USVI public and private sectors advance plans to improve cruise experience
From Caribbean News Now ST THOMAS, USVI — The US Virgin Islands is advancing plans to improve its visitor experience for cruise ship passengers. This progress comes out of the second meeting of the Ports of the Virgin Islands —…
OBMP looks primed for a solid bounce
From WallStreetPR OncBioMune Pharmaceuticals Inc (OTCMKTS:OBMP) shares have taken a dive in recent weeks. Investors are searching for the answer to one simple question: should one see this as an opportunity or a sign to run away. To answer that question,…
Cayman Island Triple C School – Class of 2017 Graduation
A weekend of celebration culminated in the Commencement Exercise for the thirty-four seniors graduating from Triple C School. The celebration activities started with a Baccalaureate Service on Sunday night, June 4th with the seniors being inducted into the Alumni Association….
Cayman Islands OAG assists in regional capacity development
From The Office of the Auditor General The Office of the Auditor General Cayman Islands (OAG), continues to set the standard in the public audit sector and deliver on its mission to advance the effectiveness of its service provision to…
If it is Corpus Christi (Fete Dieu), it is also the Book Fair Fiesta festival day in Haiti!
By Jean Hervé Charles For the past 23 years, Le Nouvelliste, the oldest Haitian newspaper, combined with Unibank has launched usually in June, on Corpus Christi (Fête Dieu) Thursday a book fair that has become one of the major cultural…
Response to ‘Britain’s Perfect Caribbean crime: Ignored genocide, faked emancipation…’
From Trinidad and Tobago News Blog 7th Annual George Lamming Distinguished Lecture Streamed live on Jun 13, 2017 On Tuesday, June 13, 2017, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, delivered the seventh…
Latin America and the Caribbean Issued International Bonds at a Record Pace in the First Quarter of 2017
From ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECLAC – WASHINGTON, D.C. ECLAC Office in Washington released a new report on capital flows. 2017 started with the highest monthly issuance on record from Latin America and the Caribbean in the international bond market, with total…
Tourism boom for Cuba as Americans flock to Caribbean nation
From CTV News AFP Some 300,000 Americans flocked to Cuba in the first five months of 2017, nearly the same number as for all of last year, officials in Havana said on Wednesday. Just two days before U.S. President Donald…
London fire
London fire: Prime minister orders full public inquiry From BBC Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the massive fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, killing at least 17 people. That figure is…
The most competitive economies in the world
By Chris Matei, Visual Capitalist From Business Insider What makes an economy competitive at the global level, and why? It’s a question that economists, investors, and politicians have been asking themselves for decades. And to help answer it, the World…