Courtesy visit from UNHCR’s Buti Kale
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin recently visited with Dr. Buti Kale, Deputy Regional Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Premier’s office at the Government Administration Building. Dr. Kale, who was making a courtesy…
Caribbean fisheries managers focus on innovation and cooperation at 12th Forum Meeting in Dominica
BELIZE CITY, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 (CRFM)—In the face of new and emerging challenges—such as climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, and food and nutrition insecurity—Caribbean countries are strengthening collaborative effort which they hope would maximize their initiatives to…
Former Turks and Caicos premier claims innocence, blames Britain
By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — In a one-hour interview that aired on local television on Friday, former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier Michael Misick blamed the British government at length, while at the…
Medical Crossover: Miami surgeon makes history introducing an instructional course in Spanish.
Carlos J. Lavernia, MD, FAAOS, Medical Director of The Center for Advanced Orthopedics at Larkin in Miami, Florida, contributed as an instructor, symposia presenter and key panel participant at the American Academy for Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Annual Meeting. Dr. Lavernia…
RPT-Fitch Rates Kasikornbank’s Senior Notes Final ‘BBB+’
Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:12pm IST Fitch Ratings has assigned Kasikornbank Public Company Limited’s (KBank; BBB+/Stable) USD350m senior unsecured notes due October 2019 a final rating of ‘BBB+’. The notes are issued under KBank’s USD2.5bn euro medium term note (EMTN)…
Food for the Poor releases 68 prisoners across the Caribbean in Easter week
From Jamaica Observer 21 freed in Jamaica, 30 in Haiti and 9 in Guyana KINGSTON, Jamaica – Food for the Poor (FFTP) during Easter Holy Week, paid fines and released 68 prisoners in Guyana, Haiti, Honduras and Jamaica. According to…
ACDF and NUC youth exchange programme announced
The search for talented individuals interested in the performing arts begins as the Africa Caribbean Development Foundation (ACDF) teams up with New Urban Collective (NUC) Holland and the Consulate of Barbados in the Cayman Islands to organise a Youth Exchange…
Fearless teenager poses for a selfie with a SHARK on frightening family day out
By Ian Hughes From Daily Mirror UK Michael Maes, Ellen Cuylaerts and their children Margaux and Max had no qualms about venturing into such formidable territory – the waters around the Bahamas. Sixteen-year-old Margaux Cuylaerts poses for a ‘selfie’ with…
‘Smith And Fowler Make Cayman Team’
At the end of March, with first place in the World Dressage Challenge behind them, youth show jumpers from across the island swapped the grace and style of their dressage games for the speed and accuracy of the jump arena….
New LIAT CEO takes office
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, April 22, 2014 – The newly appointed CEO of LIAT – The Caribbean Airline – arrived from the United Kingdom on Sunday with a promise to listen to staff to determine how to improve the regional carrier….
