Young Caymanian Leaders Foundation announces finalists for YCLA 2015
The Young Caymanian Leaders Foundation last Friday (4) announced the names of the five finalists for YCLA 2015. The YCLA Selection Committee revealed the names after a careful, in-depth review of the 39 nominations that were put forward this year…
Federal advisory panel recommends clearer disclosure of airline, hotel resort fees
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist It’s no secret that airlines have increased their fees and shrunk the size of their seats over the years in an attempt to maximize revenue. While those extra costs and seat sizes are generally available…
Cayman Islands, Vanuatu, Norway ready for action
From Romford Recorder Essex prepares to host ICC World League Division Six The ICC World Cricket League Division Six competition will see eight teams locking horns in Essex, with Group B rivals Chris Palmer (Cayman Islands), Andrew Mansale (Vanuatu) and…
China manufacturing index slumps in August: govt
AFP From Business Insider Beijing (AFP) – Chinese manufacturing activity fell into contraction in August, an official index showed on Monday, the figure slumping to a three-year low in the latest sign of slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy….
Tropical Storm Grace forms; path may lead to Caribbean
From AL.COM By Leigh Morgan Tropical Storm Grace was expected to move westward for the next few days toward the Caribbean. (National Hurricane Center) There’s a new tropical storm deep in the Atlantic, and it could be on a path…
The Real unicorns are female angel investors
By Kristi Zuhlke From Techcrunch Kristi Zuhlke is the co-founder and CEO of KnowledgeHound, a search engine and knowledge management solution for proprietary market research. Despite the attention over the past year, the lack of diversity in tech — both…
Women dominate most of social media, but men are more active on these two networks
BI Intelligence From Business Insider In the US, gender, income, and education have little impact on whether or not someone uses social media. But these factors do have a big impact on which social networks people opt to use. Many…
Sault man looks for news of family after Caribbean disaster
By Darren Taylor From Sootoday Only a month after visiting his family while on vacation in his homeland of Dominica, the Sault’s Clinton ‘Rickey’ Shillingford is still waiting to hear from his family after Tropical Storm Erika struck the Caribbean…
a mermaid on Paradise Island St Barts
North West and Penelope Disick meet a mermaid on Paradise Island St Barts From Hello Magazine As the Kardashian-Jenners enjoy their luxurious break on the celebrity-favourite Caribbean island of St Barts, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian made sure there was something…
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The View from Europe: China and global economic growth
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Should one believe the message of the financial markets that the global economy is on the edge of another downturn? The uncertainty that emerged in the last weeks of August began with reports…
