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Bould Consulting Limited presents to British expertise and Caribbean Council experts in London on the impacts of hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean on 30th January 2018
Some 50 key persons assisting with and interested in the recovery efforts particularly in the Leeward islands of the Caribbean gathered at the British Expertise headquarters in London on 30th January 2018 to listen to presentations from both Government representatives…
Former German development executive joins United Nations agency, IFAD, as Vice-President
Rome, 1 February 2018 – Cornelia Richter, a German national and former Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee of the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), joined the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today as Vice-President. In…
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Cayman Islands Minister Hew, team return from fact-finding visit to Jamaica
Minister for Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure, Hon. Joey Hew, returned over the weekend from a fact-finding visit to prominent commercial entities in Jamaica, to gain a better understanding of their working and their success. The visit was part of a…
Senior Guernsey politician says new finance report is ‘littered with errors’
From itv UK A senior politician in Guernsey says a new finance report is ‘littered with errors’. The Financial Secrecy Index, published by the Tax Justice Network, ranks jurisdictions according to the level of secrecy and their offshore financial activities….
Cayman Islands Public Health advisory for measles outbreak
Following confirmation of an imported case of measles in the Caribbean, the Public Health Department has issued an alert for travellers to be increasingly aware of the illness. Public Health officials are asking that anyone returning from the U.K. or…
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Clinton Foundation aims to lead Caribbean disaster recovery with new action network
By Amy Lieberman From devex NEW YORK — The Clinton Foundation is launching a new action network on post-disaster recovery in the Caribbean, aiming to tackle long-term challenges that climate change is wreaking on vulnerable small islands such as Puerto…
TT, the bright spot in RBC Caribbean operations
From Newsday TT This country has proved to be a bright spot in RBC Caribbean’s operations, with the local bank posting a net income of $191.3 million for the financial year ending October 2017, a whopping 59 percent increase over…
US Flint water crisis
University of Michigan teams with Google to track Flint water crisis By Andrew Tarantola From engadget They’ve developed an app to show just how little the government has done to fix things. Thanks to the prolific ineptitude of elected officials,…
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‘Destruction everywhere’: Caribbean medical school student reflects on ‘desperation, camaraderie’ after Hurricane Irma
Written by Alyssa Rege From Becker’s Hospital Review Prior to making landfall in Florida last September, Hurricane Irma blew through the Caribbean islands, battering an estimated 1.2 million people with roughly 185 mile-per-hour winds. Medical school students at the American…
Largest digital survey of the sky mapped billions of stars
By Mariella Moon From engadget The Pan-STARRS astronomers released two petabytes of data to the public. An international team of astronomers have released two petabytes of data from the Pan-STARRS project that’s also known as the “world’s largest digital sky…
