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Month: January 2021

14 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about sleep apnea and CPAP machines

From PrimeClean More than 20 million Americans live with a condition known as sleep apnea. Children are believed to make up between 1 to 4% of this number. When left untreated, sleep apnea can contribute to other conditions like hypertension, cardiovascular disease, weight gain,…

Guide to 7 facial wrinkles smoothed by Botox

Naturally everyone’s skin ages, that is why the skin of a young child and the skin of a 90 year old seem quite different. Skin loses flexibility as we age simply because collagen production drops down over time. This procedure…

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Chomsky and Prashad: Three major threats to life on earth that we must address in 2021

By Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad / Globetrotter Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence by governments. That these governments in wealthy countries…

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The Western Australia Gold Rushes

By Sam Jacobs From KELLYCO Western Australia was the home of multiple gold rushes between 1885 and 1893. And the region continues to produce copious amounts of gold to this day. Gold mining is the third-largest commodity sector in the…

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The Klondike Gold Rush

By: SAM JACOBS From KELLYCO America has the California Gold Rush. It’s equivalent in Canada is the Klondike Gold Rush. All told, this brought 100,000 prospectors into the region, which was not sunny California, but the frozen tundra of the Canadian Yukon over…

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Bangkok Bank integrates Indonesian branches after Permata M&A, with White & Case and Baker McKenzie advising

By Douglas Thomson From GBRR White & Case client Bangkok Bank has integrated its Indonesian branch business with local merger partner Bank Permata, following the first transaction to get the green light under Indonesia’s new M&A rules. Bangkok Bank’s local subsidiary BBI integrated with Permata on…

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Brexit “done”, but equivalence remains to be seen

By Emilio Demetriou-Jones From GBR The UK has completed its transition out of the European Union after a deal that excludes financial services – but it faces a challenge persuading the EU that equivalence doesn’t require “line by line” similarity with…

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Statement from Vice-Chancellor of The UWI – “Butch”

Regional Headquarters, Jamaica, Tuesday, January 5, 2021. The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI in tribute to the late Gordon “Butch” Stewart. There is an indomitable spirit that resides in the bosom of…

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Cayman: COVID-19 vaccine arrives

The Cayman Islands Government received its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, 5 January 2021 when 9750 doses arrived on the British Airways flight. Pfizer-BioNTech was the first vaccine to receive approval in the United Kingdom (UK)…

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Cayman: COVID-19 Testing Update 5 January 2021 – THREE More Positives

The Chief Medical Officer, Dr. John Lee, reports that 368 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since this was last reported on Monday, 4 January 2021. Three were positive. The individuals are asymptomatic travellers who tested positive following routine screening….