IOC awards 2016 broadcast rights in the Caribbean
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights in the Caribbean to the CANOC Broadcasting Inc. (CBI) for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2016). CBI has acquired broadcast rights on all media…
The Caribbean’s leading tour operator comes up big at the World Travel Awards 2013
Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia — (SBWIRE) — 11/11/2013 — St. Lucia owned and operated tour and travel company, Barefoot Holidays, has been awarded the coveted title of being Caribbean Leading Tour Operator in the World Travel Awards 2013, the second…
Design of Google’s mystery barge revealed in new proposal
From The Verge The mystery barge taking shape in San Francisco Bay will eventually be a 50-foot-tall, 250-foot-long structure made of recycled shipping containers and surrounded by sails resembling fish fins, according to documents unearthed by the San Francisco Chronicle….
Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau redacts names of those suspected of benefiting from embezzlement
By Dan Schwartz The Daily Times FARMINGTON — A form letter written for the Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau and sent to people believed to have benefited from a nearly half-million dollar embezzlement scandal assured the recipients that their names…
Conyers co-sponsors ABA seminar ‘The Pros and Cons of Offshore Centres’
From The Lawyer Conyers Dill & Pearman has announced that it is co-sponsoring the American Bar Association Section of International Law’s upcoming seminar, The Pros and Cons of Offshore Centres. Held on 16–17 of January 2014 at the Westin Grand…
Babcock & Brown executives broke law, writ alleges
By Ben Butler The Sydney Morning Herald Former Babcock & Brown chief executive Phil Green and other executives of the failed merchant bank breached corporate law by putting the company’s desire for millions in fees ahead of the interests of…
Caribbean Diversified Investments announces private placement
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — Caribbean Diversified Investments, Inc. (CNSX: HDC) (the “Company” or “Caribbean Diversified Investments”) today announced that it intends to raise gross proceeds of up to CDN $2,000,000 through a non-brokered private placement of working capital units…
Education Ministry hosts delegation from the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs recently hosted the Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Hon. Akierra Missick, and her delegation for 2 days of meetings and school visits. On October…
Cartoon of the Day
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,…
Shining light on men and boys
Today (19 November 2013), the Cayman Islands, led by the Department of Counselling Services’ Family Resource Centre (FRC) in partnership with the Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing, joins other countries around the world who celebrate the achievements of…