UPDATE: Cayman Islands: Two males arrested – burglary, South Sound
From RCIPS Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM The 31 year – old and 25 year – old males; arrested on Monday 14 June 2015 in South Sound by a uniform patrol on suspicion of burglary, have now been charged…
Dominica offers a fresh Caribbean Spring Break Escape with Festivals, Films, Arts and Fun!
ROSEAU, Dominica, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Spring has sprung on the Caribbean island of Dominica, and with it a schedule brimming with fun and festivals. Events such as DOMFESTA, Hike Fest and Jazz ‘n Creole invite visitors the world…
Destination of the week
New waves in the Caribbean: Chic resort part of trend toward more sophisticated island getaways By Robin Robinson, From Toronto Sun Punta Cana, Dominican Republic The mermaid is drawing an appreciative crowd as she dips and dives in her sparkling…
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New Year’s Day triplets for Cayman family Caymanians, Mark and Sheena Thompson, have three additions to their family when triplets were born, Alexa, Jenna and Emma. The babies weighed in at only 3lbs. 12ozs, 3lbs. 7ozs, and 3lbs 2ozs, respectively…
US-Cuba thaw may rock Caribbean tourism
By Andres Oppenheimer From Stabroek News One of the big questions following President Barack Obama’s decision to significantly expand US tourism to Cuba will be how much it will affect other Caribbean tourism destinations such as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica…
Study finds Caribbean share of global tourism declining
From Jamaica Gleaner Tourists at a beach in Negril, Westmoreland. – File CMC: A study examining what is driving the tourism flows in the Caribbean has found that the region’s share of the global tourism market is declining. The International…
Education seniors take love of teaching to Cayman Islands
From Palm Beach Atlantic University As friends and classmates growing up in the Cayman Islands, Chekiya Tatum and Zorina McCoon grew up knowing they were called to teach. Before the two ventured northward to enroll in the School of Education…
Caribbean Tourism News: What’s new in the islands?
By Mark Stevens From the Star A round-up of the latest developments, from new flights, to new hotels and unsung destinations ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Once a year the powers-that-be in Caribbean tourism, from country presidents to ministers of tourism…
Barbados is least corrupt country in the Caribbean
By Hayden Boyce -Turks and Caicos SUN Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Barbados is the least corrupt country in the Caribbean and among the top-20 cleanest countries in the world, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2014 which was released…
Why are infants dying in the Dominican Republic’s hospitals?
From Caribbean360 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, December 1, 2014 — A report conducted last October by Altagracia Guzman Marcelino, the Dominican Republic’s new Minister of Health, found that the deaths of 11 babies in one weekend at Robert Reid Cabral…