Outgoing CHTA President hailed for contribution
MIAMI (June 21, 2018) – As the fourth Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) gets under way in Miami this weekend, the CEO of the Caribbean’s largest private sector organization is paying tribute to one of its leaders for uniting…
Ogier acts in Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd IPO – China’s biggest IPO in year
Ogier’s Hong Kong team have acted as counsel in connection with Foxconn Industrial Internet’s RMB 27 billion (US$ 4.3 billion) initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Partner and Head of Corporate for Asia Nathan Powell and Senior…
Leading economist to present on global trends
NCB Cayman Limited, a leading private banking and wealth management services provider in the Cayman Islands, is hosting its second Annual Economic Update this week. Featuring guest speaker, Lindsey Piegza, Ph.D., chief economist and managing director of Stifel, Nicolaus &…
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Caribbean bookings rebound following hurricane impact
By Phil Davies From Travel Weekly UK The Caribbean is seeing a resounding rebound from last year’s devastating hurricanes with a surge in bookings from the UK. The Bahamas has seen the biggest increase at 60% since the start of…
Baloy makes history for Panama in loss to England
From Concacaf Panama 24 Jun 2018 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia – Felipe Baloy made history by scoring Panama’s first ever FIFA World Cup goal in a 6-1 defeat to England in Group G action on Sunday at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in…
Guyana to ask court for Venezuela border ruling
BY BERT WILKINSON From Caribbean Life Guyana’s government will ask the World Court in The Netherlands to rule that an 1899 demarcation of borders with neighboring Venezuela is valid and final after Venezuelan authorities refused to allow the court to…
Cayman Enterprise City partners with UCCI to host STEM camp
For the second year in a row, Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), through its Enterprise Cayman initiative, has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the University College of the Cayman Islands’ (UCCI) STEM Summer Camp slated for August 20-24, 2018….
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Blindness and visual impairment in the Americas and the Caribbean
From British Journal of Ophalmology By B Muñoz, and S K West Abstract Aim: To summarise available data on the prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in the Americas and the Caribbean. Methods: The published literature was searched…
Antigua considers asking for WTO mediator in long-running online gambling dispute with United States
From Flush Draw The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is again considering how to make the United States comply with a World Trade Organization ruling over online gambling that went in Antigua’s favor a decade ago. The latest…
Trinidadians protest crime-wave
BY AZAD ALI From Caribbean Life Hundreds of families of crime and other citizens gathered outside the Parliament building calling for the resignation of Trinidad and Tobago National Security Minister Edmund Dillion over the heinous and spiraling murders across the…
