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MAN NAMED – Cayman Islands Anti-corruption police arrest man for offences of secret commissions and money laundering UPDATE: The man currently in police custody and not named has been identified as Bruce Blake former President and current VP of CIFA…
UTSA associate professor travels to Cuba to research female folklore
(June 26, 2017) — Inspired by the research she did for her internationally recognized Fall 2016 undergraduate course, “Black Women, Beyoncé and Popular Culture,” UTSA English professor Kinitra D. Brooks will be in Cuba this month to conduct research on…
If it is Corpus Christi (Fete Dieu), it is also the Book Fair Fiesta festival day in Haiti!
By Jean Hervé Charles For the past 23 years, Le Nouvelliste, the oldest Haitian newspaper, combined with Unibank has launched usually in June, on Corpus Christi (Fête Dieu) Thursday a book fair that has become one of the major cultural…
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‘Steve Harvey’ $42.3M IP Suit must go to trial: Music Co. Music production company We 3 Kings Inc. told a California federal judge on Wednesday that “The Steve Harvey Show” and other defendants seeking a quick win in a $42.3…
Caribbean literary heritage: recovering the lost past and safeguarding the future Ref: 2637
About the award Applications are invited for 2 fully-funded PhD studentships to work on a project on Caribbean Literary Heritage funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The studentships are for 39 months starting 1 October 2017 and provide full tuition fees…
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Ex-Cayman Islands Secretary of CIFA pleads guilty to money laundering Former general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) and former business partner and attaché for Cayman islands’ disgraced Jeffrey Webb, Costas Takkas, pleaded guilty to money laundering…
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Foster Care Cayman Islands Recruitment Drive at Grand Old House The Foster Care and Adoption Team is holding a Foster Care Recruitment Drive in the Colonial Room of the Grand Old House from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Saturday,…
Cayman Islands University’s business programmes achieve IACBE accreditation
It took four years and thousands of hours of evaluation, development, and refinement, but the hard work bore fruit this week when the University College of the Cayman Islands UCCI) received the formal communication confirming that the International Accreditation Council…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Inglorious Empire – Parallels of Indian and West Indian exploitation
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday May 12, 2017 – The yearnings for power and wealth of the stone-cold dead British Empire echoed amongst the older generation throughout the shires of Britain during the BREXIT campaign. Those…
“Her Story is Our History” display at the historic George Town Library
The Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs (MEEGA) is inviting members of the public to view the display currently at the Historic George Town Library, “Her Story is Our History”. The display features framed replicas of the original 1948…