STAY IN THE LOOP – Week ending 12 July 2019
From CARICOM STAY IN THE LOOP In this episode, Communications Officers at the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Tusankine English-Francis and Ms. Michelle Nurse, present a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community. Highlights: 00:01:07:27 – Never too late to talk…
Drink recipe of the week
The Painkiller Drink By GO GO GO GOURMET From Yummly 6 Ingredients 10 Minutes Ingredients 4 ounces rum 3 ounces pineapple orange juice 1 ounce coconut (creme de) ice nutmeg toasted coconut (optional for garnish) DIRECTIONS In a cocktail shaker, combine the rum, juice and coconut with ice….
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Drug companies and distributors lose court fight over pain pill data
A federal judge on Monday required the release of detailed information about legal painkillers made and sold in the United States between 2006 and 2012 that could change the public’s understanding of the nation’s ongoing opioid abuse epidemic, which has…
Air Belgium to launch flights to the Caribbean
By Nick Wenzel From IFN News Air Belgium has announced plans to start two new routes from its hub at Brussels Charleroi to the French islands Martinique and Guadaloupe in December 2019. The new twice-weekly services to Pointe-à-Pitre on Guadeloupe and…
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Deciding where to draw the line
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Drawing lines in the proverbial sand is a common practice. We’ll go this far but cross that line and it’s not in our interest to go further. Setting these imaginary boundaries can be quite helpful. We can limit…
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Strengthening regional readiness – Caribbean prepares for 2019 Hurricane Season
REPORT from International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies ♪ Water come inna mi roomHuh huh!Mi sweep out some with mi broomDi likkle dog laugh to see such funAnd di dish run away with the spoon ♪ It was…
With so much late-stage money available, why are tech companies going public now?
By Ajay Chopra From TechCrunch Ringing the Nasdaq market bell was the thrill of a lifetime — both when I did it as a founder and also vicariously as a VC via my incredible founders who have taken their companies…
DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency
From BBC The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern”. The move may encourage wealthy donor countries to provide more cash. But the WHO stopped short…
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Conch-shell graveyard
There’s a Massive Conch-Shell Graveyard in the Caribbean By Claire Shefchik From Atlas Obscura Some think these towering shell piles preserve healthy populations of the coveted sea snails. WO FISHERMEN FROM THE CORAL island of Anegada sit in a metal boat….
The FBI plans more social media surveillance
By Christine Fisher From engadget It may gather user IDs, emails, IP addresses and telephone numbers. The FBI wants to gather more information from social media. Today, it issued a call for contracts for a new social media monitoring tool. According…
