Tourist wins settlement after “nightmare” holiday in Dominican Republic
From Caribbean360 LONDON, England, Tuesday September 2, 2014 – In October 2009, a British tourist’s dream holiday in the Dominican Republic turned into a nightmare when he fell seriously ill just five days into a two-week stay at the four-star…
Clientelism hurting Latin America and the Caribbean
Contributed by: elijose From News Trinidad and Tobago Patronage can lead to corruption, low economic growth, poverty, and even higher child mortality. It also is a tenacious foe. Donor agencies pump huge amounts of money into rooting it out. They…
No new confirmed cases of chikungunya in Cayman Islands
Chikungunya Update as of 18 August 2014 From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Total confirmed cases of chikungunya remain at five as reported on 28 July 2014. Since then there have been no new confirmed cases. Total cases investigated for…
Lineup of Caribbean feature films announced for trinidad+tobago film festival/14
By Magella Moreau From The Bahamas Weekly The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) announced the first section of its programme of films for its 2014 edition, the Caribbean features section, today. Twenty feature-length films—ten fiction films and ten documentaries—will screen in…
T&T behind Haiti in economic growth
From Guardian Media T&T ranks ninth among the Caribbean’s fastest growing economies, according to data just compiled by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac). Eclac’s recently unveiled projections for growth in 2014 shows T&T,…
3 new cases for Chikungunya in Cayman Islands being tested – no new positive cases/Caribbean top 500,000 cases
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya update for Cayman Islands as of 4 August 2014 Total cases investigated for chikungunya since 25 June 2014 is 13. Since the last update on 28 July 2014, there have been three new…
Caribbean chikungunya cases up 7%
By Robert Roos News Editor From CIDRAP Cases in the Dominican Republic have increased by almost 30,000 in a week. Suspected and confirmed chikungunya cases in the Americas increased about 7.4% last week, reaching 474,880, with the Dominican Republic accounting…
New era of regional cooperation born: Birth of the Association of Caribbean States
From eTN Global Travel Industry News At the end of the 1980s, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government felt a growing exigency to forge closer relations with their neighbors in the Caribbean Basin. This desire to widen the integration…
Over the moon: Top Caribbean babymoon escapes
Steve Blount, special for USA TODAY Having a baby is transformational; once you go into that tunnel, you emerge a different person. That’s one reason babymoons, a trip in the last months of pregnancy, have become popular. They give couples…
EIB Caribbean office set to move to the Dominican Republic
From EIB The regional representation of the European Investment Bank in the Caribbean will move to the Dominican Republic. The regional representation of the European Investment Bank in the Caribbean will move to the Dominican Republic. The host country agreement…
