Ex-human resources chief sues Digicel over $3 million claim
By mark paul from Irish Times Former senior executive claims she is owed $3 million in unpaid share options Digicel and former group chief executive deny allegation of sexual harassment. Digicel, the Caribbean mobile phone company owned by Denis O’Brien,…
Making a strong case for Public Mutuals
Steve McIntosh of Cayman recruiting agency CMLOR is making a case for using mutualization instead of selling off assets. See iNews Cayman Editorial “Is mutualization a better solution to selling off government assets?” published today. The following document explains what…
One of the Best Places to Work
Red Sail Sports Named One of the Best Places to Work in Grand Cayman Adela Gonzales White, Cayman Bottom Times Recognition by the Cayman Islands Society of Human Resources Professionals comes after rigorous application process; first time a watersports operation…
CARICOM bracing for crucial test at UK/Caribbean Forum in London
By Rickey Singh From Guyana Chronicle Caribbean Community Foreign Ministers are bracing for a crucial test of their “no-business-as-usual” stand against the Dominican Republic (DR) when they meet next month for the Eighth UK-Caribbean Forum in London. The core problem…
Ship used in Pirates of the Caribbean film series sinks to the briny depths
By Mark Reynolds From Daily Express UK It could be called The Curse Of The Black Pearl, for the schooner that appeared with Jonny Depp in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films has sunk. The Brig Unicorn went down in…
Fuel farm opens at Ian Fleming Int’l Airport [Jamaica]
By Renae Dixon from Sunday Observer BOSCOBEL, St Mary – The Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel in St Mary now has its own fuel plant and so aircraft coming into the facility no longer have to get fuel elsewhere….
New images of the Colorado River flowing into the Sea of Cortez for the first time In 16 years
From Business Insider When the Minute 319 “pulse flow” began in March 2014, it was not clear whether the effort would be enough to reconnect the Colorado River with the Sea of Cortez. Some hydrologists thought there might be just…
Malaysia missing MH370 plane: ‘Ping area’ ruled out
From BBC Australian Deputy PM: “No signs of aircraft debris” have been found The area where acoustic signals thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were detected can now be ruled out as the final resting place of flight MH370,…
Obesity and overweight rates climbing worldwide
By Jessica Berman From Voice of America WASHINGTON — A new study published in a British medical journal says obesity rates for both adults and children are climbing worldwide, with the greatest gain in weight in developing countries. According to…
Letter: Subjecting Caribbean children to Marxist communist influence
Peter Binose From Caribbean News Now Dear Sir: We now have an entire generation of Caribbean children born after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the USSR. They didn’t live through the mass repression and carnage that was Soviet…