Business travelers take time out for fun, but keep it to themselves
From National Car Rental National Car Rental’s State of Business Travel Survey Reveals New Insights About Road Warriors LOUIS – March 21, 2018 –The secret is out – frequent business travelers are taking time for fun and personal activities during…
Stakeholder consensus on factors for tourism’s success in the Caribbean
By Garwin Davis From JIS Story Highlights Caribbean tourism officials, including Jamaica’s Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, believe greater air access from source markets and significant hotel investments are recipes for the industry’s success in the region. He says his…
GE test-flies the world’s largest jet engine
By Jon Fingas From engadget The giant machine is key to the next wave of giant airliners Airliners are growing ever bigger to haul more people per flight, which means they need appropriately massive engines — and GE Aviation is…
Rotaract installs directors & officers
Cayman Islands Rotaract’s 11th Annual Installation of Directors and Officers From Rotaract Blue We celebrated the 2016-2017 Rotaract year and installed the 2017-2018 Board on June 28th at George Town Yacht Club. A great time was had by all in…
Budget presentation 2018/2019 Fiscal Year – Jamaica PM Andrew Holness
By Office of the Prime Minister JIS Story Highlights Mr. Speaker, Jamaica faces a solid waste management crisis. This is evident in towns and cities, rural areas, waterways, on beaches and in the sea. It is the intention of this…
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Dublin pensioner to live out Caribbean dream after winning €1 million in Euromillions raffle
By Laura Lyne From Dublin Live It was a good day for the capital as another punter picked up a scratch card jackpot A Dublin pensioner is set to live out their dream of spending the Irish winters abroad in…
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Cotton company reaped $52m windfall in sale of water rights to government
By Anne Davies From The Guardian UK Deal with Eastern Australia Agriculture, which was done without a tender, raises questions over taxpayer value One of Australia’s largest cotton companies, Eastern Australia Agriculture (EAA), sold water rights to the federal government…
The environment determines Caribbean hummingbirds’ vulnerability
FACULTY OF SCIENCE – UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Hummingbirds’ specialization and vulnerability are often predicted based on their physical traits. Scientists now found that this is not the case for hummingbirds on the Caribbean islands. Instead, the bird’s environment is the…
Jamaica: Economic growth, curbing crime remain priorities – PM
By Douglas Mcintosh From JIS Story Highlights Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says achieving economic growth and curbing crime remain national priorities. Mr. Holness, who was making his 2018/19 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on…
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Thawed Arctic ice trapped and sunk ships in the Atlantic Ocean in 2017
BY MARK KAUFMAN from Mashable In the spring of 2017, a thick-hulled icebreaking research vessel, the Amundsen, had left its Quebec port en route to a research cruise in Hudson Bay. But the scientists aboard never made it to their…
