Royal Caribbean Commits Second Ship “Vision of the Seas” to Tampa
The Tampa Port Authority and Royal Caribbean International are pleased to announce that the cruise line will be deploying a second ship at the Port of Tampa beginning in the fall of 2014. Royal Caribbean International has been operating one…
Parliamentarians from Caribbean Launch Regional Network to Fight Corruption
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – Parliamentarians from eight Caribbean countries joined forces today to launch GOPAC Caribbean, a regional chapter of the international anti- corruption network the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) at the Parliament of…
Outpouring of support for Jingle Bell
The 11th Annual Jingle Bell Walk/Run raised over $55K of the $200K that is required annually in donations that will directly support operations at the Crisis Centre. More than 400 people registered in support of the cause on 8th December,…
‘A 15-year-old is too young to give birth’
From Trinidad Express Alvaro Serrano, regional communication adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) regional office, says 20,000 girls under 15 give birth every day around the world and it was necessary to…
Human trafficking, prostitution in Dutch Caribbean to be investigated
By Marvin hokstam From NL Times.nl The Second Chamber has adopted a motion to initiate an independent inquiry into human trafficking and prostitution in the Dutch Caribbean. The motion was brought by the ChristianUnion and the Labour Party PvdA. Member…
Help us to help you says Cayman Post Office
If you’re expecting Christmas packages, the Cayman Islands Postal Service (CIPS) has a couple of suggestions to speed up delivery. There are two things that customers are can do to speed up the process: 1) ensure an invoice is available,…
Dhingana ties-up with General Mobile to preload apps on a million devices
By NT Balanarayan From Medianama Music streaming site Dhingana has tied-up with General Mobile, a Cayman-based company which offers a proprietary mobile content management and application store hosting platform, to preload its music app on 1-million devices. The financial terms…
African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust urges shoppers to give the gift of life this Christmas
By Hannah Williamson, Chief Reporter, From Your Local guardian UK PHOTO: Kevin Kararwa from Morden needs a bone marrow donor Shoppers are being urged to give the gift of life this Christmas and register to become a bone marrow donor….
BT woman guilty of forged bills
Sharon Ebanks from Bodden Town was found guilty of four offenses relating to counterfeit cash by a jury on Friday (6). Ebanks was convicted of possessing and using a forged CI$10 bill in the Evaglow bar in Bodden Town in…
Caribbean leaders to attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday December 9, 2013, CMC – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were leaving the region on Monday for South Africa to attend the funeral of the country’s first Black President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela. Mandela, 95, died…
