Regional Mexican cuisine: Old world meets new in Veracruz
By Chris E. Crowley From Serious Eats Separated from inland Mexico by the Sierra Madre mountains, Veracruz is a place of contrasts, where 500 miles of wet, tropical coastline bleed into snow-capped mountains. Zarela Martinez, the cookbook author credited with…
Haitian activist sent before criminal court on murder charges
By Joseph Guyler Delva From Haitian-Caribbean News Network PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) – Haitian investigating Judge Lamarre Belizaire issued on Wednesday a ruling in the case of the murder, in October 2010, of student Frantzy Duverseau, sending activist André Michel, and…
CHICOS Program to include providing capital, all-inclusive resorts and sustainable hotels
Discussion panels and workshops at the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS) will focus on key subjects impacting the investment climate in the Caribbean including available capital, mixed-use development and other investment opportunities in the region. CHICOS is…
As UK visitors return, is the Caribbean comeback finally on?
By Pippa Jacks From TTG Digital With British numbers up 6% and several islands feeling the most positive since the recession, the tide looks to be turning There were few regions in the world where the global economic crisis hampered…
Tourist wins settlement after “nightmare” holiday in Dominican Republic
From Caribbean360 LONDON, England, Tuesday September 2, 2014 – In October 2009, a British tourist’s dream holiday in the Dominican Republic turned into a nightmare when he fell seriously ill just five days into a two-week stay at the four-star…
Positive trends continue for Cayman Islands air arrivals
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (4 Sept 2014) Once again, the statistical air arrivals data for July demonstrates that the Cayman Islands has welcomed a record number of visitors. While all months besides February have been in line with this trend…
Cahill fends off German Bank’s suit against S&P
By Susan Beck, The Litigation Daily German bank IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG was a little too late to the party. In a ruling Tuesday, Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff held that a fraud lawsuit brought by IKB against Standard…
A Beginner’s Guide to German Beer Styles
By Mike Reis From Serious Eats Some of Germany’s finest. [Photographs: Mike Reis] Yesterday, my dear, sweet, 95-year-old grandma asked me if the Germans still make the best beer in the world. That should give you a pretty good…
Cayman Islands Weststar TV sold to Logic (WestTel/KeyTech)
By Raymond Hainey From The Royal Gazette KeyTech buys Cayman TV firm Telecoms firm KeyTech has bought a TV firm in Cayman — and sold off BTC for $30 million. KeyTech’s subsidiary WestTel Ltd (Logic Cayman) has bought up British…
Apple confirms accounts compromised but denies security breach
From BBC Apple say that hackers targeted celebrities’ passwords, as Rory Cellan-Jones reports Apple has confirmed that some celebrities’ iCloud accounts were broken into, but says it has found no evidence that this was caused by a breach of its…
