New Concourse A debuts in Terminal 1 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport
By Arlene Satchell From Sun Sentinel Travelers are now arriving and departing through the new Concourse A inside Terminal 1 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. On Wednesday the $200 million facility officially opened to passenger traffic following several months of…
Shares in blue chip stocks can pay serious dividends
From Prince George Citizen It’s a big machine. Twenty-eight years ago, my very first boss at RBC was at the tail end of a long career working for a benevolent employer, enjoying a largely prosperous five decades since the Second…
Funding climate resilience benefits all nations – yes, the U.S. too
By Kenton X. Chance From Caribbean News Service KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Jul 4 2017 (IPS) – A leading climate change mitigation and adaptation activist and former climate negotiator in the Caribbean says that the United States could protect its economic…
CARIBBEAN-SUMMIT-Three Caribbean countries sign maritime agreements
From Antigua Observer ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jul 7, CMC – Barbados said Thursday that the decision of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to maritime agreements in Grenada is a “tangible demonstration of that commitment to closer regional integration”. Barbados signed…
The terrifying story of a cop who overdosed just by touching fentanyl is medically impossible
By Jeremy Samuel Faust, Slate From Business Insider In the middle of May, a police officer in East Liverpool, Ohio, Chris Green, was responding to a traffic call when he realized that white powder had spilled inside the car he…
Guyana legislators unite to address suicide epidemic
From Caribbean News Service GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 06 2017 – Members of the legislature from both sides of the house met with representatives from the United Nations, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday…
Caribbean Netherlands: More room for other languages in legal system on the islands
From The Daily Herald St Maarten HE HAGUE–Current legislation allows for the use of other languages than Dutch in cases where crime suspects are not well-versed in the Dutch language, caretaker Minister of Security and Justice Stef Blok said in…
Mr Justice Barrow joins the CCJ Bench
From Caribbean News Service PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 06 2017 – Mr Justice Barrow has assumed office at the headquarters of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). President of the Caribbean Court of Justice Sir Dennis Byron, welcomed the newest judge…
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Cayman Islands utility company explains Friday’s [June 30] outage From CUC On Friday, June 30, 2017, customers in West Bay experienced interruptions to their electricity service between 5:59 p.m. and 8:41 p.m. This interruption to service was caused by a…