Caribbean Export, the CARIFORUM Directorate and the EU support firms in Leveraging the EPA
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, July 13, 2017. Supporting CARIFORUM firms to leverage the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is at the forefront of the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s work programme as they implement the 11th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP)…
8 arrested in beating death of American tourist in Greece
From WN Eight people have been arrested in Greece, two being charged with murder, after a 22-year-old African-American tourist was beaten to death after an encounter in a bar on the island of Zakynthos, according to National Public Radio. Bakari…
Communities step up to help save Jamaica’s forests climate change
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean News Service KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 12 2017 (IPS) – According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 31.1 percent or about 337,000 hectares of Jamaica is forested. Of this, 26.1 percent or 88,000…
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,…
Royal Caribbean to implement WeatherOps Risk Mitigation System
From Cruise Industry News Weather Decision Technologies and Royal Caribbean Cruises announced that the cruise company will implement WeatherOps risk mitigation system on each of its 47 vessels across all subsidiaries, including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club…
NASA’s Hubble captures stunning photo that will make you feel insignificant
By Mike Wehner From BGR We go about our lives here on planet Earth — doing our jobs, cashing paychecks, and raising families — and most of the time we don’t question just how important we are. The jury is…
Ericsson launches network services for massive IoT
Ericsson launches network services for massive IoT: Packages broad range of radio network services together to enable operators to smoothly introduce Internet of Things applications on their networks Ericsson also introduces new IoT software features such as Voice over LTE…
These 3 types of supplements are ‘the most lawless’ of the industry, according to a Harvard researcher
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider Their very name — supplements — makes them sound like a healthy addition to any diet. But most vitamins and dietary powders are unnecessary. Some can even be dangerous, according to Harvard Medical School professor S. Bryn…
In astronomy, women of color face the most discrimination
By Rob LeFebvre, from engadget Almost half of women of color report bias, harassment and assault in the planetary sciences. There’s tons of evidence that women face a gender bias in the STEM fields. Last May, one report found that…
End in sight for pirate film booty stoush
By Sarah Motherwell From The Sydney Morning Herald Dead men may tell no tales but Screen Queensland is determined to keep quiet about how much it paid for Disney to set course for Gold Coast studios. The state government body…