Stunning Moments 2
50 stunning moments captured by the award-winning Reuters photography team in 2017 Part 2 By Sarah Jacobs From Business Insider This year, 600 award-winning Reuters photojournalists worked across the world to document both major historic moments and the human stories…
Cayman Islands: Fairfield Liquidators declare Second Interim Distribution
By Kenneth M. Krys and Charlotte Caulfield KRYS Global Fairfield Sentry Limited is one of the first of the larger offshore feeder funds (that we are aware of) to pay distributions to its shareholders. On 24 November 2017, the BVI…
Cayman Islands Minister of Health’s Message for World AIDS Day Dec 1 2017
Minister for Health, Environment, Culture and Housing Hon. Dwayne Seymour, JP, MLA World AIDS Day 2017 1 December 2017 As the festive season approaches, it is always a poignant time of year for people who have lost loved ones, particularly…
Caribbean needs to differentiate tourism product
From South Florida Caribbean News MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Tourism stakeholders and professionals have underscored the need for the Caribbean to take a keener look at innovation; and differentiate its tourism offerings, to broaden its share of the global tourism…
Disaster Resilience Centre to be established in Caribbean
By Tashion Hewitt Stennett From JIS Story Highlights Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Dr. Taleb Rifai, says a resilience recovery centre will be established in the Caribbean. Dr. Rifai said that while the UNWTO may…
New PAHO/WHO, UNAIDS report puts HIV prevention in the spotlight
World AIDS Day 2017 – December 1 PAHO/WHO, UNAIDS call for stepping up HIV prevention efforts and offering all available options to prevent new infections New report says that expanding access to all prevention options could reduce the 120,000 new…
DUP Conference Belfast- and British Overseas Territories
By Anthony Webber Why did just Gibraltar attend the DUP conference ? No Cayman Islands and other British Overseas Territories…? DUP in a position to exert more influence on UK government- should they decide to do so. Gibraltar attends and…
World Bank : The vulnerable in Latin America and the Caribbean are often just one disaster away from falling back into poverty
WASHINGTON, November 29, 2017 – Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have made major progress in reducing poverty and inequality, but frequent natural and man-made shocks threaten to drive many people back into poverty unless efforts to mitigate…
Caribbean-U.S. talks on security start in Dominican Republic
From Presna Latina Santo Domingo, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) The 7th Dialogue on Security Cooperation Caribbean-United States begins today in this capital under the slogan ”For a more effective association and integration for citizen security”. According to a press release…
Help protect Malokhat TODAY
From Freedom United We must do something now. On November 12, Uzbek police raided the home of journalist and human rights advocate Malokhat Eshonkulova, and confiscated some of her belongings, including electric heaters, in a nearly 11-hour search for her computer and cell phone. Malokhat is being targeted for her…