CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Semifinals kickoff times changed
Key Matches for Tickets to Rio Olympic Games Shifted One Hour Forward MIAMI (Monday, August 31, 2015) – The Confederation of North Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today announced that the two October 10 semifinal matches of the…
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights
By Amy Li From South China Morning Post After almost every ‘rude Chinese tourist’ story, unfortunately, made SCMP.com’s top-10 list, I decided to give the question some serious thought They are seen as pushy, loud, impolite, unruly, and they are…
Sanctions smack down— six years later
By Jenna Greene, From The Litigation Daily Ruling on sanctions motions that have been pending for nearly six years, a federal judge in Delaware found that Rembrandt Technologies LP engaged in widespread document spoliation, unethical payments to witnesses and fraudulent…
Recipe of the week
Grill your scallion pancakes By J. Kenji López From Serious Eats Flaky, crispy, and packed with flavor from the grill. [Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] I’ve experienced very few truly magical moments in my food life. There was that time when…
French sailors end Calais port blockade
AFP from Business Insider Calais (France) (AFP) – Protesting French seamen ended their blockade of the northern port of Calais in the early hours of Monday, after stranding thousands of cross-Channel ferry passengers on a busy bank holiday weekend in…
Inherent risk of going wild
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Who’s to blame if goats, grizzlies or floods kill? Summer vacations have turned tragic this year at national parks, with visitors killed by grizzly bears and falling tree limbs, and campers sickened…
Puerto Rico: The financial implications of dependency
By Emma Scully Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs From Caribbean News Now On Monday, August 3, Puerto Rico’s Public Finance Corporation defaulted on a $58 million USD bond payment, the island’s first debt nonpayment in its 117…
Xeros near-waterless laundry system enters Caribbean and Latin American hospitality, commercial laundry and dry cleaning markets
MANCHESTER, NH–(Marketwired – Aug 25, 2015) – Xeros, the innovator of an ultra-low water laundry system, announced today that it has expanded its market presence into the Caribbean and Latin American hospitality, dry cleaning and commercial laundry markets with Xeros’…
Bank leak reveals billions from Caribbean stashed in Switzerland.
By SMN NEWS TEAM From Caribbean News Now contributor WASHINGTON, USA — The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released a report this week revealing billions of dollars held in nearly 60,000 internal Swiss bank documents from 2006 to 2007 leaked…
Inherent risk of going wild
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Who’s to blame if goats, grizzlies or floods kill? Summer vacations have turned tragic this year at national parks, with visitors killed by grizzly bears and falling tree limbs, and campers sickened…