Cayman Islands: Linda Haddleton begins new role as IMAC chair
By Becky Butcher From Captive Insurance Times Linda Haddleton is set to start her new role as chair of the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC) at its annual general meeting this month. Haddleton takes over from Kieran O’Mahony, senior…
Celebrating Heroes of the Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands will honour pioneers in tourism at the annual National Heroes Day celebration, at Heroes Square in George Town on Monday, 23 January 2017. “On this day, we will come together to pay tribute to the accomplishments and…
Cayman Islands AG remarks at Grand Court opening 2017
GRAND COURT OPENING JANUARY 2017 – REMARKS BY THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL 1. My Lord Chief Justice, Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, and other Hon. Magistrates, President of the Justices of the Peace Association, Madam Director…
4 dead in new shooting in Mexico’s Caribbean resort region
From NP Telegraph CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen attacked the state prosecutors’ office in this Caribbean resort city Tuesday, and authorities said four people were killed, ratcheting up tensions just a day after a shooting at a music festival in…
Crippling murder rate continues in Trinidad in 2017
By Marcia Braveboy Freelance journalist From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinis like to say God is a Trini but, with Trinidad and Tobago recording 478 murders in 2016, and the toll continuing into 2017, it seems…
George HW Bush moved to intensive care
From Newsmax Former President George H.W. Bush has been moved to an intensive-care unit at a Houston hospital with pneumonia and was resting comfortably after doctors performed a procedure to clear his airway, his office said in a statement Wednesday….
Negotiating diagrams
23 fascinating diagrams reveal how to negotiate with people around the world By Gus Lubin from Business Insider You can’t expect negotiations with the French to be like negotiations with Americans, and the same holds true for every culture around…
The coal rally is cooling off
By Greg Guenthner, The Daily Reckoning From Business Insider In 1979, Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. In 1986, crews removed the panels to complete roof repairs. Reagan never had them reinstalled,…
‘It’s like a dream come true’: Cubans welcome a new way to contact the outside world
By Reuters From Business Insider HAVANA (Reuters) — Downtown Havana resident Margarita Marquez says she received a special Christmas gift this year: web access at home, a rarity in a country with one of the lowest internet penetration rates in…
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UAE launches $50m Caribbean renewables fund
By Kelvin Ross in Abu Dhabi From Power Engineering International The United Arab Emirates has unveiled a $50m fund for renewable energy projects in Caribbean island countries. The package marks one of the largest-ever single investments in the Caribbean’s clean…
