World’s biggest sports stadiums 2
The 30 biggest sports stadiums in the world, ranked by crowd capacity Part 2 By Alan Dawson The world is home to some truly gigantic sports venues, covering much-loved sports like football, soccer, and rugby. To work out which non-racing…
Latin America and the Caribbean: a decade lost in ending child marriage
From UNICEF Without accelerated progress, nearly 20 million more girls in the region will be married in childhood by 2030 PANAMA/NEW YORK, 10 April 2018 – Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the only region in the world where the…
Ultimo lingerie firm ceases trading in the UK
From BBC The Ultimo underwear firm set up by Michelle Mone is to cease trading in the UK. The Conservative peer, now known as Baroness Mone of Mayfair, established the lingerie brand in 1996. The firm achieved international success after…
Caribbean countries named in US report on drugs
From St Lucia Times At least four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been named by the United States as major illicit drug producing countries. In its 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, the State Department noted that the Bahamas, Belize,…
Cayman Islands captive industry meets the lone star
Leaders in Cayman’s captive insurance industry are gathering next week in San Antonio, Texas to represent the jurisdiction at a leading risk conference, RIMS 2018. A team of over 30 experts will include a number of representatives and experts from…
Snapdragon 700 brings AI acceleration to lower-cost phones
By Jon Fingas From engadget Qualcomm wants to bridge the gap between high-end and budget devices. There’s long been a conspicuous feature gap between Qualcomm’s mobile processors: You typically have to choose between a do-it-all beast like theSnapdragon 845 or…
U.S. hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to Mexico and Caribbean
From NOAA Public invited to tour U.S. Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunter’ aircraft April 10, 2018 With the 2018 hurricane season fast approaching, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series of events, including tours aboard a…
Regional Action Plan: Strengthening the regional response to large-scale migration of Venezuelan migrants in South America, North America, Central America and the Caribbean
REPORT from International Organization for Migration UN Migration Agency Launches Regional Action Plan to Strengthen Response to Venezuelan Outflows Buenos Aires – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, today (10/04) launches a Regional Action Plan, detailing its support to Governments hosting…
Cruise lines increase automatic ‘gratuities’ and call them something else now
By ROSEMARY MCCLURE From LA Times To tip or not to tip, that is the question. Actually, it’s not really a question. Many large cruise lines, including Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, add gratuities to passengers’ bills, saying the money…
Guyana: 98 years jail for mother who killed children
From News Room Gy A 25-year-old woman was on Monday afternoon sentenced to 98 years imprisonment by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court for killing her two children by instructing them to ingest a substance used to kill rats….