Olwomen story of week
10 Weird Ways To Lower Blood Pressure – Its Just “Being Yourself” ! Submitted By Jenny Smith from Olwomen People usually get tensed and stressed when they come across their medical reports which state positive for high blood pressure. High…
The new digital stars of higher education
By Ryan Craig From Techcrunch Peripheral characters have a funny way of changing our perspective. Once bit players, they invert our understanding of the plot, turn heroes into villains and reframe the issues. Looking at challenge — or stories — from…
Cayman Islands Probation Officers given awards of appreciation
Several employees from the Department of Community Rehabilitation (DCR) were recognised recently with certificates of appreciation, including a new annual award in honour of Steven E. Smith who was a founding member of probation services in the Cayman Islands. The…
Key emerging markets attract record $126 billion in clean energy investment
From Montserrat Reporter WASHINGTON, Nov 24, CMC – A new study has shown that Latin America and the Caribbean boasts higher clean energy penetration than any other region assessed. “As of year-end 2014, 11 per cent of the 352 GW…
PAHO to help Caribbean with new SDGs for health
From Jamaica Observer MEDELLIN, Colombia (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is helping Caribbean countries prepare for the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) for health. PAHO said it recently held a regional workshop “to strengthen…
5 ways Londoners can beat loneliness this Winter
BY RACHEL THOMPSON From Mashable LONDON — Living in a city can be a lonely experience at times, particularly during the winter months. Making friends might have been fairly straightforward during adolescence, but meeting new people during adulthood is a…
Mernet Larsen’s weird perspectives
Mernet Larsen likes to put things in (weird) perspective in his paintings From Designer Daily In Mernet Larsen’s world, being two feet away from another person can result in one person being gigantic, and the other tiny. Hell, even sitting…
Professor Norman Girvan posthumously honored
Havana, Cuba – The late Professor Norman Girvan an Internationally recognized Caribbean economist and scholar was posthumously honored by the Government of Cuba on Monday, December 7th. Norman Girvan was honored for his outstanding contribution to wider Caribbean integration and for his…
Clarke: Justice Scalia’s remarks deeply troubling
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke says she’s “deeply troubled” by remarks made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the oral argument for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, “which could…
Ericsson introduces three IoT solutions for smart homes and cities
Smart Metering as a Service puts consumers in control and enables utility companies to offer “smart” services to consumers in the future User & IoT (Internet of Things) Data Analytics enables controlled access and exposure of data from cellular and…
