On The Japanese PhotoWalk
From Stuck In Customs STUCK IN CUSTOMS INTERNET RESEARCH TEAM I wonder who in the audience can find her YouTube channel? A great challenge for this seemingly can-find-anything audience here! DAILY PHOTO – ON THE JAPANESE PHOTOWALK Here’s one of…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Scene of spreading conflicts
By Rickey Singh, From Nation News Barbados I am reflecting aloud on the separate statements in Monday’s Daily Nation attributed to Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart, and Mr Alex McDonald, chairman of Barbados Private Sector Association, on the prevailing unsettled industrial…
Female lawyers less likely to be first chair, study finds
By Gina Passarella, From The Legal Intelligencer Women comprise a disproportionately low percentage of lead trial counsel compared to their representation in the overall legal profession, a study for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession has…
BitGold announces acquisition of GoldMoney
By GoldMoney Newsdesk We would like to advise you that on Friday 22 May BitGold Inc., a publicly traded Canadian company, entered into an acquisition agreement to purchase the operations and intellectual property of GoldMoney Network Limited and its subsidiaries…
Lumber Liquidators mired in shareholder lawsuits
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., whose stock has plummeted since a “60 Minutes” exposé revealed that its hardwood laminate flooring products contained illegal levels of formaldehyde, is fending off a raft of shareholder…
What we know about Chattanooga gunman Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez
By Margaret Hartmann and Jaime Fuller From New York Mag On Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, four Marines — Thomas Sullivan, Skip Wells, David Wyatt, and Carson Holmquist — were killed and three others were injured when a gunman opened fire…
Huddersfield Carnival 2015
Huddersfield Carnival 2015: Pictures and video from the loudest, most colourful party in town By Dave Himelfield From Huddersfield Examiner Tens of thousands pack town centre streets and square for mass celebration of African and Caribbean culture An explosion of…
Cayman Islands: The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Recipients Impress
With 80 overall awardees including seven gold award winners, the 2013 and 2014 batches of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award recipients are impressing even seasoned followers of the programme in the Cayman Islands. Following two years of diligent work, the…
Caribbean community fears spread of racist immigration policy
From Telesurtv A Caribbean bloc committee pointed to Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa as examples of the violence and danger of xenophobia. The Caribbean Community’s committee said Monday the regional bloc should urge the Dominican Republic to put an…
The [US] au pair program is broken and here’s how they plan on fixing it
By Celia Ampel, From Daily Business Review Two Fort Lauderdale lawyers hope to help raise wages for au pairs across the country through a class-action suit. Boies, Schiller & Flexner attorneys Sigrid S. McCawley and Lauren Fleischer Louis are part…
