Diaz, Gonzalez spike Cayman Islands gold
From NORCECA GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, April 26, 2015 – Cuban pair, Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez made a winning start to the 2015 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit with a rather surprising easing win over Puerto Ricans, Erik Haddock and…
Devaluation of Barbados dollar will not support economic growth – study
From CARIBBEAN360 Barbados-Dollars-740 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A study undertaken by the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) is supporting arguments that devaluation of currencies will not improve price competitiveness in very small open economies like those in the Caribbean. “In…
Courting whistleblowers, SEC targets KBR secrecy pacts
By Scott Flaherty, From The Litigation Daily The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday fined technology and engineering company KBR Inc. over confidentiality agreements that, the agency claims, could have silenced potential whistleblowers. In a first-of-its-kind enforcement action, the…
If Greece falls, no one wants their prints on the murder weapon
From Newsmax “We’re going bust.” “No, you’re not.” “You’re strangling us.” “No we’re not.” “You owe us for World War Two.” “We gave already.” The game of chicken between Greece and its international creditors is turning into a vicious blame…
Destination of the week
72 hours in Saba, the Caribbean’s “Unspoiled Queen” By Will Mcgough From Gear Patrol The trip to Saba gets interesting before you even set foot on its soil. Its tiny airport sits on a plateau between a jagged coastline and…
New Caribbean talk show premiering April 29
New Caribbean talk show produced in Europe targeting ambitious Caribbean women (Premiering on Tempo April 29th) Premiering on the 29th of April! Girls ‘N Cocktails, a talkshow for the ambitious Caribbean woman, will premiere on Tempo networks on the 29th…
optical illusion
There’s an insane optical illusion that makes a full moon look squished — here’s why it happens By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider Who broke the moon? Believe it or not, that’s a real photo of the full moon…
minesweeping robot ships
France and the UK want a fleet of minesweeping robot ships By Andrew Tarantola From engadget Underwater mines The biggest threat to America’s Navy over the past 60 years hasn’t been China’s rapidly modernizing military, North Korea’s nuclear saber rattling…
The Caribbean’s new piracy problem
By Marcia Forbes, PhD From Caribbean Journal About 98 channels are currently being pirated by Jamaican cable TV operators. This is what Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) shared in the April 24th Press Conference called to talk…
Mouthless boneworms devoured ancient sea serpents
By Becky Oskin for LiveScience from Mashable Bone-eating worms that can devour an entire whale carcass were also feasting on prehistoric reptiles more than 100 million years ago, a new study finds. No one knows when the first Osedax worms…