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Major greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014: report
From Caribbean Digital Network | July 17, 2015 (AFP) – All the major greenhouse gases that fuel global warming hit record highs last year, while the planet’s surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years, international researchers said Thursday….
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Digicel Sportsmax acquire rights to the IAAF Diamond League 2015 to 2017
Friday, 15th May 2015 – Kingston, Jamaica: Caribbean sports cable giants, Digicel SportsMax today announced that it has acquired the broadcast rights to the coveted IAAF Diamond League 2015 through to 2017. Digicel SportsMax will take Caribbean athletic fans to…
Uber to raise new funding at a monster $40 billion valuation
By Stan Schroeder From Mashable Uber is close to raising a new round of funding which would bring the company’s valuation to $40 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing insider sources. Uber is reportedly looking to raise at least $1 billion….
Egypt plans to dig new Suez Canal
From Otago Daily Times Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project to expand trade along the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia. The project, to be run…
Promising vaccine against dengue developed
From Caribbean360 LONDON, England, Friday July 18, 2014 – With most of the Caribbean and about half the world’s population at risk of contracting dengue fever, reports that scientists have developed the world’s first vaccine against the mosquito-borne virus seen…
Buttonwood fraud illustrates pitfalls of international finance
From OffshoreAlert The collapse of a fraudulent litigation funding group known as Buttonwood Legal Capital, Argentum Litigation and Centaur Litigation illustrates that you can’t rely on anyone but yourself to protect your interests. Investors were swindled out of £97 million…
Chikungunya virus reported in Cuba amid Caribbean outbreak
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE From News Daily Cuban health authorities confirmed six cases of the mosquito-born chikungunya virus Wednesday, the latest in a spate of Caribbean countries reporting the fever-causing disease in their backyard. The health ministry said that most…
Mosquito-borne illness Chikungunya spreads across Caribbean infecting over 55,000
By Rebekah Marcarelli From HNGN A painful mosquito-borne illness is sweeping the Caribbean. Chikungunya is more commonly seen in Africa and Asia, but five months ago it was detected in the Caribbean, Reuters reported. The illness, which causes symptoms such…
US : Florida reports three imported Chikungunya cases
From Canada Journal The Florida Department of Health has issued a warning regarding chikungunya fever, a viral mosquito-borne disease that has made its way to the Caribbean from Africa, Asia and islands in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. The…
The iPhone 6 may deliver a devastating blow to iPad sales
By Tero Kuittinen From BGR We’ve known for a while that tablet market growth has not been what people expected. Apple’s double digit sales decline of iPad units in the March quarter was one ill omen. Nevertheless, the new Morgan…
