HM The Queen honours young people who are changing the world
From Caribbean News Service LONDON, Jun 29 2017 – Today, Her Majesty The Queen presented a young person from Barbados with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at Buckingham Palace, to honour Jamilla Sealy for the work she is undertaking to…
CDB rolls out training programme to support regional institutional reform in 19 countries
From Caribbean News Now BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has introduced a training initiative to help governments of its 19 borrowing member countries (BMCs) more effectively manage policies, programmes and projects. One course participant, and one institution…
Judicial Clerkships for Cayman Islands Articled Clerks
Starting 4 July 2017, the Cayman Islands Courts will offer a new Judicial Clerkship programme for Articled Clerks with local law firms, which will count towards their legal training requirements. Announcing the programme, the Chief Justice, Hon. Anthony Smellie explained…
Census Bureau: Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Ancestry Groups making their mark: Nigerians outpace U.S. educational and occupational levels
NEWS PROVIDED BY U.S. Census Bureau WASHINGTON, JUNE 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — About 61 percent of people with Nigerian ancestry age 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree or higher — more than twice the U.S. rate of 28.5 percent,…
Enroll into “the university without walls,” hotel legend urges
By CHTA MIAMI, Florida – Hoteliers and aspiring young hospitality professionals need to appreciate the critical role which the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) can play in their success, asserts respected Caribbean hotelier Sir Royston Hopkin. Describing the association as…
Business Incubation, Green Enterprises Workshop for Cayman Islands
Business Incubation, Green Enterprises Workshop The Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA) is hosting a Business Incubation and Innovation workshop in the Government Administration Building, on Friday, 30th June 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in conference room 2112….
Security Centre gives film students a pass to Cayman Islands Film Festival
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Thirty students from the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) and John Gray High School (JGHS) will attend the CayFilm International Film Festival taking place this weekend courtesy of The Security Centre which has sponsored…
School in China literally cracks down on students’ phones
BY YI SHU NG From Mashable Many schools frown upon students bringing phones to school. And this one means business. A middle school in Guiyang, a city in southwest China, is going viral for actually destroying phones that it confiscates….
Things That Matter: Letter From Nassau, Bahamas
BY: SIR HENRY FRASER From Barbados Advocate Last Sunday I wrote about joining in the celebration of the success of 48 young doctors passing the final medical exams of the University of the West Indies, at the Cave Hill Campus…
Adventist Clergymen clarifies school dispute
By Jones Bahamas From The Bahama Journal Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd met on Sunday with Pastors Paul Scavella, Peter Joseph, and C. Melvin Lewis of the South Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventist to discuss issues arising from the ongoing…