Sexual abuse in the music industry gets spotlight with #MeNoMore
BY SHANNON CONNELLAN From Mashable It’s the music industry’s turn to unite against systemic sexual abuse. Musician Courtney Barnett is one of hundreds of women in the Australian music industry to join a campaign against sexual harassment and assault. Over…
A more meaningful gift this holiday
From Freedom United If you’d like to give a more meaningful gift this Christmas, our stylish new campaign sweaters, tees, tops, and accessories are now available on our fundraising store. Even better, when you enter the code ‘freedomunited’ in the…
‘Help me, Dad’
By Joe Guzzardi From Daily Press Days after the cruel, unjust not guilty verdict in the Kate Steinle trial, Americans are still raging over the decision. Regardless of people’s opinions about immigration, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate’s acquittal on murder charges…
Police work to trace steps of botched NYC pipe bomb attack
From WN New York Police Department were reviewing more than 6,000 security cameras while they traced the suspect’s steps after an explosion happened during rush hour traffic in a crowded subway corridor close to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on…
SEC halts Virtual Coin Offering, warns investors of Cryptocurrencies
From Newsmax The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday warned investors of the dangers of putting their money into cryptocurrencies, saying trading and public offerings in the emerging asset class may be in violation of…
Nicaragua named host for 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship
Eight teams to compete for regional championship and three available spots in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 MIAMI – CONCACAF announced Tuesday that Nicaragua will host the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship from April 19-29, 2018. The…
Cayman Islands Higgs & Johnson Associate wins 2017 RISA ‘Rising Star’ award
Insolvency attorney Allyson Speirs recognised by local branch of the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands. 7 December 2017. Higgs & Johnson is pleased to announce that Associate Allyson Speirs received the 2017 Rising…
NASA wakes up Voyager’s slumbering thrusters 37 years later
By Mariella Moon From engadget The backup thrusters have been inactive since 1980. NASA’s Voyager 1 has been drifting farther and farther away from our planet for the past 40 years. Now, the agency has ensured that it can maintain…
Gadget of the week
Atari’s Speakerhat, a hat with speakers, is now on sale By Jon Fingas From engadget In case you absolutely need audio hanging over your head. Yes, Atari’s speaker-equipped hats are very much real. At the last possible minute, the game…
Barbados joins Regional Initiative- Latin and America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour against child labour
(PRESS RELEASE) – Barbados is the ninth CARICOM country to join the Regional Initiative, Latin and America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour. Honourable Esther Byer-Suckoo, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development symbolically handed over the…
