MaplesFS clients continue to support The Pines with generous donation
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (16 July 2014): The MaplesFS Community Service Committee on behalf of MaplesFS clients recently donated more than US$450,000 to The Pines Retirement Home in aid of ongoing enhancements to the organisation’s new residential facility, which officially…
Op-Ed: Sustainable development and agriculture in the Caribbean
By Kariyma Baltimore From Caribbean Journal The issues of food production, agricultural development policies and food security have generally ranked high on the Region’s “Priorities List.” Agriculture is viewed as an important sector in most Greater Caribbean countries, especially in…
Cayman Islands OCC celebrates 10th anniversary
Governor Helen Kilpatrick has emphasised an important link between the Office of the Complaints Commissioner (OCC) and good governance in the Cayman Islands. Speaking at the tenth anniversary of the OCC at Edoardo’s on Thursday, 11 July 2014, the Governor…
Trinidad and Tobago vulnerable to energy price decline – IMF
From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday warned that Trinidad and Tobago remains vulnerable to a decline in energy prices, and called for structural reforms to diversify the economy and improve its growth…
Motorola’s astonishing low-end success is a grim warning for HTC and Samsung
By Tero Kuittinen From BGR It’s been a dim couple of years for Motorola, a company that has had badly misfiring high-end smartphone strategy. Just two months ago, the company decided to shut down its vaunted U.S. manufacturing plant in…
Business process outsourcing incubator for Montego Bay
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON: Jamaica, Thursday July 10, 2014 – Jamaica’s fast-growing business process outsourcing industry (BPO) is projecting a growth rate of 50 per cent in the next two years, and the creation of 7,000 new jobs. Some of that…
Let’s have a Marshall Plan for clean energy in the Caribbean
By Richard Schiffman From Earth Island Journal The vulnerable islands are a perfect laboratory to test out renewable energy solutions to our climate crisis In June, Lefties Food Stall, a pint sized eatery serving Barbados’s signature flying-fish sandwiches, became the…
Apple denies China’s accusation the iPhone is a ‘Threat to National Security’
By Jillian D’onfro From Business Insider After Chinese state media said earlier this week that Apple’s iPhones were a threat to national security because of their ability to track and time-stamp user locations, the company released a statement on its…
Putin announces increase in cooperation with Cuba
By Cuban News Agency From scambray An increase of Russian cooperation with Cuba was announced by the President of the Russian Federation, Valdimir V. Putin, in the presence of Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of State and…
Under pressure by the government, Ecuadorian newspaper shuts down its print edition
By Dylan Baddour From Knight Center After 32 years of print publication, the Ecuadorian daily newspaper Hoy announced that it will stop printing, buckling under government policy which many allege intends to cripple independent press. Hoy, known as an opposition…
