Dubai and Abu Dhabi climb world high-cost rankings [Cayman Islands is third]
By Jennifer Bell From The National UAE DUBAI // Dubai has the most expensive wine and beer in the world and is the second most costly city for dining out, a global study has found. Dubai was the 29th most…
McDermott white-collar ace wins pro bono victory in 1982 murder case
By Jennifer Henderson, From The Am Law Daily For 23 years, Raymond Tempest Jr. has been professing his innocence in the gruesome murder of Doreen Picard, whose bludgeoned body was found in a basement in the Rhode Island city of…
Oldest’ Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
By Sean Coughlan Education correspondent From BBC What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among…
Caribbean Cement posts record profit on cheaper energy, debt windfall
From The Jamaica Gleaner Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) posted its highest profit on record. The $870 million in net income earned during the six months to June 2015 beat its highest annual earnings previously achieved in 2004, when it…
Donald Trump: In his own colourful words
From BBC Republicans have a field of 16 candidates to choose from as their nominee for next year’s presidential race – a list of names that may increase even more over the next few weeks. The front-runner, for now, appears…
Sex offender charged with murder of 2 sisters in 1975 case
By The Associated Press From Mashable Forty years after two young sisters vanished from a suburban Maryland mall, an imprisoned sex offender has been charged with murder, authorities said Wednesday, bringing some clarity to a baffling case that made parents…
Sole immigrant on U.S. currency might become history
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Whoever said ‘silence is golden’ was not referring to talk about changing the face of a particular U.S. paper money. Nor should the popular mantra apply to Nevisians and Kittitians who should demand…
Farmers struggle, crops dry up in Caribbean and Central America
From telesurtv Rice farmers in the Dominican Republic expect they could lose 80 percent of their crops this season given the dry conditions. Historic drought in the Caribbean is causing huge losses for farmers as the region suffers the driest…
Olwomen story of the week
15 effective home remedies for sleep disorder By Jenny Smith From Olwomen The moment you lie down and rest your head on the pillow it is automatically signaled on to the brain that now is the time when you are…
Pakistan Supreme Court suspends Asia Bibi death sentence
From BBC The Supreme Court in Pakistan has suspended the execution of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. Asia Bibi, who has been on death row for nearly five years, was given leave to appeal. No hearing date was set….