CTO partners with Bitt to promote digital currency in Caribbean tourism
From eTN The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the region’s tourism development agency, has entered into an agreement with blockchain technology company, Bitt Inc., aimed at facilitating the implementation of more efficient payment processes for tourism-related products and services. The two…
Easter Cantata
The Cayman Islands Male Voice Choir Georgina Wilcox The Cayman Islands Male Voice Choir put on another of their excellent Easter Cantatas on Good Friday March 30th at Elmslie United Memorial Church. Although two of their regular members were missing…
Jamaica fisheries sector gets World Bank aid
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life The World Bank has signed a multi-million dollar grant to aid climate-resilient practices in the fisheries sector in Jamaica. The Washington-based financial institution said Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s minister of Finance & the…
Five J’cans among 113 prisoners in C’bean, LatAm released this Easter — FFP
From Jamaica Observer LORIDA, United States — Five Jamaicans are among 113 non-violent inmates in the Caribbean and Latin American who were released this Easter courtesy of Food For The Poor (FFP). The non-profit organisation said it paid the fines…
UK: Herts County Council pay out over £11,000 in racism tribunal
By Mia Jankowicz From Welwyn Hatfield Times Herts County Council must pay over £11,000 in a racial discrimination case after colleagues imitated a Welwyn Garden City worker’s Caribbean accent. The tribunal was heard at Watford Tribunal Hearing Centre on August…
Royal Caribbean names Symphony of the Seas ‘The World’s Most Instagrammable Ship’
By: Matt Hochberg from Royal Caribbean Blog Royal Caribbean declared its newest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, is the world’s most Instagrammable cruise ship. To help guests make the most of these Insta-moments, Royal Caribbean has appointed Russ Francis as…
Facilitating coral restoration
By Julie Cohen From The Current UC Santa Barbara Incorporating natural processes to exploit ecological forces and drive recovery of coral reef ecosystems is imperative, say ecologists Global declines of coral reefs — particularly in the Caribbean — have spurred…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Models
Models, models and more models! By Heathse from Dreamstime Look through any micro-stock web-site and it’s pretty obvious that buyers do like images with people in them. Sites are full of attractive, smiling or laughing models, beautifully dressed and full…
Puzzles for w/e Apr 6-8 Number search/Sudoku/Word search/Crossword
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