Drugs trafficking in the Caribbean Radar Detector
By Street Hype Report From Street Hype On May 9th American customs and border-protection officials launched an aerostat—a fat, tethered balloon—above the coast of Puerto Rico. Its job is to use radar to detect low-flying aircraft, ships and smaller vessels…
Career opportunity: Cayman Monetary Authority seeking Analyst
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority is looking for individuals who desire to build a career in an exciting regulatory environment that affects one of the two most important pillars of the Cayman Islands’ economy. We invite applications from mature, experienced,…
WHO report finds traffic-related injuries deadliest for adolescents
By Ryan Parrish From Vaccine News A recent study conducted by the WHO examined the top causes of death and illness among adolescents worldwide. The “Health for the world’s adolescents” report, the first extensive WHO effort to measure the health…
The Annual Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival returns….
TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired)….with expanded access to the grand parade route and new/improved events. The Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival launched today with costumed mas models, live pan music and Calypso singers at the Ontario Science Centre. The Honourable Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister…
Barclays fined $44 million over gold price fix
From Moneynews Barclays Plc has been fined 26 million pounds ($43.8 million) for failures in internal controls that allowed a trader to manipulate the setting of gold prices just a day after the bank was fined for rigging Libor interest…
Immune children aid malaria vaccine hunt
By Rebecca Morelle, Science correspondent, BBC News The antibody trapped the malaria parasites inside of red blood cells A group of children in Tanzania who are naturally immune to malaria are helping scientists to develop a new vaccine. US researchers…
Dr. Cheryl Cox-Macpherson to head five-year campaign to teach research ethics in Caribbean
From SGU $1.1M Grant From Fogarty International Center to Enhance Research Ethics in Region Dr. Cheryl Cox-Macpherson, Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation Senior Research Fellow, and Chair, SGU Bioethics Department, together with colleagues Dr. Sean Philpott of Union Graduate…
Pope says he supports ‘State of Palestine’
By Brian Ries From Mashable Pope Francis called for peace in the “increasingly unacceptable” Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Sunday in a speech at the palace of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. In his speech, which came hours before the Pope…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Shingles vaccination poses threat to patients with high shingles risk
By Emma Rogers From Vaccine News New research published in the BMJ on Wednesday revealed that those with the highest risk of shingles are not entitled to vaccination, due to safety concerns. Shingles causes an acute painful rash and can…
