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All the world’s an island: Correspondent Carol-Ann covers the Globe with only a back pack Part 8 -FINAL
By Carol-Ann Rudy Frankfurt, Friedberg, and Flying Home! One day. One day in Granada, one day on the Mediterranean, in Rome, Venice, Vienna, Antwerp, Bruges, and six days in Paris at the beginning of my journey. Now I was in…
The flushing toilet is symbolic of one of the biggest investing opportunities of this generation
By Akin Oyedele From Business Insider Investors should consider multinational companies that are exposed to the booming middle class in emerging markets. US Trust’s Joseph Quinlan wrote in a note to clients that it is “time to buy” into global…
Caribbean governments must take steps to remain secure in face of terrorism threat
By David Jessop · From Stabroek News Four weeks ago, this column urged the Caribbean to begin to think the unthinkable. It suggested that there are some individuals whose values are not those of the vast majority and who mean…
Scientists find Indonesian cave art is among the world’s oldest
By University of Wollongong From noodls A team of Indonesian and Australian scientists has dated some of the world’s earliest known cave art on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, challenging the commonly held view that Europeans were the first to…
Ebola: Why such Indifference to West Africa?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday October 9, 2014 – Is the global response to Ebola in West Africa indifference? Whatever it is, the response of governments has been abysmal with the single exception of Cuba whose…
Studying medicine abroad in English – Caribbean and Europe
By Dr. Moshe Cohen From The Student Doctor Network Over the past decade, there has been a rise in North American applications to English-taught medical programs abroad. The competitive nature of medical school admissions and studies, coupled with expensive tuition…
Evaluating third-party litigation funding in the wake of recent scandals
From OffshoreAlert With the collapses of Axiom Legal Financing Fund and the Argentum Capital/Centaur Litigation Group with a combined £200 million of losses to investors due to fraud, third-party litigation funding has received plenty of negative publicity in recent years,…
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Man accused of attempted murder of wife in Cayman court George Washington Vaughan, 42, who is accused of attempting unlawfully to cause the death of his wife, Lois Hall-Vaughan, appeared in Summary Court on Monday (92). The incident happened on…
It’s great to see the Caribbean on the rise
From TTG Digital With APD reformed and visitor numbers up, this has been a strong year for the region, says the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s Carol Hay This year has been a remarkable one for the Caribbean so far. Starting with…
New drug makes strides in heart failure treatment, study says
By Kari Paul From Mashable Researchers announced on Saturday an experimental drug that significantly reduces the negative effects of heart failure. Some are calling it “one of the biggest potential advances” against the disease in more than 10 years. Currently…
