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Hopes are high for 13-year-old Canadian prodigy at Ipswich Town [via Cayman Islands]
By Chris Brammer From Ipswich Star The name Marcelo Flores may not mean much to Ipswich Town fans at the moment. However, give it a few years and the Canadian youngster could well be gracing the turf at Portman Road….
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Cape Cod Shipbuilding boat design finalist for British award [1 sailing in Cayman]
By Andrea Ray From Wareham Village Soup Cape Cod Shipbuilding President Mary Goodwin is tickled pink by the company’s latest honor – one of its boats is a finalist for an English award that recognizes traditional craftsmanship. “The award is…
What it’s like to be something other than white and male in the hedge fund business
By Rachael Levy From Business Insider The money-management industry has a diversity problem. Morningstar’s globalstudy out earlier this yearshowed that only one in five mutual-fund managers is a woman – a rate that hasn’t budged since 2008. In the US,…
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Antigua-Barbuda opposition called on to explain banking scandal
From Caribbean News Now ST JOHN’S, Antigua — The ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has called on the leader of the parliamentary opposition, former prime minister Baldwin Spencer, and the current political leader of the opposition United Progressive…
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2016 Swammy Awards: Caribbean/Central AM. Female Swimmer of the Year
From Swim Swam 2016 Swammy Awards: Caribbean/Central AM. Female Swimmer of the Year – ALIA ATKINSON Jamaican Alia Atkinson had a fantastic 2016 in her specialty, sprint breaststroke. Her year was highlighted by two world records, one in the 50 SCM breast…
Richard Marx subdues violent passenger to help ‘ill-equipped’ airline crew
BY VICTORIA HOSINGAPORE From Mashable A passenger on a Korean Air flight got violent on Tuesday, but lucky for the crew, pop singer Richard Marx was on board. The ’80s balladeer and his wife, TV host Daisy Fuentes, were onboard…
Duty concession on imported Cayman Islands building materials extended
The Government has extended the flat 15% import duty rate on building materials imported to Grand Cayman for a further year, to 31 December 2017. In explaining the reason for the extension of the duty concession, the Minister for Finance…
IMF Chief Lagarde goes on trial
By LK Hewlett WINN From Caribbean News Now PARIS, France (WINN) — The first female managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, went on trial on Monday in a French court for alleged misuse of public funds….
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New ‘safe seafood’ laws, export rules being readied
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 13 December 2016 (CRFM)—The fisheries industry on Wednesday moves one step closer to making the Caribbean fish and seafood trade safer and more profitable when experts meet in Barbados to finalise a raft of model regional laws, policies…
Region’s exports fall five per cent
From The Guardian tt The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (Eclac) annual report Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2016 shows that the foreign trade dynamics of the region are having their worst performance…
