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Expedia Group reports rapid increase In Caribbean mobile bookings
From Curacao Chronicle SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – New data released by the Expedia group, one of the world’s leading travel companies, reveals a healthy increase in mobile bookings within the Caribbean market, with a growth of more than 55…
Connecting regional enterprises with Regional Angel investors
Bridgetown, BARBADOS. Sixty-one Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium, Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and Business Support Organizatons (BSOs) should now be in a position to attract much needed financing from regional angel investors. The Caribbean Export Development Agency in collaboration with infoDev…
LS telcom completes digital switch-over study for Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
From LS telecom Lichtenau – Ottawa – LS telcom has completed a major consulting assignment as part of the Harmonized Caribbean Spectrum Planning and Management Project commissioned by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States…
Facebook: Of good or of evil?
By Lydia Faisal from Caribbean News Now Back in 1998 I used ICQ for live chat with my family whilst I studied overseas and, at that time, Yahoo Mail replaced the post office. I was grateful for the technology; it…
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis released from jail
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis released from jail From Newsmax Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, walked out of jail on Tuesday after the U.S. district court judge who found her in contempt said…
US Prison officials push to reduce number of inmates in isolation
By Tony Mauro, From The National Law Journal New data gathered by state and federal corrections officials indicates that as many as 100,000 prison inmates were in solitary confinement in 2014, far higher than previous estimates. A report issued Wednesday…
Bahamas expands marine protected areas by 4.5 million hectares
From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — In its commitment to the goal of tripling protection of its marine and coastal areas by 2020 under the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI), The Bahamas has significantly expanded its network of marine protected…
RENT –a- message of two or three
Messages and IMAGES from The Cayman Drama Society and RENT From The CDS Chairman We certainly have had an exciting past couple of years at the Drama Society. It looks like there is no stopping! We are extremely happy to…
The Caribbean energy bloc led by Venezuela is holding a key meeting on energy in the region.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in the island nation, after flying directly from Qatar. In Jamaica, he’ll be meeting with Caribbean leader Saturday for a summit of the oil bloc PetroCaribe. “We are constructing a multicentric and multipolar world,” said…
Migrant crisis: Germany’s Merkel says EU quotas are a ‘first step’
From BBC Mandatory quotas determining how many migrants each European Union country should take in are a “first step”, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. She was speaking as the EU continues to grapple with a huge influx of migrants, which…
