Latin American and Caribbean countries call for stand-alone goal in strong pre-CSW declaration
From UN Women At the conclusion of the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Consultations ahead of the 58th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58), held 6-7 February in Mexico City, Ministers and senior Government representatives from 27 countries…
Valentine’s Day: 10 quotes about love from great authors
By Danny Heitman, Contributor From The Christian Science Monitor “Perhaps they were right in putting love into books,” William Faulkner wrote. “Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.” Faulkner’s words remind us that love and literature have always gone hand…
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Recycling their industrial garbage bins has saved the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) tens of thousands of dollars. Because of the shrinking budget and the increasing need for the bins the DEH launched an in depth study on the state…
Caribbean Queen
Actress Martina Laird on bringing a Trinidadian tale to life on stage Written by Davina Hamilton From The Voice Following on from a successful run in 2012, Moon On A Rainbow Shawl returns to the UK stage. The classic Caribbean…
Revisiting mobile identity, TouchID and beyond
By Semil Shah From TechCrunch Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil. About three years ago, Rebekah Cox,…
Caribbean Sea water beneficial to your health
From Virgin Islands Daily News In our previous articles we spoke quite a bit about why Virgin Islanders don’t swim. Now, let’s spend a little time talking about why we should, hence the title of the column, “Swim to Live.”…
These images of a ‘Tyco Roman Orgy’ helped put a CEO in prison
By Erin Fuchs From Business Insider Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski is finally getting out of prison this week, so we thought we’d take a look at what landed him there in the first place eight years ago. Kozlowski and…
Whale Tails: How Caribbean sailors can help whale research
By Nathalie Ward From sail-world Sailors for the Sea, a David Rockefeller project, whose mission it is to ‘educate and engage the boating community in the worldwide protection of the oceans’, occasionally publishes essays about the state of our oceans,…
Everything you need to know about jelly [and we don’t mean jello]
By Karissa Bell From Mashable Jelly, the much-hyped, question-and-answer-based social network by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, launched last week on iOS and Android. Although it’s just beginning to build up a user base, with a famous founder and impressive list…
Cayman captive industry remains buoyant
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Cayman Islands captive insurance sector remains buoyant in a testing environment as 2013 maintained a steady pace following on from the phenomenal 2012 year of growth. The Cayman Islands secured a combined total of 39…
