Sochi looking like a ghost city
Photos of Sochi looking like a ghost city one month after the Olympics By Tony Manfred From Business Insider The future of the Sochi Olympic venues is unclear. Alexander Valov, a Russian reporter for BlogSochi, visited Sochi’s “coastal cluster” —…
Athena grows in Cayman
Athena International Management, an independent directorship services provider in the Cayman Islands, has expanded its corporate governance team for the second time in the last six months. Bill Fleury, a financial services expert with more than twenty-five years of financial…
8 things companies have said that sounded like April Fool’s jokes but sadly weren’t
By Chris Morran From Consumerist In spite of the National Pork Council’s best legal efforts, one can still buy canned unicorn meat from ThinkGeek.com. For the calendar-challenged, we’ll point out that today is April 1, meaning the Internet is full…
3,112 Chikungunya cases confirmed in the Caribbean
From Caribbean New Media Group There have been 3,112 confirmed/probable cases of Chikungunya in the Caribbean to date. The Chikungunya virus is transmitted to humans mostly through the virus-carrying Aedes Aegypti mosquito and those of the Aedes species. The first…
Haitian leader opens government to opponents
By Joseph Guyler Delva From Caribbean News Now PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — Haiti’s leadership announced a cabinet reshuffle this week to allow opponents to enter the government in compliance with a recent historic agreement to facilitate the holding of crucial…
MOA to participate in Caribbean ‘One Health’ initiative
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 08, 2014 (SKNIS) — “One Health, One Caribbean, One Love” an initiative designed to impact the agriculture, public health and environment sectors, is one of the newest projects in which St Kitts-Nevis is becoming involved. Permanent…
Scientists raise odds of El Niño this year to at least 70%
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable There is a greater than 70% chance that an El Niño event will kick off in the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean during the next four months, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said in a…
Bahamas Prime Minister’s statement on the passing of Rev. Dr. Earl Francis
Friday, 04 April 2014 08:35 I note with great sadness the passing of Reverend Dr. Earl Francis, the dean of the Baptist clergy in The Bahamas and a Bahamian patriot of the first order. Rev. Dr. Francis led a long…
Small enterprises key to a sustainable Caribbean economy
From Guyana Times The Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Government of Saint Lucia, hosted the Third Global Biennial Conference on Small States. This year’s conference theme was “Building resilience in Small States”, with Government officials in attendance from 31…
