Mailchimp expands from email to full marketing platform, says it will make $700M in 2019
By Ingrid Lunden From TechCrunch Mailchimp, a bootstrapped startup out of Atlanta, Ga., is known best as a popular tool for organizations to manage their customer-facing email activities — a profitable business that its CEO told TechCrunch has now grown…
Cayman Islands HSA offers free evaluation for children and adults with speech and language disorders
With speech and language disorders ranking among the most common disabilities in children, parents and caregivers are encouraged to learn the signs and seek evaluation at the Health Services Authority’s (HSA’s) Speech Therapy Open House this month if they have…
Why it’s virtually impossible to prevent Game of Thrones leaks
By Josef Adalian From Vulture There are lots of burning questions ahead of Sunday’s Game of Thronesseries finale, including one that has nothing to do with the Iron Throne: Will the episode leak to the internet before it debuts on HBO?…
The time to invest in BPO in the Caribbean is now!
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, May 15, 2019. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), has the potential to be transformative for countries in the Caribbean and should be further explored and exploited. This is the charge from the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) organisers…
Chic Grand Cayman
FASHION’s Guide to a Chic Getaway in Grand Cayman By Alison McGill From Fashion Magazine Craving an amazing tropical getaway offering something for every type of traveller—hotel lovers, adventure junkies, foodies and wellness seekers? Grand Cayman is a prime spot…
Millions of Americans will skip work Monday or show up late because of ‘Game of Thrones’
By Andy Meek From BGR A slump in productivity is coming. Okay, that doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Winter is coming,” but for Game of Thrones fans, at least, the statement is no less true. Several million Americans, it…
Devastating Epidemic of Crime & Insecurity in Latin America & Caribbean
By Luis Felipe López-Calva From IPS UNITED NATIONS, May 15 2019 (IPS) – Development is a very uneven process, accompanied by heterogeneity in outcomes across sectors, across regions and across income groups. Such process, Albert Hirschman elegantly established about 60 years…
Standing up for human rights in the Caribbean
By Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño From Caribbean News Now This is a particularly special year, as the Commission is celebrating its 60th year and it is the first time in our history that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)…
Man killed by crossbow in Germany led ‘medieval cult’
From BBC The man killed in a crossbow murder-suicide pact in Germany is believed to have led a cultish group devoted to medieval folklore and treated the women around him like slaves, reports say. The bodies of Torsten W and…
Accelerating Caribbean Fashion
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, May 15, 2019. Caribbean fashion and contemporary designers are getting a boost to help them penetrate the international market, through an accelerator programme jointly funded by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in cooperation with the European…