Trump order seeks disclosure of hospital prices
From Newsmax President Donald Trump is signing an executive order that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to help keep costs down , administration officials said. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex…
OECS Commission convenes 6th Meeting of Tourism Ministers in New York
Monday, June 24, 2019 — The 6th Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers of Tourism was held in New York on June 6, 2019 under the Chairmanship of Honourable Cardigan Connor, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Anguilla. The meeting addressed…
WI cricket campaign
By Azad Ali From Caribbean Life The opening Test will be played at the Vivian Richards Ground in Antigua from Aug. 22-26, while Sabina Park, Jamaica will be stage for the second Test from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. The…
Panoro Minerals announces receipt of early deposit payment from Wheaton Precious Metals for the Cotabambas Project, Peru
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Panoro Minerals Ltd.(TSXV: PML, Lima: PML, Frankfurt: PZM) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Panoro Trading (Cayman) Ltd. (“Panoro” or the “Company”) are pleased to announce that they have received the eighth Early Deposit…
Dog-agility event
Things get fast and furry-ous at ‘signature’ dog-agility event By Shawn Gibson From Barrie Today The dog days of summer are just that for more than 50 canines competing in the local leg of a U.S. national championship to determine the…
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds levels of gas on Mars that could suggest possibility of life
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected high levels of methane output during its mission on the Martian surface, the New York Times reports. The discovery, found during a measurement taking on Wednesday by the robot and observed…
What money should be
By Nik Milanovich From TechCrunch With the release of the Facebook consortium’s project Librawhitepaper, the internet, tech world, financial services industry and policy circles are all burning with conversation on the project’s potential. We are still very early into Libra’s life…
Lloyds Bank freezes offshore accounts in money laundering crackdown
By Stefania Spezzati From Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc has tightened controls in Jersey to meet anti-money-laundering requirements on the island. Lloyds has frozen accounts of some offshore banking customers as part of a crackdown on money laundering, a spokesman said….
Airbus-owned Voom will compete with Uber Copter in the US in 2019
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch The U.S. air taxi market is heating up: Aeronautics industry giantAirbus will be among the companies operating on-demand air travel service in 2019 in American skies, FastCompany reports. Airbus’ Voom on-demand helicopter shuttle operation will set up…
Hard Rock Hotel in Dominican Republic to remove liquor dispensers from minibars after tourist deaths
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Eric Levenson CNN From wmtv CNN — The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is removing liquor dispensers from guest room minibars at its resort in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic, the general manager of the resort…