Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace continues as The Weinstein Company votes to oust him
BY ANGIE HAN From Mashable Three days after a New York Times exposé detailed his decades-long history of sexual harassment, Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Company. Said the studio in a statement (via TheWrap): In light of…
Columbus did not discover Caribbean
Christopher Columbus did not discover the Caribbean By Dizzanne Billy From Words in the Bucket Rather, he introduced the first wave of cultural destruction that would go on to change the region forever. Today Oct 9), the United States of…
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Trinidad: Regional scientists to present 1.5 report at Caribbean Climate Change Conference
Port-of-Spain: October 8, 2017: When scientists and researchers meet in Trinidad at the International Climate Change Conference for the Caribbean this week, it will be in the aftermath of the devastation wrought in the region by successive monster storms in the…
News from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Post Hurricanes
By Sarah Brown-Cohen From ShopeatSurf Puerto Rico and several islands in the Caribbean have been devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. We spoke with sales reps and store owners about the aftermath of the storms and the outlook for upcoming…
I spent years studying Playboy, and it wasn’t just about the objectification of women
By Carrie Pitzulo, The Conversation From Business Insider Over the nearly 70 years since Hugh Hefner, who died recently at the age of 91, laid out the first issue of Playboy on his kitchen table, the magazine and his personal…
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CDB delegation concludes mission to St. Kitts and Nevis 09 OCT 2017
A team from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) visited the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis from October 2 to 6 to discuss the country’s development priorities, and to determine the main areas of intervention that CDB could support over…
Koala found more than 300 yards offshore rescued by coast guard
By JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable Koalas aren’t really that well known for their swimming abilities. Yet they sometimes find themselves off land, as the folks from the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard discovered. They found the marsupial on mooring 300 metres…
UNWTO disaster recovery program action plan for Caribbean to be crafted at SOTIC 2017
By Juergen T Steinmetz From eTurboNews Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett will travel to Grenada this week where he will meet with key members of the Jamaica-led ‘UNWTO Disaster Recovery Working Group for the Affected States in the Caribbean’…
Japan scientists grow drugs in chicken eggs
AFP From Newsmax Japanese researchers have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases including cancer, in a bid to dramatically reduce the cost of treatment, a report said Monday. If the scientists are able to…
US: FDA may look into medical marijuana health claims
From Newsmax The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that marijuana has health benefits that haven’t been proven, the agency’s commissioner said Tuesday. “I see people who are developing products who are making claims that…
