Link between Caribbean heat and health problems
From Curacao Chronicle ST GEORGE’S – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) says there is no mistaking the link between the increase in temperatures and health problems in the region and it’s on a mission to find…
Agriculture & Craft Bazaar
Cayman Islands Agriculture & Craft Bazaar this Saturday at Town Market The first “Cayman Christmas Bazaar” takes place at the Market at the Cricket Grounds – this Saturday, 10 December, 2016. A celebration of all things local, from Cayman-style cooking…
AthenaHealth CEO: Here’s what everyone gets wrong in the debate over drug prices
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Drug companies are everyone’s favorite punching bag. Some of this — like when the price of a 60-year-old drug is hiked by 5,000% — is arguably deserved. Of course, drug makers are easier to blame for…
Trump rips Carrier Union President for attacking deal
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Donald Trump slammed the head of the Steelworkers Union at Carrier after he said the president-elect “lied his a– off” when he announced the air-conditioner maker would keep its plant and 1,100 jobs in Indiana….
Playground slide recalled after kids’ fingers amputated
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist Park slides can provide immeasurable joy for children (and some adults). And aside from scorching your bare legs on a slide that has been sitting out in the sun, they aren’t supposed to result in…
A tiny version of Hell on Earth exists in Cleveland, Ohio
By Dave Mosher From Business Insider Inside a windowless concrete room in Cleveland, Ohio, scientists have built a tiny version of Hell on Earth. Called the Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER), the 14-ton steel chamber can faithfully recreate the toxic,…
Valuable Caribbean spiny lobsters get their food from an unexpected source
From PHYS.Org In the typical food web that most of us learned in school, the sun is the ultimate source of energy. Plants use energy from the sun to produce their own food via photosynthesis. Animals eat those plants or…
Former coup leader wanted by US, wins Haiti senate seat
From Caribbean News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Dec 06 2016 – A former coup leader wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration for alleged cocaine trafficking and money laundering has won election to Haiti’s senate, according to preliminary results released by…
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Scientists find bacteria resistant to last-ditch drug treatments
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s a warning that medicine needs to find an alternative to current antibiotics. If there wasn’t already a reason to develop a solution to drug-resistant “superbugs,” there is now. Scientists have found bacteria on an…
Wells Fargo already playing its ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ card to avoid lawsuits over fake accounts
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Wells Fargo is facing multiple lawsuits from customers and employees over the long-running fake account fiasco that saw more than two million bogus, unauthorized accounts being opened in customers’ names. Even though lawmakers and consumer…
