Paul Allen is redeeming himself in the Cayman Islands
By Mara Siegler From Page Six Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and the Cayman Islands Department of Environment have worked together to save the 13,800 square feet of endangered coral that was allegedly hit by the billionaire’s $162 million mega-yacht Tatoosh…
New skills for government statisticians in Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
From ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (ECLAC) SUBREGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CARIBBEAN The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are jointly hosting a…
Restoring the Caribbean’s Corals
From National Aquarium Last year, our staff had the opportunity to travel to the Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of Mexico, to help restore coral reefs! The last few decades of human activity (primarily pollution and overfishing) have decimated many…
West Indies women also win World T20 cricket title in India
From The New Indian Express KOLKATA: Having clinched their maiden World T20 title, West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor on Sunday said the historic triumph should act as a stepping stone for the development of the women’s game in the Caribbean….
Chinese fast-tracking megaresort sale, says Bahamas PM
By Krystel Rolle-Brown Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie on Friday revealed that the China Export-Import (EXIM) Bank is fast-tracking its process to find a buyer for the troubled multibillion…
Panama Papers: remarkable global media operation holds rich and powerful to account
Author Paul Lashmar Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Sussex From The Conversation Disclosure statement Paul Lashmar is part of a research group that is funded by ESRC and have been part of a research team that received a grant…
Impartial check confirms St. Maarten survey fraud
By Suzanne Koelega From The Daily Herald LEIDEN–An independent check carried out on the request of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies KITLV has confirmed that St. Maarten interviewers have committed fraud during the local survey…
Virat Kohli Awarded ‘Man of the Tournament’ in World T20
By PTI From The New India Express OLKATA: India’s premier batsman Virat Kohli was deservingly awarded the ‘Man of the Tournament’ for his brilliant performance in the ICC World T20, that concluded, here tonight. This is the second successive time…
Homeinns Hotel Group announces completion of going private transaction
SHANGHAI, April 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Homeinns Hotel Group (‘Homeinns’ or the ‘Company’) (NASDAQ: HMIN), a leading economy hotel chain in China, announced today the completion of its merger (the ‘Merger’) with BTG Hotels Group (CAYMAN) Holding Co., Ltd (‘Merger…
Guyana becomes 57th member of the Islamic Bank
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana is now a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), after joining the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1998, according to a press release from the ministry of finance…
