US: Disappointing jobs report makes rate hike less likely this month
By Joel L. Naroff From Newsmax INDICATOR: August Employment Situation and July Trade Deficit KEY DATA: Jobs: 151,000; Private Sector: 126,000; Unemployment Rate; 4.9% (unchanged); Hourly wages: +0.1%/ Trade Deficit: $5.2 billion narrower IN A NUTSHELL: “Given how robust job…
Press organisations condemn repression of media freedom in Venezuela
From Caribbean News Now MIAMI, USA — The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have both condemned the Venezuelan government for repressing freedom of the press and expression after it had prevented the entry into the…
Canadian women Instagram elaborate trip before Australia drug arrest
By Angela Dewan, for CNN The women posted from Tahiti, Bermuda and Chile, among other places Drug haul has a street value of around AUD$30 million, reports say (CNN) Two Canadian women who documented a lavish cruise trip to Australia…
Immigration cleared: Barbados Govt probe found officers did not mistreat Jamaican woman
By Fernella Wedderburn From Barbados Today Officers of the Immigration Department have been cleared of any wrongdoing in their handling of a Jamaican visitor last weekend. The Division of Defence and Security in the Prime Minister’s office has absolved the…
Caribbean countries report cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome
By CMC From Wired Ja Online News BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 3, CMC – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are reporting cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) with Jamaica indicating that the number of GBS related deaths now stands at six. Chief…
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The View from Europe: The media and the linguistic divide
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now In the middle of last month Danilo Medina was sworn in as president of the Dominican Republic for a second term. His inauguration was attended by many senior figures from the Americas including…
Best computer prog. Countries
These are the 10 best countries for computer programming — and the US didn’t make the list By Lori Janjigian From Business Insider This week HackerRank published a study showing which countries have the best developers. HackerRank is a free…
A fourth US Navy littoral combat ship has broken down in the span of a year
By Hope Hodge Seck, Military.com From Business Insider The littoral combat ship USS Coronado is returning to Pearl Harbor from the Western Pacific after experiencing an engineering casualty earlier Tuesday, officials with the Navy’s Third Fleet confirmed. The incident comes…
American woman indicted in China on charges of spying
From CBS/AP BEIJING — An American woman detained in China for more than a year has been indicted by prosecutors on charges of spying, a court confirmed Tuesday. The Nanning Intermediate People’s Court in southern China accepted the case against…
Recipe of the week
Recipe: Mini Thai Pork Pitas From The Kitchn (Image credit: Christine Han) A few years ago, a recipe in a food magazine caught my eye. The recipe involved stuffing pita bread with a thin layer of seasoned ground lamb, then…
