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Transgender man in Ecuador makes history with pregnancy
By AP From The New Indian Express BOGOTA: A couple in Ecuador is making history with a unique pregnancy: The father-to-be is carrying the baby of his transgender partner. Fernando Machado and Diane Rodriguez announced their pregnancy, believed to be…
Latin America, Caribbean health care faced challenges, progress in 2015: PAHO
By Rachel Cruz From Latinos Health MILL VALLEY, CA – JANUARY 26: In this photo illustration, vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy on January 26, 2015 in Mill Valley, California….
Sweden tightens border with Denmark to keep out migrants
BY MEGAN SPECIA From Mashable Sweden has tightened border controls for those arriving by train, bus and ferry in an attempt to halt the flow of migrants and refugees into the country from mainland Europe. The new rules went into…
Partnership is key to success, says Caribbean Life honoree
In accepting a 2015 Impact Award from Caribbean Life newspaper for her community-based work, Kwayera Archer Cunningham stressed the importance of working together and building strong relationships in order to achieve transformative results. The veteran non-profit organization executive received one…
Vladimir Putin dissolved Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space agency
By Chris Velazco From engadget It has been reborn as a state-run corporation. With the flourish of a pen earlier today, Russian president Vladimir Putin officially put an end to Roscosmos, the country’s federal space agency. That decree capped off over…
Re PAC Limited (In Official Liquidation): How to empower Cayman Liquidation Committees
By Peter McMaster QC and Jeremy Snead From Appleby It is sometimes assumed that the liquidation committee of an insolvent Cayman company can do little when it disagrees with decisions by liquidators. A Cayman Islands Grand Court ruling on 11…
Two incidents of armed piracy against sailing vessels reported in the Caribbean in 10 days
From Ocean Cruising Club United Kingdom – OCC Commodore John Franklin has issued an alert to vessels sailing in waters between Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. In the last 10 days there have been reports of two incidents of piracy…
New Turks and Caicos law halts path to permanent residency and citizenship
From Caribbean News Now PROVIDENCIALES, TCI — The House of Assembly in the Turks and Cacios Islands (TCI) has passed a new law that stops the path to permanent residency status and eventual citizenship for foreign workers. news2.jpg This appears…
Offshore savings outperformed the markets last year
By Robert Laing, From BD Live BLESSED with hindsight, the best place to have kept your money last year was in offshore funds due to the rand’s continued weakening against the dollar, pound and euro. But due to most stock…
Direct flights resumed between Italy and Camaguey in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — With the arrival of 130 Italian travelers on January 1 at the Ignacio Agramonte International Airport in Camagüey, Cuba, the link between that city and Italy – one of the main countries sending tourists to this…
