Awesome adventure: Swimming with stingrays on Grand Cayman
By Shivana Maharaj From City Style and living Magazine Now in its 60th year of operation, Captain Marvin’s Watersports offers several options for exploring the ocean. We decide to take a half-day snorkel excursion, including a chance to swim with…
Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert and co predict the tastes of the future – globally and locally
By Samantha Wood From The National When a star-studded cast of chefs – think Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, José Andrés and two Daniels (Boulud and Humm) – congregate in one spot, the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, for an annual cookout at…
LIAT airline leadership asleep at the wheel again
By Robert Maclellan From TN Global Travel Industry News In the first month of 2014 Caribbean regional media reported that LIAT has had to choose between paying employee salaries and paying aircraft lease charges in order to maintain flight operations….
Amputee triathlete Hector Picard to compete in Great Abaco Family Fitness
From Bahama islands info TREASURE CAY, Abaco — Hector Picard is a bi-lateral amputee after almost losing his life in a work related accident in 1992. He was told by doctors he would have to re-learn everything he took for…
Plot to replace trustees [of Caribbean Justice Trust Fund]
From Trinidad Express A power struggle is brewing among members of the board of trustees of the Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund (CCJTF) in the wake of Chief Justice Ivor Archie being defeated for the post of vice chairman….
S&P downgrades Puerto Rico to junk status
By Vivianne Rodrigues in New York From Financial Times Standard & Poor’s has stripped Puerto Rico of its investment grade status, saying the debt-laden island is suffering from liquidity constraints because of its limited access to capital markets. The ratings…
Ex-Caribbean Sea Works director: My hands are clean
By Radhica Sookraj From Guardian Media Former director of Caribbean Sea Works Ltd Krishnamurti Mahabir says he is not afraid to face the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) because he had no involvement in the $644 million cargo of cocaine…
CEO denies claim of RBC’s buyout
From Trinidad Express British banking giant HSBC recently laid out its intention to buy out RBC Royal Bank—a subsidiary of RBC Financial (Caribbean)—now owned by RBC, Canada’s largest and most profitable bank. Senior banking sources within RBC Royal Bank told…
Thousands of new hotel rooms planned for Mexico and Caribbean this year
By Lisa Schwarz From St Cloud Times With a winter like we’re having, visions of white-sand beaches giving way to gently lapping turquoise waters are like money in the bank. And the Caribbean tourism industry is banking on it. By…
Grenada Sailing Week
Grenada Sailing Week – A massive success From Sail World At the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2014 official prize giving if the smiles and laughter is the measure of a successful regatta, then the 2014 edition was a…
