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Six Best Cruises From Galveston for 2020 By Tanner Callais From CRUZELY The Port of Galveston in Texas has quickly grown from a niche port with a few cruises just a decade or two ago to offering some of the best cruises…
China lures Taiwan’s Latin American allies
By Carrie Kahn From OPB The power struggle between China and the island of Taiwan is playing out in an unlikely region — Latin America. The biggest bloc of Taiwan’s few remaining world allies is in Central America and the Caribbean….
Welcome Remarks to Red Ensign Group Conference By Acting Governor
Welcome Remarks to Red Ensign Group Conference By Acting Governor Hon. Franz Manderson 9 a.m., Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort (Protocol) Good morning ladies and gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to…
Shipping slump: Why a vessel worth $60m was sold as scrap
By Jamie Robertson From BBC In January 2010, the container ship Hammonia Grenada was delivered from a Chinese yard to its new owners, reportedly priced at about $60m (about £37m at that time). Just seven years later – at the…
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Tiny grazers may be the new hope for Caribbean reefs
From ScienceBlog Thirty years ago a mysterious disease wiped out long-spined black sea urchins across the Caribbean, leading to massive algal overgrowth that smothered already overfished coral reefs. Now, marine biologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) report that…
The [US] Navy’s most advanced warship just broke down for the second time in 2 months
By Paul Szoldra From Business Insider The US Navy’s most technologically advanced warship broke down while transiting through the Panama Canal, the second setback for the $4 billion ship in the last two months. The propulsion system of the USS Zumwalt…
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Carnival to increase capacity in Long Beach and Tampa
From Cruise and Ferry Carnival Cruise Line is to expand capacity in two key markets in 2018, with Carnival Miracle operating seven-day Caribbean cruises from Tampa, Florida and Carnival Splendor offering week-long Mexican Riviera cruises from Long Beach, California. “Tampa…
Panama eyes return to foreign bond markets early next year
By Paul Kilby and Davide Scigliuzzo, Reuters, From Business Insider WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (IFR) – Panama plans to tap the foreign bond markets during the first semester of next year to cover a portion of its funding needs in 2017,…
The View from Europe: The changing face of the Caribbean – Part 2
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now How should we regard the Caribbean’s future? Should it be with pessimism as some commentators suggest, or with optimism? The answer seems to lie in how one measures the likely effect of change….
Barbados PM wants closer relationship with Panama
By Sharon Austin From BGIS BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has expressed the view that the strong ancestral and cultural links connecting Panama to Barbados warrant a strengthening and enhancing of the existing diplomatic relationship. According to…
