CONCACAF Executive Committee Selects Sonia Bien-Aime for Voting Position on FIFA Executive Committee
Bien-Aime is the first woman ever to hold a non-female designated voting position on FIFA’s Executive Committee Miami (Wednesday, July 08, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that Sonia Bien-Aime, President…
Caribbean fights to protect high-value, declining species
From Curacao Chronicle KINGSTON, Jamaica – Threats from climate change, declining reefs, overfishing and possible loss of several commercial species are driving the rollout of new policy measures to keep Caribbean fisheries sustainable. Regional groups and the US-based NGO Wild…
Cayman Islands: Cayman’s Port Cayman’s Future urges Caymanian voters to continue conversation
With the closing of the deadline for written submissions on the government’s proposed cruise berthing facility to the Cayman Islands Department of Environment, supporters of Cayman’s Port Cayman’s Future have urged Caymanian voters to continue the conversation with their Members…
Black in Time: Caribbean and southern cultures promote multicultural tourism
By Dorothy Jenkins Fields Special to The Miami Herald A century ago, Kelsey Pharr Sr. relocated to Miami and settled in Colored Town, now called Overtown. It was one of the residential areas assigned by custom and law to black…
District meetings for the Cayman Islands Labour Relations Bill and National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2015
The Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs and the Department of Labour & Pensions has released the Labour Relations Bill, 2015 and the National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2015 for public consultation. These Bills can both be accessed on the…
One Down, GM Aims at Three More Defect Securities Actions
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal General Motors Co. is banking that a recent ruling in Delaware could wipe out shareholder lawsuits filed over last year’s ignition-switch recalls. Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock of Delaware Court of Chancery on…
Reggaefarians rally ‘Round the Red, Gold & Green
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life KINGSTON, Jamaica – On one day, July One — acclaimed by reggae music lovers as International Reggae Day — a global celebration by more than 23 countries dominated the music industry by hosting…
Barclays fires chief executive Antony Jenkins
By Jill Treanor From The Guardian UK New chairman John McFarlane will run the bank until a replacement is found Antony Jenkins has been brutally ousted as the boss of Barclays bank three years after he was promoted to the…
Dreadnoughtus dinosaur
Dreadnoughtus dinosaur may lose its heavyweight title, study says By Laura Geggel for LiveScience From Mashable Dreadnoughtus — the immense, long-necked dinosaur recently uncovered in Patagonia — may not be as heavy as scientists once thought, a new study suggests….
Scientists discovered that having more sex will not make you happier, but that’s not the most surprising part
By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider Scientists just discovered a simple way to eat healthier and potentially curb cravings, no diet required In the first study of its kind, a team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have upended the…