Re-engineering teacher education in the Eastern Caribbean
From OECS Approximately 100 Education professionals of the 10 OECS Member States participated in the OECS Teacher Education and Professional Development Conference under the theme, “One Voice in Re-Engineering OECS Teacher Education”. The two-day event aimed at building a collective…
ICO predictions for 2018: Big changes for utility tokens
by HOWARD MARKS From TNW 2017 was quite a banner year for the ICO marketplace with over $6.4 billion in crypto invested in hundreds of ICOs. Some investors thought the world had gone crazy, others were saying it was just…
Cayman Islands insists money laundering reporting cannot be delegated to third party
From STEP Cayman Islands investment funds must, from 1 June, appoint natural persons as their anti-money laundering (AML) reporting officers, rather than delegating their AML functions to corporate bodies. New AML regulations came into force on 2 October 2017, making…
Blasting through your Bitcoin
Do you own a Bitcoin or two? Lucky you – especially if you got them before all the crazy market fluctuations of 2017. Why haven’t you used them yet? Is it because they seem like a pirate hoard to be…
Island’s Appleby team appears twice in top 10 M&A deals list
by Duncan Foulkes From IOM Today The offshore regions’ positive performance is all the more remarkable given the substantial geopolitical uncertainty which overshadowed 2017 A report released by law firm Appleby shows the Isle of Man office acted on two…
Concacaf and Scotiabank to make announcement Tuesday at Akron Stadium
From Concacaf Draw for Scotiabank Concacaf Under-13 Champions League will follow announcement, amid Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League final match-day-minus-one preparations Miami (Monday, April 23, 2018) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) and Scotiabank will…
Caribbean IVF clinic to host a fertility conference in Miami
NEWS PROVIDED BY Barbados Fertility Centre LONDON, April 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC), a JCI accredited center of excellence for IVF on the Caribbean island of Barbados, is taking the unusual step of flying in their medical…
Retiring instructors appreciate small class sizes at SMSU
By JENNY KIRK From Marshall Independent MARSHALL — Susan McLean enjoyed getting to know her students at Southwest Minnesota State University. She said the small class sizes at the school made that easy. “When traveling with students, I got to…
Too much sugar increases risk of dying from cancer
By Sylvia Booth Hubbard From Newsmax If you’re a sugar junky, you might want to rethink your diet. A study published in the International Journal of Cancer discovered that eating high amounts of carbohydrates and sugar during the year prior…
Barbara Bush’s funeral
More than 1,000 people attended Barbara Bush’s funeral to honor her life and pay their respects By Ellen Cranley from Business Insider Pallbearers carry the casket of former first lady Barbara Bush after a funeral service for former first lady…