IHG Expands in Latin America and Caribbean
From Meetings Today InterContinental Hotels Group is extending its footprint throughout Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, with 40 new hotels that will add nearly 6,000 rooms in the region over the next several years. The growth is buoyed by…
Cayman Islands YMCA develops teen leaders
Forty-five teens developed their leadership skills and learned the importance of social responsibility this summer as part of the YMCA’s Counselor in Training (CIT) programme. Counselor in Training is part of the Y’s signature Teen Leaders programme which provides a…
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Ogier sponsors Junior Achievement Cayman Islands
Ogier has donated $2,000 to support a long-running Cayman charity which focuses on helping young people to get ready for the workplace with programmes on work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Junior Achievement of the Cayman Islands has been running…
Cayman Islands: Five Reasons For Placing One’s Trust In – Well, Trusts
Article by David Cooney, Ogier From modaq This article first appeared in International Investment Many people are baffled by trusts, the purpose of which they don’t fully comprehend. Some even regard them with suspicion, as tools of of opaque tax…
Cayman Islands to pass new trade mark law
From stobbs The Cayman Islands is expected to pass a new trade mark law next month, for implementation some time in 2017. The new law will end the practice of protecting marks in the Cayman Islands by extending an existing…
St Lucia reports flooding, power outages as storm impacts
From Caribbean360 CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Thursday September 29, 2016 – Thousands were without electricity in St. Lucia, rivers overflowed their banks, and several communities were flooded last night and into today. And Tropical Storm Matthew which passed through the Windward…
UK: Caribbean photography exhibition begins Black History Month at the Belgrade Theatre
From Warwick Black History Month celebrations are kicking off at the Belgrade Theatre with the launch of a Caribbean photography exhibition; Embodied Islands running from 4 – 28 October. The exhibition has been put together and curated by Associate Professor…
Cayman Islands Human Rights Commission: Statement on Banned Books Week and Freedom of Expression
HRC’s Statement on Banned Books Week and Freedom of Expression Each year the last week in September is recognised as World Banned Books Week by the American Libraries Association. The week recognises freedom of expression and celebrates reading by bringing…
Wristwatches invention
The incredible story of how one of the first modern wristwatches was invented By Cartier From Business Insider Landmark Innovation Nearly all great inventions come from the need to solve a problem. And the creation of one of the world’s…
PAHO says Caribbean, rest of Americas now measles-free
WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says the Americas, including the Caribbean, is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling…
