IMF Head sees “no major danger” Of Escalation Of Currency Devaluations

“I don’t feel today there’s a big risk of a currency war, but that’s part of the downside risks” Strauss-Kahn told reporters at a briefing Tuesday in Washington. “It will be one of the questions that will be very much discussed” in coming meetings of finance ministers and chiefs of state of the Group of 20.

Worse Case Scenario For 2012 Solar Storm!

January 2009

A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm.

Print Files From Any Mobile Phone Using Dropbox

While mobile phones have become a lot more capable in the past few years, the connection between the printer and your phone is still very weak.

BlackBerry ‘PlayBook’ Tablet To Take On Apple iPad

The maker of BlackBerry smartphones has unveiled its rival to Apple’s iPad: the PlayBook.

1.5% Britons Are Gay, Lesbian Or Bisexual – Survey

Just one in 100 people in the UK say they are gay or lesbian, the first ever survey of British sexual identity has revealed.

B’dos PM Thompson Returns Home

Prime Minister David Thompson is back in Barbados three weeks after flying to New York to seek medical treatment, but he is not yet back on the job. It’s unclear when he will resume duties.

Bettle-Tainted Similac Baby Formula Recall

US company Abbott Laboratories has started a voluntary recall of some Similac brands of powder infant formulas in the Caribbean, 

Doctors and Animals Alike Tell Us: Avoid Genetically Modified Food

The farmer grinned as he told the visitor, “Watch this!” He called his pigs, which ran frantically towards him to be fed. But when he scooped out corn and threw it on the ground, the pigs sniffed it and then looked up at the farmer with confused expectation.

Moral Search Engines Squeeze Out Sin On Internet

Seek and ye shall find. A number of new Internet search engines created by Christian, Jewish or Muslim entities aim to filter out queries from Web users in a way that is more relevant to those users and keeps them from temptation, alcohol and pornography.

Gold Closing In On US$1300/oz

Gold prices – both in the spot and futures market – touched a new record high in the international market on Wednesday as investors continued to seek refuge in the precious metal after

Cocaine Laden Bags Leave B’dos Airport What’s Going On Up There?

2nd major cocaine drug haul in six weeks leaving Barbados airport.

A man has been jailed for 16 years for his part in a multimillion pound drug importation ring.

Barbados PM Thompson Diagnosed With Cancer

It has been confirmed that Barbados’  Prime Minister David Thompson is suffering from  pancreatic cancer. But his personal doctor,  Richard Ishmael, has reported that the Barbadian leader is responding to treatment and is physically well enough to continue leading the country.

Soca Artiste Arrow Dies

Internationally acclaimed soca artiste Alphonsus “Arrow” Cassell has died, two days after returning home from Antigua where he had been flown for medical treatment.

Twitter Unveils A New User Friendly Website

Twitter unveiled a new Web site on Tuesday that it hopes will be user friendly.

Google Engineer Fired For Spying On Teens Users

David Barksdale a 27-year-old former ogleogle engineer, repeatedly took advantage of his position as a member of an elite technical group at the company to access users’ accounts,

US Corn Refiners Association Wants To Change Name Of High Fructose Corn Syrup To “corn sugar”

Consumers have largely ignored every marketing effort by the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) to “health-wash” high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as being the same as all other forms of sugar.

Millions Of Chinese Against Mass Vaccinations Plan

The World Health Organization is at it again trying to push mass vaccinations, this time on the people of China.

DLP Seeks IDB Help In Shaking Up Ministry Of Agriculture

Coming on the heels of a previous digital article where it was stated the Minister of Agriculture Haynesley Benn “is operating in an environment in which people had a particular way of carrying out operations, and are not perpared to change”

Caribbean Energy Innovator Welectricity In Global Challenge

Welectricity, an innovative, award-winning social network that helps users track and reduce their electricity consumption at home – the brainchild of a Vincentian energy consultant – is

Bob Marley’s Family Loses Rights

Bob Marley’s family lost a lawsuit seeking the copyrights to several of the late Jamaican reggae singer’s best-known recordings.