Walter Geer describes himself as one of the few Black creative directors in the ad industry. An executive creative director for experience design at the marketing agency VMLY&R, Geer is also a […]
As Black users complain of censorship, LinkedIn faces a perception problem
What if walking around on your wood floors powered your home?
In a video from Swiss researchers, someone steps repeatedly on a small square of wood flooring that is wired to a lightbulb, and with every step, the light bulb flickers on. Just […]
RIP cloth masks? Why airlines and governments are banning them
Cloth masks have become a staple of our pandemic lives. In the earliest days of COVID-19, we followed online tutorials to sew masks from old T-shirts. Soon, companies of all kinds—from Old […]
Trinidad & Tobago: Griffith: Gun licences not just for the rich and famous
Acting Police Commissioner Gary Griffith hit back at his predecessor Stephen Williams on Wednesday, accusing the latter of granting firearm user’s licences (FULs) to a “select few” while leaving many others defenceless. […]
NYC: NYPD will send extra cops to patrol J’Ouvert parties in Brooklyn
The NYPD is preparing to deploy extra cops to Brooklyn to “enforce quality-of-life conditions” during unofficial J’Ouvert and West Indian Day Parade festivities over Labor Day weekend, Chief of Department Rodney Harrison announced Wednesday. […]
Jamaica: Man charged with robbery after dramatic carjacking in Clarendon
Twenty-year-old Mark Easy of Bustamante Highway in Clarendon has been charged with robbery with aggravation following a recent incident on Paisley Avenue in the parish. Reports from the May Pen police are […]
Futures Rise Toward Fresh Record High As PMIs Confirm Global Economy Slowing
After a somewhat soggy end to the otherwise spectacular month of August which saw 12 new all time highs in the S&P500, global stocks and US futures are solidly green to start […]
Bahamas: SIT THIS ONE OUT: Minister suggests quarantined voters will not be welcome at polls, but later backpedals
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of National Security Marvin Dames suggested yesterday that individuals who are COVID-19-positive or who have been placed in quarantine will not be able to vote at the September 16 […]
Haiti: Earthquake update: Toll on health, education infrastructure revealed
Haiti’s education sector was severely affected in the earthquake, which destroyed or badly damaged more than 250 hospitals and schools. Nearly 106 public and non-public schools are in various states of damage […]
Suriname: BOG becomes subdirectorate
The Bureau of Public Health (BOG) will be a sub-directorate of the Ministry of Health. This will be done by Minister Amar Ramadhin to better implement the COVID policy. Until now, the BOG is […]
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