Caribbean life “as we know it” at serious risk – expert
By Anastasia Moloney Reuters From Daily Mail UK BOGOTA, July 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As if hurricanes were not menacing enough, small Caribbean islands risk losing their entire way of life unless they urgently strengthen defences against a raft…
Cayman Islands: Tower spends the summer honing Caymanian talent
Tower, one of Cayman’s leading strategic communications agencies, recently added two Caymanian students, Parker Godwin and Stefan Langlois, to its team as summer interns. Parker Godwin, 21, is a senior at the University of South Alabama, where he is double…
PwC to deliver unique seminar in Cayman Islands on compliance and regulatory readiness
A unique seminar is aimed at helping local financial services firms carry out their own ‘compliance health check’ will be held at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort on August 9th. The seminar will be delivered by experts from PwC…
Jaguar’s F-PACE
Jaguar’s F-PACE is an astonishingly beautiful luxury SUV By Matthew DeBord From Business Insider It’s a Jaguar. It’s an SUV. It’s a Jaguar SUV. That day finally came last year. At the Los Angeles auo show in 2015, Jaguar Land…
Space capsule with 3 astronauts blasts off to orbiting lab
From Richmond Times -Dispatch BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule successfully blasted off for the International Space Station on Friday, carrying an American astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and an Italian astronaut. NASA’s Randy Bresnik, Russia’s Sergei Ryazansky and…
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Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association to work closely with Dominican Republic private sector
From eTurbo News The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is deepening its partnership and outreach to hoteliers and tourism partners in the Dominican Republic. As part of a new agreement, a center of tourism information planned by the National…
Jamaican Diaspora Bond to be launched later this year
From South Florida Caribbean News KINGSTON, Jamaica – Chairman of Jamaica’s Economic Growth Council (EGC), Diaspora Task Force, Dr David Panton says a Jamaican Diaspora Bond will be launched later this year, or earlier next year, in which Jamaicans in the United…
UK: Baby Charlie Gard dies in Hospice after life support withdrawn
From WN The emotionally charged case of Charlie Gard came to a quiet end on Friday as the 11-month-old infant died, according to BBC News. In a statement issued on Friday evening, his mother Connie Yates said: “Our beautiful little…
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Caribbean measurement scientists equipped to train others
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Efforts are being made to equip the Caribbean’s measurement scientists (metrologists) with training skills to assist industry in addressing their calibration needs as well as their counterparts in National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) across the region. Eighteen such…
US: How home-grown tomatoes and misread tea leaves led to pointless police raid on innocent family’s home
By Chris Morran From Consumerist The story of how a simple visit to a garden store subjected one Kansas family to a “SWAT-style raid, complete with battering ram, bulletproof vests, and assault rifles.” When Bob Harte took his two young…
