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8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45 years of excellence” Date: 10/10/2015 Time: 6:30 PM Ritz Carlton Seven Mile Beach Phone: 749 3360 Register Event Description: The 8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45 years of…
‘Kids-for-Cash’ figure agrees to $4.75M settlement
By Max Mitchell, From The Legal Intelligencer Robert J. Powell, the former co-owner of two private juvenile-detention facilities at the center of the Luzerne County “kids-for-cash” scandal, has agreed to pay at least $4.75 million to settle his portion of…
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Medical Tourism Association® forges roadmap to Caribbean — certifies first hospital in Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Looking to show the world that the Dominican Republic is more than a beach paradise in the Caribbean, Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud has achieved International Patient Services…
The Editor Speaks: Hogwash
When a barrel of good apples has a bad apple thrown in the result is all the apples will soon go bad. When apples begin to decay, they emit gases. If the rotting apple is mixed in with a group…
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Meet the startups from the 1st Caribbean Beach Hackathon
From TEDxAruba In June and August the TEDxAruba team organized a series of ‘Inspiring Sessions’, these are mini-events on the road to TEDxAruba ‘Island of Sustainable Solutions’. While TEDxAruba itself will focus on sustainability in the broader sense, ‘Inspiring Sessions’…
U.S. citizen sentenced in connection with Costa Rica-based business opportunity fraud ventures
From US Department of Justice A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities based in Costa Rica was sentenced to prison today in Miami, the Justice Department announced. John White, aka Gregory…
Caribbean women benefit from the Springboard programme
Barnstaple, United Kingdom, PR.com)– Women in the Caribbean are now benefitting from the award-winning development programme from The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company based in the UK, specialising in addressing women’s development issues. When she was studying for…
Caribbean countries identify challenges and opportunities for making progress on access rights in environmental matters
Representatives from Caribbean countries are meeting on August 24-25 in Saint Lucia to identify opportunities for collective action on the path towards the full implementation of access rights to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters, enshrined in Principle…
Navigating the new waters of fundraising
By Andy Tang From Techcrunch Andy Tang is CEO of Draper University. How to join the network As a VC that has been in the industry for 15 years, I have watched many trends come and go. For the first…
US Supreme Court rules death penalty is unconstitutional
By Christian Nolan, From The Connecticut Law Tribune A divided Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the retroactive application of the death penalty is unconstitutional, thus eliminating capital punishment altogether in the state. The decision bars the state from executing…
