Caribbean Boxing: Digicel SportsMax to show Mayweather-Pacquiao
From Digicel Sportsmax Digicel SportsMax announced last week that it has secured the broadcast rights to what is being billed as the “Fight of the Century” between undefeated, five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, scheduled…
Cayman Islands Lions recycle for sight
GRAND CAYMAN, 22 APRIL 2015: On Saturday, 18 April, the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens partnered with the Burger King and Popeye’s enterprises to kick off its Recycle for Sight campaign. Lions and Leos were out in their numbers promoting…
Akeel O’Connor launches fashion line in Cayman Islands
From NIRVANA MAGAZINE Up-and-coming designer Akeel O’Connor launches line at Cayman Fashion Week. Upcoming Designer Alert! The newest designer to watch is Ms. Akeel O’Connor. Akeel was born in the beautiful island of Jamaica. She spent the first seven years…
Recipe of the week
Herbed olive oil fantail rolls Side dish recipes from The Kitchn Remember these buttermilk fantail rolls that I raved about a couple weeks ago? They are delicious. I did lament their prodigious reliance on butter, though, and reader UtopianFlower asked…
LatAm must look to private finance to fill yawning infrastructure gap
By Lucien Chauvin From Emerging Markets Huge. Massive. Vast. Pick any of these words and it would more than adequately describe the need for infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. But having failed to take advantage of the boom…
Youth in Barbados and Eastern Caribbean to be trained in animation and software development
From Caribbean News Now BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Four hundred young men and women in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean will be equipped to participate in the global multi-billion dollar mobile application and animation industries. The Caribbean Development Bank, along with…
C R hopes to attract adventurous eaters
Costa Rica hopes to attract adventurous eaters with new decree By Zach Dyer From the Tico Times Vice President Ana Helena Chacón thinks that Costa Rica should be as well known for its cuisine as it is for its beaches…
Lukewarm to the Commonwealth?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Huntington News The political parties contesting the May 7 general election in Britain have now published their manifestoes and my friend and colleague, Professor Philip Murphy, found in them a ‘decidedly lukewarm attitude’ to the…
Nepal earthquake: Death toll passes 1,500 [Latest –Mon (27) estimate is now over 4,000 dead]
From BBC More than 1,000 people have been killed in Nepal’s deadliest earthquake for more than 80 years, police say. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area of central Nepal between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of Pokhara. There…
Marriott rolls out the red carpet for the Limacol Caribbean Premier League
The Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is proud to confirm a partnership with Marriott Hotels, which will see the global giant become the leading Hotel Partner of the CPL. The deal will see the leading resort brand play host to…