Dearth of midscale hotels prompts Caribbean Governments to seek developers
From Curacao Chronicle The recent hurricanes that impacted the Caribbean could scare off some investors from developing hotels, but the region is rapidly recovering from the destruction, and most islands were not affected badly at all. At this year’s Caribbean Hotel Investment…
IMF promises to help Caribbean build resilience including risk mitigation, debt management
From Nation News WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is acutely aware of the urgent need to assist the Caribbean countries to build resilience, particularly in the context of the recent hurricanes that swept through the Lesser…
End gender-based violence
16 days of activism against gender-based violence The Department of Counselling Services’ Family Resource Centre is joining other organisations internationally to participate in the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign. This observance, which runs from 25 November…
Cayman Islands: JMC meetings continue in London
LONDON – On Wednesday Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs Hon. Tara Rivers and the Cayman delegation attended the second day of the Joint Ministerial Council meeting at Lancaster House in London. In the morning…
Is your broker really a licensed customs broker or a fixer?
When it comes to importing, it’s extremely important to hire a customs broker who can clear your goods safely, quickly, and most importantly – ethically and legally.However, it’s a common knowledge that there are still unscrupulous importers who use illegitimate…
This World Abolition Day – all eyes on Libya
From Freedom United “They took people and put them in the street, under a sign that said ‘for sale’” Shamsuddin Jibril, from Cameroon.[1] It’s World Abolition Day and, as you read this, traffickers are selling migrants and refugees in make-shift…
Six Caribbean territories and states eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
The World Health Organization has validated Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts and Nevis as achieving dual elimination Saint Kitts and Nevis/ Geneva, December 1, 2017 – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat…
Companies invest in high schools to boost vocational, engineering and other high-demand work
BY JACKIE CROSBY Star Tribune (Minneapolis) From The Fresno Bee Corporate partnerships have been alive and well in high schools across America for decades. But a looming labor shortage and a growing urgency to address Minnesota’s unyielding racial achievement gap,…
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3 Dec Weather In Cayman
3 Dec Sun 2017 Weather In Cayman Synopsis Moderate to fresh east to northeasterly winds and rough seas are expected to continue across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours as a high pressure system builds over the southeast…