Intelsat serves Latin America from its Gables office
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.Special To The Miami Herald Intelsat, the world’s largest provider of commercial satellite services, has an important regional office in Coral Gables. Operating 50-plus communications satellites that cover more than 99 percent of the world’s populated…
This VC is helping space exploration become a ‘multi-billion’ industry
By Julie Bort From Business Insider Spend a few minutes talking to space tech venture capitalists Ilya Golubovich and Mike Lousteau of I2BF Global Ventures, and you’ll feel psyched about the future of humanity. Known as green tech investors, Golubovich,…
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Jamaica media condemn attack on French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo From Caribbean360 CMC – The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Wednesday condemned the attack on the building housing the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left at least 12 people,…
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Cayman Islands Football Association to host women’s USA University football friendlies The Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) will host the women’s football team from the University Of New Haven (UNH) in March for two friendly matches. The University of New…
The Rise of the Gulf Carriers
By Ashley Kindergan From The Financialist Every company can count on an existential threat showing up at its door sooner or later. For European and Asian airlines, that time is now, and it is three Persian Gulf-based carriers that are…
The world’s biggest ship – for 53 days
By Justin Parkinson BBC News Magazine The world’s largest container ship, the Globe, is docking in Britain for the first time as it continues its maiden voyage. But how vast and powerful is it and how long until it’s superseded?…
Eminent scientist warns of global contamination risks
From Phys.org (Phys.org)—Eighty-three thousand man-made chemicals now circulate freely around the Earth, in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufactured goods and people, posing unquantified but genuine hazards to human and environmental health. The warning comes from one of Australia’s…
Caribbean apps we look forward to in 2015
By Mariana Leytón From yoGobierno.org As part of their EPIC (Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean) program, InfoDev supports mobile and web developers with ideas that are worth expanding due the their potential impact. Today we talk about three…
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Taylor Swift spotted in Cayman Islands Super duper star singer songwriter Taylor Swift was seen enjoying a meal in a restaurant in East End on Grand Cayman last Monday (5). She arrived by private jet but it was only a…
Boat of the future: Mysterious yacht appears in S.F. Bay [reg. Cayman Islands]
By Steve Rubenstein From SF Gate The 118-foot pleasure yacht Galeocerdo, home ported in George Town, Cayman Islands, takes on fuel at Port Angeles Boat Haven on Friday, July 25, 2014 in Port Angeles, Wash. According to specifications provided by…