What are we doing in the Caribbean? Productivity vs. Busyness
By Youri Kemp From The Bahamas Weekly Government workers are lousy, lazy and dreadfully incompetent. They come to work late, don’t produce results of what you asked or paid them for in a timely manner, plus they take 3 hour…
World’s worst passports: Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan rank in top 10
From Emirates247 Study sees Afghanistan rank the worst in the world while UAE is second best in Arab world for visa-free travel Even as some of the world’s most troubled hotspots have countries maintain a year-round travel advisory for its…
Gawker to Quentin Tarantino: We’re safely based in the Cayman Islands
By Eriq Gardner From Hollywood Reporter Nick Denton’s company throws up a jurisdictional challenge to the lawsuit over the “Hateful Eight” leak. Gawker has a tropical reason why a judge should dismiss Quentin Tarantino’s lawsuit over a leak of his…
Serena Williams slams Russian tennis chief’s “sexist, racist and bullying” remarks
From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States – At a time when Russia’s relations with the West are approaching strained Cold War levels, Russian tennis chief Shamil Tarpischev has furthered the slide by referring to Serena and Venus Williams as the…
Cayman Islands’ Legends and Lions
Cayman Islands’ Legends and Lions weeklong scuba celebration launched with a resounding start The birthplace of recreational diving in the Caribbean inaugurates an annual celebration of what makes the Cayman Islands special Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Tanks, tuxedos and…
Green is the new black
By Patrick Hoyos from Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday October 16, 2014 – At some point, comparing numbers loses all meaning for me. I can understand if you have ‘x’ more dollars, circulation, people, or fish cakes than me only if…
I wanted no part of Windies strike, says stroke-maker Samuels
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday October 24, 2014, CMC – West Indies stroke-maker Marlon Samuels said he wanted no part of the one-day team’s plan to abandon the tour of India, and revealed he stayed away from most of the…
CDB president reveals inherent risk to economic turnaround in the Caribbean
By Marie Claire Williams From Caribbean360 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Friday October 24, 2014, CMC – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Warren Smith, has warned that high debt poses an inherent risk to the success of structural…
3 Car MV accident Crewe Road, GT
From RCIPS Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 2:19 PM A report of an MVA was received at about 12:49 pm on Sunday 26 October 2014 in the Vicinity of Ryan’s Retreat on Crewe Road, George Town. The MVA involved three motor…