meeco solar powered electric bikes
meeco deploys solar powered electric bikes for Safari camps in Kenya New clean energy solution sun2move developed to foster green mobility The Swiss-headquartered clean energy provider The meeco Group is currently developing intelligent trybrid solar mini-grids for several Safari Camps…
One-fifth of homeless youth are victims of human trafficking
From Freedom United The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania has released a landmark study on the link between homeless youth and human trafficking in the United States. Commissioned by Covenant House, the research focused…
Caribbean hospitality forum offers critical chance to learn
By CHTA (PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Caribbean hoteliers and industry stakeholders will immerse themselves in three days of intensive education and networking in Miami next month, at the fourth Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), happening at the Hyatt…
Venture-capital funding in 2017 was the highest it’s been in the past 10 years
By Zoë Bernard From Business Insider Venture-capital funding is booming in the United States. According to Pitchbook data charted for us by Statista, startup funding reached a record decade-long high in 2017, with $84.2 billion in funding raised over the…
Automated clearing house is launched for Cayman Islands retail banks.
The Cayman Islands Banker’s Association has announced an automated clearing house (ACH) has been launched for local retail banks. The Association also said the ACH is designed to clear and settle electronic transactions and domestic payments in both US and…
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The price of ‘green’ electric cars and smartphone batteries? Child labor
CNN From Freedom United An investigation by CNN has uncovered that children are working at cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They labor at the very bottom of the global cobalt supply chain as electric carmakers and…
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This Caribbean born teacher’s dream is multiplied
From NAN News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Weds. May 9, 2018: A Caribbean born teacher’s dream of expanding child literacy in the region is being multiplied, thanks to a new partnership. Seasoned North York, Toronto elementary school teacher and Jamaican-national, Myrna…
Caribbean Bank: Bahamas fiscal plan ‘Very Ambitious’
By NEIL HARTNELLFrom Tribune242 The Bahamas’ plan to reverse its fiscal woes has been branded “very ambitious” by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), with this nation needing to outperform GDP growth forecasts to hit target. The CDB, in a recently-released…
Arkansas pregnancy center chief stole funds, left for beach, file says
By Dave Hughes From Arkansas Online FORT SMITH — The former director of a pregnancy support center accused of stealing more than $25,000 from the center used some of it to pay for a vacation in the Caribbean, court documents…
Hawaii: volcano eruptions
The spectacular and terrifying volcano eruptions currently destroying a housing estate in Hawaii By SIMON THOMSEN From Business Insider US Geological Survey A new fissure erupted on Saturday night and by 9pm, lava fountains as high as about 70m (230ft)…
