Help ReefCI Save The Caribbean!
From INDIEGOGO Choose Life. Save the Caribbean with Reef Conservation International! I’m Polly Alford, CEO and Founder of ReefCI. After years of grinding it out with a large, multinational corporation, I followed my heart and relocated to Belize to open…
A new dawn for Guyana? | Ronald Sanders
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday May 15, 2015 – In what turned out to be a very close general election, preliminary official results indicate that the twenty-two and a half years reign of the Peoples Progressive…
Al Gosaibi debt deal [Grant Thornton involved in Cayman Islands legal actions]
By Frank Kane From The National New Al Gosaibi debt deal offer 25 per cent higher than previous proposal The heavily indebted Al Gosaibi family of Saudi Arabia is preparing to increase its offer to creditors owed US$6.4 billion. The…
We’ve had more Category 5 storms in under 5 months than in a typical year
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable It’s only May, which means the tropical cyclone season in the Northern Hemisphere is still in its infancy. The Atlantic season doesn’t officially start until June 1, after all. Yet already, in just the first…
Cayman Islands’ students eligible for Fortis Scholarship
Fortis Inc. Establishes Endowed Scholarship at Memorial University in Recognition of H. Stanley Marshall’s Contribution to Fortis Success Story. Fortis Inc. (“Fortis” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has established an endowed scholarship at Memorial University of…
Cayman Islands regulator announces development of a new Cayman AIFMD compliant fund for marketing in the EEA
From Simmons & Simmons elexica The Cayman regulator has published a statement that it is finalising a new AIFMD-compliant regime and a new category of fund – an AIFMD Fund – that wishes to market in the EEA. Submitted 19…
SLC woman brings national fundraising charity to Utah
By Faith Heaton Jolley From KSL Utah SALT LAKE CITY — Four hundred dollars and four hours a year — that’s what an efficient, national fundraising organization requires from its members to help local charities, and a Utah woman recently…
Debugging the gender gap: New documentary explores the complicated matter of the lack of women in tech
By Erin Carson From Tech Republic CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap’s director and producer Robin Hauser Reynolds tells TechRepublic why tech’s diversity problem affects everyone, not just women. Filmmaker Robin Hauser Reynolds saw a seemingly simple situation that didn’t make…
POV: The women mediums of Hầu Đồng
By Tewfic El-Sawy From The Travel Photographer During the past few months reading up on Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess worship), the syncretic religious tradition that mixes elements of traditional goddess worship of Vietnam, along with Hầu Đồng as one of…
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Caribbean Fisheries Ministers ink regional Spiny Lobster Declaration
St. George’s, Grenada, 18 May 2015 (CRFM)–In a milestone development for the region, Fisheries Ministers recently endorsed a new Declaration on Spiny Lobster—a highly traded marine species in the Caribbean—at the 9th Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean…
