Olwomen story of the week
15 ways about how to balance hormone levels naturally By Jenny Smith From Olwomen Contrary to popular belief, hormones have a way to dictate your health almost single-handedly. On the other hand, hormones can give a much-needed boost to your…
CHTA’S ‘Chief’ to explore Cuba impact on Caribbean Tourism; taps industry experts for insight
By Theresa M. Oakes From St. Maarten Islands Time THE CARIBBEAN – One of the most highly anticipated panels of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association’s (CHTA) upcoming Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) is “Cuba: Opportunity or Threat?” took place…
Time for term limits for prime ministers and representatives in the Caribbean
By Wellington C. Ramos From Caribbean News Now Under almost all the constitutions Great Britain wrote for their former colonies, the prime ministers and representatives serve five years if they are elected, with no term limits. This means that once…
Harnessing the power of mobile for healthcare
By Aashima Gupta From Techcrunch Aashima Gupta is vice president of digital transformation for healthcare at Apigee and the former executive director of digital technology incubation and solutions at Kaiser Permanente. People are checking their phones more than ever. The…
Granger calls for US support over threat to territorial integrity
From Stabroek News Accrediting the new U.S. ambassador today, President David Granger called for Washington’s support to help protect Guyana from threats to its territorial integrity, a clear reference to months of aggression mounted by Venezuela. Keeping the Venezuelan aggression…
Emails burn Facebook founder in real estate dispute
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN JOSE — A Santa Clara County judge sent a contract suit against Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg toward trial Thursday, ruling that emails from Zuckerberg, his assistant and his financial adviser raise the…
BP gets ‘Punishment it deserves,’ Feds say in record $20B settlement
By Mike Sacks and Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal BP PLC has agreed to pay $20 billion in fines—the largest in U.S. history—for the Deepwater Horizon disaster spill and cleanup of 3.1 million barrels of oil that spilled…
Pluto’s largest moon
The Big Picture: NASA shows off Pluto’s largest moon By Richard Lawler From engadget As the long, slow download of data from the New Horizon’s mission continues, NASA has posted some new high-res enhanced color pictures of Pluto’s largest moon,…
Original rude gal Grace Jones taught me how to live
By Naomi Jackson From ELLE In Grace Jones, novelist Naomi Jackson finds inspiration and permission to break the mold of the proper Caribbean woman she was expected to become. Two hours into Grace Jones’ electrifying performance at AfroPunk this August,…
Isle of Man ranked number three in the world as a centre for commercial satellite filing
By James Qualtrough From Isle of Man News According to independent research just released, the Isle of Man now ranks as the third biggest player in the world, behind only the UK and the USA, as the jurisdiction of choice…