Binary options scams, offshore investments among main threats to Canadian investors
By Juana Wells From SMN Weekly Canadian provincial financial regulator Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) issued on Tuesday a list of the top five threads that investors could face in 2017, which included offshore investments and binary options scams. The risks…
Signs that say ‘Final Sale’ may not mean what you think they do
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist When you see the words “final sale” on a sign at your favorite retailer, that means that an item is as marked down as it’s going to get, right? Well… maybe not. Watch for fine…
Author Ronald Kessler: Media bias against Trump ‘Disgusting’
By Jason Devaney From Newsmax The double standard that exists in the biased media is “disgusting,” The New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler told Newsmax TV. Kessler blasted media reports about President-elect Donald Trump – from his business dealings…
Capital Punishment and Justice
By Ewin James Opponents of Capital Punishment often put forward the proposition that it doesn’t deter murder. That proposition is unprovable. But more than that it disregards the reason for Capital Punishment persisting throughout history: the need for retributive justice….
New York’s Indo-Caribbean community honors its victims of domestic violence
By Aviva Stahl From Jezebel Rajwantie Baldeo was killed just after midnight on December 5. Her husband, Prem Rampersaud, 50, confronted her about a man she had allegedly met online, then he stabbed and nearly decapitated her. According to the…
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,…
CaribShopper chooses MatchMove to offer digital payment services in the Caribbean
Shoppers can now purchase products through reloadable prepaid cards MIAMI, Jan. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — CaribShopper, the Caribbean’s premier m-commerce and e-commerce solution announced today its partnership with MatchMove, Singapore’s leading finance technology firm. CaribShopper will be integrating MatchMove’s award-winning…
ExxonMobil discovers more oil offshore Guyana
From Caribbean News Service GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan 12 2017 – ExxonMobil, the international oil and gas company, on Thursday announced more positive results from its Payara-1 well offshore Guyana. Payara is ExxonMobil’s second oil discovery on the Stabroek Block and…
Western Union takes on Jamaican Lottery scammers!
By Curtis A. Ward The Ward Post from NAN News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Jan. 12, 2017: I went to Western Union (WU) on January 10, 2017 and sent some money to Jamaica. Upon handing me my receipt, the agent…
Puzzles for w/e Jan 13-15 2016 Number search/Sudoku/Word search/Crossword
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