy Kelly From Mashable Dozens of reports have trickled out in the past few days about how Samsung’s SmartTV voice command feature can listen in on private conversations, essentially eavesdropping and recording what’s happening within the room. The…
Official logo and name unveiled for debut of Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Competition resumes later this month with quarterfinal action upcoming in five countries MIAMI, FL (Tuesday, February 10, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and Scotiabank unveiled today the logo and official name of…
Tight Caribbean VLCC market attracts ballasters from Red Sea, Asia
From Marasi News Recent strength in the Caribbean VLCC market, despite weakness in the Persian Gulf and West Africa markets, has attracted several ballasters to the Americas, even a rare one from the Red Sea, market sources said this week….
Hubble snapped these mind-blowing pictures of Jupiter’s extremely rare triple moon transit
By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider When moons march across the face of Jupiter, it looks pretty amazing. So, when word got out that the three largest moons of Jupiter were marching all at once in a rare triplet-transit event…
Brian Williams has been suspended by NBC for 6 months
By Matt Johnston and Colin Campbell Here’s the interview with ‘Stars and Stripes’ that got Brian Williams into so much trouble Trust for Brian Williams has completely crashed Brian Williams explains how he ‘misremembered’ the Iraq helicopter incident Brian Williams…
Cruise organization closing Fort Lauderdale office
By Arlene Satchell From Sun Sentinel The world’s largest cruise industry trade association will no longer have a presence in South Florida. The Cruise Lines International Association this week said it plans to consolidate its two U.S. offices into a…
CTO: Caribbean destinations posted record arrivals in 2014
From Travel Pulse Caribbean destinations posted higher-than-expected visitor arrival totals in 2014, hosting 26.3 million land-based travelers in what Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) officials described Tuesday as a record year. The 2014 arrivals figure represents a 5.3 percent increase over…
