Cayman: Update: West Bay man arrested on further offences/Second arrest made in relation to Shedden Road – Canal Point Rd shooting incidents/Incident on Elgin Avenue involving wanted man
From RCIPS West Bay Man Arrested on Further Offences On Wednesday 17 November, the 26-year-old-man of West Bay, who was previously arrested on suspicion of attempted murder (see details below), has now been further arrested by the police on suspicion…
Don’t Blame Government Benefits for Inflation—Blame the Modern Economy
By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute Headlines are screaming that inflation is here to stay. Consumer prices have risen by an average of 6.2 percent in the past year, the sharpest increase since 1991. Although Americans are supposedly—in the words of the New York…
Education in the OECS: A Path to Reinvention and Innovation
By Germain Anthony & Tahira Carter Thursday, November 18, 2021 — The unprecedented demands of the COVID-19 pandemic on education sectors across the region have exposed critical vulnerabilities and reiterated the urgent need to advance actions toward the harmonisation of educational…
Project Storm Break Funds Get Haitian Credit Unions Back Up and Running
$45,000 grant went toward purchase of tents, IT supplies in aftermath of August earthquake MADISON, Wis.—A $45,000 grant issued through Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ Project Storm Break program helped six Haitian credit unions get back to serving their members despite an…
Les Paul
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Modern music and the art of recording have much to thank the musician, Les Paul for. Lester William Polsfuss was born in 1915 and lived to the ripe old age of 94. He was…
US Department Stores ready for Holiday Season as early moves to stock up pay off
From NEWSMAX Macy’s Inc and Kohl’s Corp. raised their full-year sales and profit outlook on Thursday, signaling the department store operators have sidestepped supply chain snarls and were well stocked for the all-important holiday season. The retailers also exceeded market…
Remittance Flows Register Robust 7.3 Percent Growth in 2021
From The World Bank WASHINGTON, Nov 17, 2021 — Remittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to have grown a strong 7.3 percent to reach $589 billion in 2021. This return to growth is more robust than earlier estimates and…
Peng Shuai: Doubt cast on email from Chinese tennis star
From BBC The head of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has cast doubt on an email released by Chinese state media attributed to tennis player Peng Shuai. The tennis star has not been heard from since she made sexual assault…
Africa’s top locations for vaccine production
By Jacopo Dettoni From fDi Intelligence November 18, 2021 Hello everyone, this is Jacopo in London. In the past months we have witnessed to the rise of vaccine nationalism as developing economies struggle to secure a stable supply of Covid-19…
Radykal Jahz: ‘Blow The Trumpet
Radykal Jahz delivers latest Reggae smash ‘Blow The Trumpet’ Toronto, Ontario (Sonique Solutions) – On his quest to make a difference in this world through his music, Canada-based Jamaican Reggae artiste Radykal Jahz has released his new conscious track ‘Blow…