High Energy costs stifling Caribbean competitiveness
By Kiana Wilburg From KNEWS “We are very good at analysis; but we need to become excellent at practice. We know what needs to be done; and we just need to do it,”- CDB President Dr. William Warren Smith Unlocking…
Archaeologists unearth Roman fort and harbour in England
By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable A team of archaeologists and volunteers unearthed the remains of what is believed to be a Roman fort and harbor on the coast of northwest England Tuesday. While excavating the remains of a known Roman…
Join the Cayman Islands Astronomy Society: look up and see what you have missed
From the Cayman Islands Astronomy Society News Letter Pedro St James, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Monday 2 June 2014 By Cayman Stargazer It was the night/evening of 2 June 2014, not a sound was heard, the moon was waxing…. Well,…
Drink Your Way Through Grilling Season With This Summer Smash
By Elana Lepkowski From Serious Eats Aged spirits tend to get pushed to the back of the bar during the warmer months, making way for bright, peppery silver tequila-based margaritas and white rum mojitos. There’s a misconception that you need…
Jamaican bankers launch private equity firm to provide opportunities to Caribbean investors
By Tracy From Atlanta Black Star Rohan Barnett (second right), general partner and chairman of Commonwealth Partners, chief financial officer, Weldon Maddan (right), and directors, Paul Simpson (left), and Wayne Seaton on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange…
Green Climate Fund Executive Director delivers Memorial Lecture to Caribbean Development Bank Annual Meeting
(CDB) Héla Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, presented the 15th William G Demas Memorial Lecture yesterday at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank. The lecture addressed the topic “The Green…
Report: NSA collects millions of images each day for facial recognition
By Kurt Wagner From Mashable Written and audio messages aren’t the only forms of communication the government appears to be gobbling up. The National Security Agency is collecting “huge numbers” of photos from emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences and…
Big US, Arizona companies park money in Bermuda, Cayman Islands, other tax havens
From Phoenex Business Journal Apple puts more money in foreign tax havens than any other major U.S. corporation, according to a new report. Big U.S. and Arizona companies — such as Apple, American Express, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Intel…
12 quick Internet safety tips that will save your digital life from getting hacked
By Lisa Eadicicco From Business Insider Here’s How To Prevent Your iPhone From Being Hijacked By Hackers A Hacker Found An Easy Trick To Get Security Fixes For Windows XP, And Microsoft Is Not Amused If we’ve learned anything about…
CTO, CARPHA agree plan to ensure sustainability of Caribbean tourism
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have agreed a plan to address health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues that threaten the sustainability of Caribbean tourism industry…
