Franklin Graham: ‘Sickening’ Fort Riley canceled Prayer Breakfast
By Mark From newsmax Franklin Graham took to his Facebook page to condemn as “sickening” Fort Riley’s decision to postpone a prayer breakfast that would have featured retired Lt. General William “Jerry” Boykin, an original member of Delta Force. Boykin,…
FIRST Zika case reported in Cayman Islands
From Cayman Islands health Department The Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr. Samuel Williams Rodriguez is advising of the latest development since the last release dated May 30 with data relating to the Zika virus. “On 1 June 2016, the…
Hikers on Caribbean island find ancient stone carvings
IANS | London From Business Standard Hikers out for a stroll on the Caribbean island of Montserrat found ancient stone carvings that archaeologists believe could offer valuable insight into the island’s pre-colonial history. The petroglyphs — which appear to depict…
Blatter, Valcke and Kattner awarded themselves £55m, say Fifa lawyers
By Luke Harding and agencies From The Guardian UK Lawyers retained by Fifa say contracted payments to the three former officials appear to break Swiss law The spectacular scale of greed at the top of Fifa was revealed on Friday…
AmSS Awards
Amalgamated Security Services [AmSS] Regional Recognition Awards Programme for Public Law Enforcement On a yearly basis Amalgamated Security Services invites 25 members of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police to nominate top performers within their respective police forces for…
Media, sound, and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean
From Amazon Outside of music, the importance of sound and listening have been greatly overlooked in Latin American history. Visual media has dominated cultural studies, affording an incomplete record of the modern era. This edited volume presents an original analysis…
Uniregistry sets single-day registration record
From Uniregistry GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, June 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Uniregistry, Corp., a leading domain name registration services company, is pleased to announce that it registered over 1,500,000 new domain names yesterday, completing one of the largest 24-hour registration…
Miss Universe, Pia Wurtzbach, touches Ecuadoreans
By Eton B. Concepcion From The Standard ph Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach traveled recently to Ecuador, her second trip to a South American country, to help in a relief effort and fund-raising campaign to build 6,000 homes for…
The ‘usual suspects’ keep making the same policy mistakes
By Jonathan Garber From Business Insider When it comes to monetary policy, the conversation in major economies is about whether central banks like the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates too quickly. But there’s a group of central banks that…
CDB funding Caribbean music sector development
From Caribbean Development Bank The Caribbean Region is known and celebrated for reggae and dancehall, soca, zouk and other genres. Yet many regional artists, performers, their managers and publishers do not earn a sustainable living from their craft. The Caribbean…