Booby found on UK beach flown back to Caribbean [Cayman Islands] home
From The Cortez Journal LONDON (AP) — Norman the booby bird may have clocked up the most unlikely air miles in aviation history. The red-footed booby, a native of tropical zones, was discovered on a southern English beach Sept. 4,…
Cayman Islands is #1 says Scuba Diving’s “5 Best Places To Dive In The Caribbean & Atlantic”
BY BROOKE MORTON From SCUBA DIVING 5 Best Places To Dive In The Caribbean & Atlantic – 2017 Readers Choice Awards Our annual Top 100 Readers Choice Awards are based on your real-world dives, and they let us take that…
Celebrating the holidays at Cayman Islands ORIA
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (17 December, 2016) Passengers travelling through the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) were in for a holiday treat on Saturday, 17 December as the Cayman Islands Airports Authority’s (CIAA) mascot, “Calypso” flew in for a special…
ILO: Unemployment increased sharply in Latin America and the Caribbean
From Curacao Journsl LIMA – The unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 8.1 per cent in 2016, the highest level in a decade, amid an economic contraction that has also affected the quality of employment, the ILO…
Cayman Islands: A tasty Christmas present
Taste of Cayman has opened a pop-up ticket shop at Camana Bay, which will run every Wednesday from now until Christmas to cater to Cayman residents and visitors doing their Christmas shopping. “Cayman is a nation of food-lovers and Taste…
Ronco Cayman continues to support youngster’s education in Ghana
Cayman based IT firm, Ronco has announced it will continue work with Children’s Helpers Worldwide (CHW) to help fund the tuition of a young engineering student from Ghana. Ronco confirmed it would cover tuition fees for the Ghanaian student, Isaac,…
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism hosts training in fishery sector sanitary controls in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Food safety hazards, best practices in fish inspection, controls in aquaculture, traceability and modern approaches to laboratory testing and accreditation were the key areas covered BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, Friday, 16 December 2016 (CRFM)—A two-week training covering “Food safety in the…
Dominican economy’s 6.2% growth tops in Caribbean, LatAm
From Dominican Today Santiago, Chile. – Dominican Republic’s 6.2%, GDP of 6.4% growth will lead in Latin America and the Caribbean economies this year and likely also 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean -ECLAC- said Thursday….
Experts make ‘slow, steady progress’ on safe seafood policies
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 16 December 2016 (CRFM)— There is still a long way to go but experts meeting here Thursday expressed optimism that slow but steady progress was being made toward introducing region-wide laws, rules and regulations intended to make Caribbean…
Dominican Republic senate approves restriction of abortion rights
From Caribbean News Now SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — On 14 December, the Senate, the upper chamber of the Dominican Republic Congress, approved a new version of the Criminal Code that represents a step back for the rights of Dominican…