Hotel bookings to the Caribbean down by -68% for October compared to last year
From Hotels Combined Following the succession of hurricanes that battered the Caribbean we (HotelsCombined) conducted a brief analysis to look at hotel bookings and prices, breaking them down into different time periods to see how the region is faring. See…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to review computer hacking cases
By Andrew Chung From Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a growing controversy over who can give permission to access a computer, a debate that goes to the core of what constitutes hacking in this…
2.6M in Caribbean can be in poverty by 2030
Marlene Augustine From NewsDay tt The World Bank estimates that without climate-informed development in Latin America and the Caribbean, another 2.6 million people in the region could slide into extreme poverty by 2030. This would be due largely to the…
Higgs & Johnson elevates award-winning attorney to Senior Associate
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands. 5 October 2017. Full service corporate and commercial law firm Higgs & Johnson is pleased to announce that Jo-Anne Stephens has been named Senior Associate. Ms. Stephens has more than eleven years of experience in the…
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SPLC: Pirates, Poverty and Wealth in the Caribbean
By Tony Perkins from The Patriot Post The Southern Poverty Law Center likes to boast about its mission to “destroy” the groups it labels as “hate groups” — groups that now include mainstream conservative and Judeo-Christian organizations. But thankfully it…
UM to accommodate faculty, students displaced by hurricanes in Caribbean islands
From The Miami Hurricane The University of Miami will allow graduate students and faculty from the storm-ravaged Caribbean to continue their research in Miami until their respective institutions are reopened. The university has agreed to provide the opportunity for free,…
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Tourists are still flocking to the Caribbean this winter
By Nicole Spector From NBC News Tourism is the Caribbean’s lifeline, bringing in $56 billion in 2016. But the devastation wrought by hurricanes Irma and Maria will hurt the region come high season this winter, bringing its seven-year streak of…
Gadget of the week
FDA approves first MRI machine for premature babies By Swapna Krishna, From engadget This will help more preemies survive their most vulnerable days in the hospital. Premature babies are some of the most vulnerable patients in a hospital, and they…
UWI Prof: Be imitators of God
By Marlene Augustine From T&T NewsDay University of the West Indies History Professor Dr Jerome Teelucksingh yesterday called on citizens to be imitators of God and not prosecutors of the church. Teelucksingh was addressing the congregation at a service of,…
Post-hurricane electrical restoration
By Chris Famous From Caribbean News Now Chris Famous is a Member of Parliament of the Government of Bermuda. Raised in several Caribbean islands. He has a keen interest in the development and unity of the entire Caribbean region. He…
