Schindler’s PORT technology installed at San Juan’s Union Plaza is the first in Caribbean
First building in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to benefit from this innovative destination-dispatch elevator system Transforms the way occupants navigate and move around the building Modernization of building has kept tenants and customer happy Increases efficiency and energy savings…
Women’s Football Review: Caribbean Cup kicks off for World Cup Qualifying
From Tribal Football This week, Tim Grainey previews the Caribbean Cup Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago, part of CONCACAF’s Women’s World Cup qualification process for next summer. The Caribbean Cup for eight national teams in the Caribbean Football Union, a…
Puerto Rico’s population shrinks as residents move to US
From Caribbean360 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Thursday August 14, 2014 – A new study has found that Puerto Rico has undergone such a dramatic population shift that there are now over a million more Puerto Ricans on the US mainland…
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…
USDA reaches out to farmers with sweet conservation incentives
By Julie Wright, NRCS Caribbean Area From USDA Pineapples are emerging again as a popular farming enterprise in Puerto Rico because of a new variety that packs more sweetness and boasts stronger harvests. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is working…
Aquaculture as Gateway to “Blue Economy” for CRFM States
BELIZE CITY, Wednesday, July 30, 2014 (CRFM Secretariat)—Globally, aquaculture is a multi-billion-dollar industry, but the Caribbean has yet to tap into its true potential to expand marine and fresh water aquaculture. The good news is that a recently concluded study…
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…
U.S. Coast Guard interdicts 3,591 pounds of marijuana in the Caribbean Sea
From Maritime Security The Coast Guard seized more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated wholesale value of $3.5 million and detained five suspected smugglers during a drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea, southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico….
Barbados minister says CARICOM lacks solidarity in Caribbean rum fight with US
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday July 1, 2014, CMC – Trade, Industry and Commerce Minister, Donville Inniss, has compared the current trade issue with the United States over rum to the banana struggle of the 90s, and criticised regional leaders…
Law firm launches Caribbean practice
By REW Staff Duval & Stachenfeld LLP announced on Tuesday (24) the launch of its Caribbean/Central America Real Estate Practice Group. The group will be co-chaired by real estate partners Tom O’Connor and Alan Cohen. “Our Firm has long been…
