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Month: March 2018

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Beautiful, brilliant, Black: women of the African-Caribbean diaspora.

By Desmond Jolly From Davis Enterprise Several readers have remarked on the recent article about the African-Caribbean diaspora — immigrants and their descendants from the predominantly black nations, those that our president have categorized as unworthy of respect. In honor…

CTO looks to double number of HA-certified Caribbean businesses

From the CDB BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is looking to double the number of businesses recognised as Hospitality Assured (HA), the certification programme that promotes business and service excellence. At present, 33 of the 80 tourism…

Expedia reports growth in intra-Caribbean travel

BELLEVUE, Wash. – While the Caribbean has long been a celebrated destination among U.S. and European travelers, new data from the Expedia group, one of the world’s leading travel companies, reveals a rising demand for intra-Caribbean travel. Based on data…

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‘Black Panther’ becomes biggest domestic superhero film of all time

By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor From Seeking Alpha The latest milestone for Black Panther (NYSE:DIS): becoming North America’s top-grossing superhero film of all time. The film passed the $623.4M drawn by fellow Marvel title The Avengerstoday and became the…

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HBO’s comedies premiere this April with a new kind of humor

MIAMI, FL. March 20, 2018 – A different kind of humor arrives to HBO this April. SILICON VALLEY, the Emmy®-winning comedy, nominated for a Golden Globe®, returns for its fifth season following Richard and his smart friends on their journey…

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CTO secretary general calls for removal of barriers to entry across the C’bean

From Jamaica Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Secretary General of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Hugh Riley, says there needs to be a removal of the barriers to entry around the Caribbean to improve connectivity. “Intra Caribbean tourism…

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Rubio commends marchers; Calls for finding ‘Common Ground’

By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax Sen. Marco Rubio has come under fire by protesters at Saturday’s “March For Our Lives” rally for accepting donations from the National Rifle Association, but he said he commends the marchers in Washington and across…

The Caribbean Association Of Banks Is Concerned About The EU’s “Blacklist”

From Caribbean-Association-of-Banks News Americas, CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Thurs. Mar. 22, 2018: The Caribbean Association of Banks Inc., (CAB), is deeply concerned about the recent inclusion of Caribbean territories on the European Union Commission’s (EU) list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax…

Cayman and UK in joint TCI security operation

The Governor’s Office and RCIPS have confirmed details of a joint operation with the UK and TCI Police this week to help protect the Turks and Caicos Islands from a serious upsurge in illegal migrants arriving on the islands from…

Cayman in Hong Kong

Festival of Innovation focuses on Play HONG KONG – On Thursday night Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin along with Rt. Hon, Liam Fox, Secretary of State for International Trade and Alun Cairns, Secretary of State for Wales were in attendance at…