In UN sell-0ut, Barclays pays for praise as Guterres restricts press for Periscope, Ng Echo
By Matthew Russell Lee, From Inner City Press UNITED NATIONS, March 5 – Days after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres closed protection security ordered Inner City Press to stop live-streaming on Periscope during a photo opportunity in which Guterres conveyed…
Gadgets of the week
Sleeve-style wireless charger; Food-grade tin box From Global Sources Sleeve-style wireless charger Shenzhen Yukayuan’s YKY30002-5324 model is designed as a PU leather sheath for computers and a wireless charger for Qi-enabled gadgets. Shenzhen YUKAYUAN technology Co.,Ltd Product Details Model: YKY30002-5324…
European diplomat says Caribbean women still yet to shatter glass ceiling
From Jamaica Observer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— A senior European Union diplomat says while women in the Caribbean have made “outstanding strides” in recent years, they, like their European counterparts are still yet to completely shatter the glass ceiling. In a…
In the matter of Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd: Cayman Islands Appraisal Actions – Moving Towards standard directions?
By Nigel K. Meeson QC Erik Bodden From Conyers, Dill & Pearman Introduction In ordinary commercial litigation there is a plaintiff making a claim and a defendant resisting the claim made by the plaintiff. There is a well-established set of…
CDB and FAO strengthen partnership with new agreement
March 6, 2018, Montego Bay, Jamaica – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday signed an agreement to strengthen their partnership to help countries in the Region achieve key…
This one picture sums up climate change’s growing role in coastal flooding
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN Boston is bearing the brunt of its second major nor’easter in two months, and it’s a beast of a storm. The city experienced its third-highest storm tide on record on Friday morning at 14.67 feet. On Friday…
Canine sniffs out arsonist
Virginia Beach Fire Department canine sniffs out arsonist in the Caribbean By DANIELLE HOOKS From WKR VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – McGruff has long been known for taking a bite out of crime, and now one local canine has proved her…
Obama made one of history’s greatest stock market calls 9 years ago
By Akin Oyedele From Business Insider The stock market fell to its lowest level of the recession nine years ago on March 6, 2009. Days earlier, Obama said, “What you’re now seeing is profit-and-earnings ratios are starting to get to…
US Senate panel kills bill allowing use of marijuana derivative
BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press From News Observer BOISE, IDAHO – A proposal to legalize oil extracted from cannabis plants is likely dead for the year after a group of lawmakers on Monday broke out in turmoil during a last-minute…
Ex-Russian spy critically ill after ‘unknown substance’ exposure
By Solange Reyner From Newsmax A man exposed to an “unknown substance” in Salisbury, England, on Sunday was identified as Sergei Skripal, a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, BBC reports. Skripal, 66, and a woman were found unconscious…
