Young man’s reaction to college acceptance is beautiful
By Neha Prakash From Mashable Rion Holcombe just got the letter of a lifetime. The 20-year-old, who lives with down syndrome, received his college acceptance letter recently — and his reaction is nothing short of heartwarming. “I got accepted?” They…
Caribbean and Drugs: Time for some healing?
By Robin Wigglesworth From Pulitzer Center Richard Thomas, a dreadlocked Jamaican sound engineer and musician, is still livid over the last time he was arrested and briefly jailed for smoking marijuana. While his country is plagued by one of the…
Google slapped with $1.2 million fine for breaking privacy laws
By Jacob Siegal From BGR Google is in trouble once again, and this time it’s not for something nearly as subtle as giant, mysterious barges floating in U.S. waters. Reuters reports that Google is being fined €900,000 ($1.23 million USD)…
Love, not licks
By Sheila Rampersad From Trinidad Express How it can be done It is legally and socially acceptable to assault children in their homes throughout the Caribbean. Except it is called “discipline”. But beating children is assault by definition—the act of…
EU flights now allow mobile devices, BA first out of the gate
By Hilary Bown From EuroCheapo There’s big news out of Europe for frequent air travelers who just can’t fly without their iPhones, iPads, and other mobile gadgets. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced that it would allow passengers to…
UDP loses ‘United’ but gains ‘Cayman Islands’
The United Democratic Party that lost the Cayman Islands May 2013 elections has also lost its ‘United’. No longer a ‘United’ party, maybe because it lost so many of its then sitting Members of the Legislative Assembly, it is now…
Rebecca Pearce isn’t the only exchange chief to resign after tropical vacation
April Todd-Malmlov resigned Tuesday as leader of Minnesota’s health exchange. By Sarah Gantz Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Rebecca Pearce: You are not alone. In a scenario similar to what played out two weeks earlier in Maryland, the executive director of…
IMAC Scholarship Donors – “We Couldn’t do it Without You”
An outpouring of corporate support has sent Erica Powell to study BS in Early Childhood Education at Florida International University and Tiffany Rankin to study Forensic Science at the University of Tampa. The IMAC Board and Scholarship Committee extend gratitude…
Cayman boutiques announce merger
By Joanne Harris From The Lawyer Cayman Islands boutiques Travers Thorp Alberga and Paget-Brown are merging in early 2014, just a year after the former enticed ex-Maples and Calder managing partner Anthony Travers back to practice. Paget-Brown founder Ian Paget-Brown…
Qualfon receives Foreign Investor of the Year Award
Qualfon Receives Foreign Investor of the Year Award from the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies and the Caribbean Export Development Agency The Foreign Investor of the Year award recognizes foreign investors (non-Caribbean nationals) whose investments have generated a significant…
