Raise up Haiti from its knees
By Sir Ronald Sanders Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new President. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with category 4 force winds and a 190-mile outer band of powerful…
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Moody Gardens’s ICE LAND returns with a Caribbean theme for the holidays
By Richard Varr From Galveston.com The ice carvers are back, chipping away at more than two million pounds of ice that are already being formed into sculptures for Moody Gardens’ upcoming ICE LAND exhibit, just in time for the holidays….
FDA wants proof that antibacterial hand-sanitizing products are actually effective
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist While you may have a personal choice of antibacterial hand-sanitizing product to wipe, slather, and squirt your way to germ-free mitts, there’s one thing all those products all have in common: they should actually…
Cat makes everyone happy by surviving 30 days in moving box on a [US] cross-country trip
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist There are many bad things in the world, things that make you sad and upset and tempt you to throw large, breakable things against the wall and rail against whatever it is that’s bringing…
Gadget of the week
This device transforms your analog watch into a smartwatch BY ADARIO STRANGE From Mashable A challenge smartwatch devices like the Apple Watch face is the love many analog watch fans still have for their traditional timepieces. That challenge just got…
The smartphone has effectively replaced all the technology offered in this 1991 Radio Shack ad
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist Should a time traveler visiting from 1991 show up here in 2014 at Radio Shack clutching this ad showcasing calculators, devices to play music and other electronic gizmos and gadgets, we’re sure they’d be…
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) demonstrated simultaneously on two continents
From Caribbean broadcasting Union This year’s annual General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union will be hosted by the Indonesian public broadcaster, RRI, in Bali. DRM will feature not only in the meetings of the specialised committees but also concretely…
Panama hires PR firm amid ongoing Panama Papers fallout
By Will Fitzgibbon From Caribbean News Now International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) WASHINGTON, USA — Arrests, protests and legal challenges continue across the world, and Panama has now officially engaged a public relations firm to manage the country’s reputation…
Dry Tropical Forests in the Caribbean and Latin America under Threat
Inventory of woody plants reveals loss of plant diversity By Zoё Hoyle, From SRS Science Communications The climate and fertile soils of the dry tropical forests of Latin America and the Caribbean have been important to humans as areas to…
Toxic chemicals found in everyday items cost billions in lost wages and health costs for U.S.
From Wn.com Endocrine disruptors are found in plastic bottles, metal food cans, detergents, cosmetics, flame retardants, and pesticides but they’re also costing consumers $340 billion a year in lost earnings and health costs says to a new study published Monday,…
