For legal, more pitfalls than praise in Panama Papers ‘Ethical hacking’
By Ricci Dipshan, From Legaltech News Deemed the biggest breach in history, the Panama Papers shines a spotlight on the rise of many law firms’ unpreparedness and susceptibility to ethical hacking The Panama Papers leak landed with a bang —…
New species of Lipogramma basslet potentially discovered in Dominica
By Jake Adams From reef builders Lipogramma klayi is a beautiful and delicate looking species of Caribbean basslet which is no stranger to the pages of Reef Builders. We’ve written about this species at length over the years and now…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
US Court: Student punished for USC sex assault didn’t receive Due Process
By Ross Todd, from The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Wading into the fraught issue of sex crimes on college campuses, a state appeals court has reversed the suspension of a male USC student accused of participating in a group sexual…
Bahamas government foots bill to finish Baha Mar convention centre
By Krystel Rolle-Brown Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — The Bahamas government assumed the cost to finish the Baha Mar Convention Centre ahead of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) annual general meetings this week, government…
VW sued again, this time by its own dealerships
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Add Volkswagen’s own franchise dealerships to the list of parties suing the automaker over its emissions scandal. The case, filed on Wednesday on behalf of a nationwide class of Volkswagen franchise dealerships,…
Caribbean Fisheries Forum meets to discuss emerging challenges
Belize City, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 (CRFM)–Fisheries experts from across the Caribbean region are traveling to Guyana this week for the 14th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum — the primary technical deliberative body of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism…
Could eating one banana a day cut your risk of dying from a heart attack by a THIRD?
From Daily Express UK JUST one apple or banana a day could cut your risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke by a third, according to new research. Oxford University professors tracked the diets of half a million…
War and peace
War and Peace: 10 photos commemorating 100 years since WWI By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable July 28th will mark the 102nd anniversary of the start of World War I, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. More than 16 million soldiers…
Transparency International branch president linked to Bahamas companies
By K. Quincy Parker Nassau Guardian Business Editor From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — The fallout from the so-called “Panama Papers” leak continued on Tuesday. The latest casualty with a connection to The Bahamas was the president of the Chilean…
