Prosecutor wins appeal over his tweets against activist
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal A Los Angeles prosecutor has won an appeal in a case brought over cutting remarks he wrote on his blog and on Twitter about a conservative political activist. The ruling in the…
Caribbean: WB report proposes new directions to boost trade in the region
From Dominican Today June 16, 2015– A new World Bank report released today at the Third Regional Caribbean Growth Forum, suggests that the rapidly changing environment for Caribbean exports presents both new opportunities and challenges for economies highly dependent on…
Casting furniture from sugar, etc
Casting furniture from sugar, salt, coffee grounds, ice-cream sprinkles and more By Carly Ayres From Core77 With his new line, sculptor Fernando Mastrangelo revels in unusual materials. When seeking out materials to build furniture, the first items that come to…
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Making air transport work better for the Caribbean
Report commissioned by the Economics Department of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) From The Caribbean Development Portal Source: Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Making air transport work better for the Caribbean Authors: Ian Brunton, David Warnock-Smith Year: 2015 From the document:…
Solidifying the Caribbean as a serious trade contender
By: EU-CELAC, Press Release Bridgetown, BARBADOS, June 15, 2015 — The Caribbean put up an emphatic presentation at the EU-CELAC Summit 2015 in Brussels last week where over 500 delegates from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean convened under the…
Why four justices were against the Supreme Court’s huge Gay-Marriage decision
By Brian Resnick, Lauren Fox and Dustin Volz From National journal Highlights from the Court’s dissents. June 26, 2015 Same-sex marriage is now a right in every state in the country, following a historic 5-4 decision from the Supreme Court…
Law Schools: Give migrant children legal representation
By Karen Sloan, From The National Law Journal The U.S. government should guarantee legal representation to unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, end expedited processing of those children and families, and begin recognizing gang violence as a basis for asylum claims. Those…
History of Dutch Jews role in slavery is bluntly depicted
By Menachem Wecker From Forward ‘The word ‘slave’ is used in this exhibition,” notes a wall text at “ Jews in the Caribbean: Four Centuries of History in Suriname and Curacao ” at Amsterdam’s Jewish Historical Museum. “The museum is…
NJ Jury: Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ claims were consumer fraud
By David Gialanella, From New Jersey Law Journal A New Jersey jury has decided that a religious organization violated the state’s consumer fraud statute when it touted the efficacy of a form of therapy aimed at converting homosexuals to heterosexuals….
NSA failures expose yet more secrets, endanger millions
By Patrick Watson From Newsmax Not even halfway through the Year of the Hack, the U.S. government looks every bit as vulnerable as the private sector it wants to “help.” The latest news: As many as 14 million current and…
