Why does Betsy D family yacht fly a foreign flag? Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ administration and the Cayman Islands
BY DAVID SIROTA From Newsweek This story is being co-published with Capital&Main When someone untied a yacht owned by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s family, the episode was portrayed as an example of anti-Trump harassment. But the yacht’s foreign…
Royal Caribbean introduces SoundSeeker, an AI-equipped tool that turns memorable photos into musical – and shareable – works of art
SoundSeeker Produces Original Soundtracks Based on Mood and Content of Pictures, Powered by Music Theory from Berklee College of Music MIAMI, Aug. 7, 2018 – A picture may be worth a thousand words, but what if it was possible to…
Bill O’Reilly: ‘Media Coup’ Trying to remove Trump from office
By Jason Devaney From Newsmax The mainstream news media is conspiring to take down President Donald Trump, Bill O’Reilly told Newsmax TV during a new interview. O’Reilly appeared on Monday’s “The Joe Pags Show” and said the media is out…
Cuban economy grows 1.1 percent in first half of 2018
From Caribbean News Now HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — The Cuban gross domestic product grew 1.1 percent at the end of the first half of this year, when the county faced shortages in hard currency, said President Miguel Diaz-Canel. In a…
Clear fog
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio In yesterday’s post I recounted a story of Telarc engineers in the recording studio control room comparing the output of an analog and digital tape recorder to the live feed from their mixer. To their…
Your smartphone is a ‘security blanket’ for your social life
By Jon Fingas From engadget Even when you’re not looking at it. Do you instinctively reach for your smartphone whenever you’re in an awkward chat with unfamiliar people, or just feel like you’re the odd one out? There’s likely a…
Former UK Foreign Secretary Johnson refuses to apologize for Islamaphobic comments
From WN Boris Johnson said he was standing by his remarks on Tuesday after the Conservative Party chairman told him to apologize for commenting that Muslim women wearing burkas “look like letter boxes” and comparing them to “bank robbers,” according…
Drink recipe of the week
CARIBBEAN RUM PUNCH By LISA From Cooking With Curls Are you an Outlander fan? If you are, then you know that tomorrow night is the final episode of the season…boo. We have spent the past few weeks watching Jamie and…
Caribbean States call on US to seriously address climate change
From teleSUR Caribbean States leaders are asking the Trump administration to rejoin the landmark Paris climate deal signed in 2015, from which the U.S. withdraw in June 2017. Leaders from the Caribbean states are calling on the Donald Trump administration…
Jamaica opens first retail marijuana seed store
BY AZAD ALI From Caribbean Life Jamaica has opened its first retail marijuana seed store located in the Marketplace on Constant Spring Road, the Jamaica Gleaner reported. The ribbon-cutting ceremony signified the start of a new era for the use…