The Editor Speaks: When is art pornographic?
I am pointing here at the arrest last Tuesday (18) of Cayman Brac artist Ron ‘Foots’ Kynes by the police on suspicion of “obscene publications.” The “obscene publications” were two statues Kynes had created of two nude women embracing in…
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Jamaica ranks number one for cybersecurity in Caribbean
From Jamaica Observer Jamaica’s efforts to boost cybersecurity have been given international recognition, according to the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, after the country was ranked number one in the Caribbean on the Global Cybersecurity Index. According to a…
Cayman Islands: New IP regimes for the Cayman Islands
Article by Abraham Thoppil, Tahir Jawed, Mac Imrie, Jack Marriott and Michael Gagie From Maples and Calder Design Rights The Design Rights Registration Law, 2016 (the “Design Rights Law“) will come into force in the Cayman Islands on 1 August…
Sen. John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Sen. John McCain has an aggressive brain cancer — the same type that felled former Sen. Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden’s eldest son, CNN reported Wednesday night. CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta revealed the shocking…
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FAME-Caribbean to help create business opportunities for artisans
By Sasha Harrinanan From Trinidad and Tobago NewsDay The Foundation for Fashion, Art, Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship and Export (FAME-Caribbean) has been established by Trinidad-born Savile Row master tailor, Andrew Ramroop, to help create sustainable business opportunities for artistic people across the…
Sandals looks to Wall Street to fund Caribbean expansion
By Ezra Fieser From Standard-Examiner (c) 2017, Bloomberg. Sandals Resorts International is looking to Wall Street to help finance as many as a dozen new Caribbean hotels as the luxury resort manager ditches its conservative strategy of building just one…
Stuff the Bus school supply drive is back to help bridge the gap for Cayman Islands students most in need
As the new school year approaches, the Department of Education estimates that the average family in Cayman will spend $350 on needed back to school supplies — an amount that many low-income families cannot afford. Caribbean Alliance Insurance’s annual Stuff…
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Dancehall & Reggae Star Konshens addresses standards of beauty
From South Florida Caribbean News Kingston, Jamaica – With the recent release of his single “Beautiful“, recording artist Konshens recently defied stereotypical male view points by addressing the issue of conventional standard of beauty that plague women of all ages,…
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First regional climate centre launched in Barbados
From Telesur The launch of the new center comes amid the need for Caribbean island nations to mitigate and respond to droughts spawned by global climate change. Barbados has launched the first Regional Climate Centre, RCC, in the Caribbean, according…
Caribbean Coral Diaries: Agaricia humilis
By NICOLE HELGASON From Reef divers Agaricia humilis Agaricia corals are common throughout the Caribbean which forms leaf or plate like structures. This coral has small polyps which are most often retracted into the coral, and corallites and ridges run parallel…
