UTech partners with Colorado firm on ganja research
From Jamaica Observer The research is expected to provide guidance and education for rural small farmers who expect to participate in the emerging medicinal marijuana industry. THE University of Technology Jamaica, (UTech) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with…
Suit over teacher’s Anti-gay Facebook comments can proceed
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal A teacher in Union Township in Union County, New Jersey, who faced tenure charges over her anti-gay postings on Facebook can proceed with her civil rights suit against the school district, a…
Swiss banks try to keep Italian clients after tax deal
By Jeffrey Voegeli and Elena Logutenkova from Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Swiss asset managers, faced with the prospect of an exodus of Italian funds, have won a reprieve. An agreement allowing the two nations to share information that was signed Monday…
Jamaica, Washington DC and Alaska legalise pot
Jamaican government votes to decriminalize marijuana, set up medicinal pot system By Sasha Goldstein From New York Daily News Legalization advocate and reggae legend Bunny Wailer smokes a pipe stuffed with marijuana during a ‘reasoning’ session. Jamaica lawmakers on Tuesday…
world’s largest cruise ship
New details emerge on world’s largest cruise ship By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY From Detroit Free Press The biggest cruise ship ever built will be called Harmony of the Seas. Royal Caribbean this week announced the name for the 227,700-ton…
For Goodyear, self-reporting yields lighter FCPA fine
By Jenna Greene, From The National Law Journal More than two years after Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. self-reported its wrongdoing to securities regulators, the company has agreed to pay $16 million to settle foreign-bribery charges. According to the U.S….
TCL records massive losses despite revenue increase in 2014
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday February 26, 2015, CMC – The cash-strapped Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) says it profit before taxes fell by TT$136 million (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) last year despite an increase in revenue from the sale…
Trouble in Paradise: Inside Canadian banks’ billion-dollar Caribbean struggle
By Tim Kiladze From The Globe and Mail They arrived in droves starting at 5:30 a.m., desperate to secure a steady pay cheque. By midmorning, the anxious mob totalled 5,000 people. Sandals, a Caribbean hotel chain, was hosting a job…
Toddler shot in head whilst he sleeps
By Renee Trujillo From LoveFM Residents of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye are in shock at the news of the death of a two year old boy following a shooting incident that occurred on the island last night. We spoke to…
Washington cops fired 17 shots in death of Mexican immigrant Antonio Zambrano-from new York Daily News
KENNEWICK, Wash. — (AP) The three officers involved in the death of an unarmed Mexican man in Washington state fired 17 shots, including several that struck the former orchard worker but none that hit him in the back, a task…
