Trafficking victims abandoned by U.K.
From Miriam Karmali, Freedom United July 23, 2023 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Law & policyFrom self-styled modern slavery leader to abandoning trafficking victims – what happened?The U.K. has just passed the Illegal Migration Act into law in a devastating…
Stay in the Loop (Special Edition – 45th Heads Summit & 50th Anniversary Celebrations)
STAY IN THE LOOP In this episode (Special edition on the 45th Heads Summit & 50th Anniversary Celebrations), Communications Officer at the CARICOM Secretariat, Mrs Tusankine English-Francis, presents a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community. Highlights: 01:26…
Your peers are prioritizing AI, are you?
From Reuters Momentum [email protected] ChatGPT launched in November 2022. It is now June 2023. If you don’t have an effective AI strategy in place, you are putting your business and career in jeopardy. What’s your next move? The world is…
“Her Land. Her Rights” – The OECS releases video documentary on Women in Farming in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
June 16, 2023 — “Women are major actors in the global efforts to reduce and reverse land degradation. However, in the vast majority of countries, women have unequal and limited access to and control over land.” That’s according to Ibrahim Thiaw,…
Cayman Islands: Treatment of Cuban refugees a crime against humanity?
By Peter Polack In July 2002 the International Criminal Court was created by the Rome Statute under the auspices of the United Nations which forbade acts of genocide and crimes against humanity. The relevant provisions of the statute in relation…
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Capturing carbon with machines is a failure—so why are we subsidizing it?
Policymakers are pouring money into techno-fixes to solve the climate crisis, even though scientific studies indicate nature-based solutions are all-around more effective. By Richard Heinberg Author Bio: Richard Heinberg is a senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and the author of Power: Limits and…
Progress! Big business must address forced labor
From Miriam Karmali, Freedom United June 11, 2023 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Speak FreeProgress in the EU for laws that put people and planet before profitThe European Parliament approved a ground-breaking draft law on June 1. This law would…
ID Legislation paves the way for Cayman’s Digital Transformation
Cabinet has approved the partial commencement, for mid-June, of the Identification Register Bill 2022 passed during the second meeting of the 2022-23 session of Parliament (December 2022). The approval also enables regulations to be drafted for both the Identification Register…
Stay in the Loop – 26 May 2023
From CARICOM Secretariat Stay in the loop In this episode, Communications Officer at the CARICOM Secretariat, Mrs Tusankine English-Francis, presents a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community. Highlights 00:48 – CARICOM mobilises support to Guyana in the…
27 May Weather in Cayman
Sat 27 May 2023 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Light winds and smooth seas are expected to continue for the next few days in association with a weak pressure gradient over the northwest Caribbean. Today: Sunshine and clouds mixed. Winds SSW…
