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Cayman Islands take ‘can’t beat ’em, eat ’em’ stance on lionfish
By Aileen Torres-Bennett / Reuters, from Taipei Times In a reef just off the popular USS Kittiwake dive site in Grand Cayman, hunters armed with spears seek out lionfish — an invasive species so destructive that authorities want them caught…
The business case for including gay lawyers
By Karen Sloan, From The National Law Journal Richard Rosenbaum will never forget the day two decades ago when an associate working for him at Greenberg Traurig came out during a business trip. Previously, the Miami-based younger lawyer had passed…
U.S. banks blacklist Belize – PM Barrow cries into the wind, claims “damnation by innuendo”
From The Belize Times Belize’s economy which is already on life-support and barely kept alive by the slew of loans made by the Barrow Administration has received another heavy blow with the announcement that United States’ banks could soon end…
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Caribbean and Central American countries formalize partnership for catastrophe risk insurance
From The World Bank Nicaragua is the first Central American country to sign up to the insurance WASHINGTON, April 18, 2015 – The Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN) and CCRIF SPC…
Gadget of the week
Scientists eye secure communications by slowing down light By Timothy J. Seppala From engadget We’ve already seen what fiber optics can do for internet speeds, and it looks like the medium could be used for quantum communications too. See, as…
Caribbean’s most ambitious submarine fiber-optic link nearly complete
By Mar Gonzalo From Fox News Latino Spain’s Telefonica will put the finishing touches next week in Puerto Rico on the longest and most powerful submarine cable link in the Caribbean, a project that will provide a fiber-optic connection between…
FBI admits forensic evidence errors in hundreds of cases
From BBC The FBI admitted errors made in statements regarding hair analysis The FBI has admitted “errors” in evidence provided by its forensics laboratory to US courts to help secure convictions, including in death penalty cases, over more than 20…
Is this meeting necessary?
From SmartDraw How to eliminate unnecessary meetings and turbo-charge the necessary ones. It’s true. People hate meetings. But for most business people, meetings are a necessary evil. Why are they so detested, and what can be done about it? According…
Letter from Charleston, S.C. – Colony of a colony
By Sir Henry S. Fraser From Caribbean360April 20, 2015 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday April 20, 2015 – Last week, in celebrating International Day for Monuments and Sites, I wrote a bit about our sister city Charleston (“the Holy City”) in South…
How can Latin America and the Caribbean keep up inclusive growth?
By Louise Cord Co-Authors: Carlos Rodríguez Castelán From The World Bank The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been the most inclusive region in the world over the last decade: not only did it cut extreme poverty in half,…
