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Community Events NWDA Visit to Cayman Brac Representatives from the National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA) will be available to meet with Employers and Job Seekers, and assist with online registrations, resume preparation and other job search activities. Wednesday 15th July…
The Editor Speaks: Domestic violence – is it increasing or are we being more enlightened?
Domestic Violence is a pattern of behaviour used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence. Other terms for domestic violence include intimate partner violence, battering, relationship abuse,…
Man extradited from Caribbean to face sexual assault charge in Aspen [USA
By Chad Abraham, From Aspen Daily News A Texas man charged with sexually assaulting an Aspen woman appeared in court Friday after he was extradited from the Caribbean. Bond for Peter Duane Watkins, 40, of Naples, Texas, was set at…
Bank misconduct fuels surge of Federal DPAs and NPAs
By Sue Reisinger, From Corporate Counsel Thanks mostly to massive misconduct by banks, U.S. enforcement officials are en route to signing a record number of deferred and nonprosecution agreements (DPAs and NPAs) this year. A new study from Gibson, Dunn…
The pros ands cons of foreign direct investment in the Caribbean
From Caribbean Digital Network A clinical perspective of CDN’s Ricardo Blackman in Barbados July 9th – The shortage of domestic capital to drive economic growth is a common denominator across much of the Caribbean. The injection of foreign direct investment…
Fix the supply
By Jens Erik Gould From The Financialist It’s been seven years since the global financial crisis began, and growth has yet to return to pre-crisis levels. It may not do so for the foreseeable future, either. In developed markets, growth…
Baroness Patricia Scotland Prospective Secretary General of the Commonwealth
From Jamaica Gleaner Sixty-year-old Baroness Patricia Scotland, a daughter of the region who charted an indelible path in the legal and political sphere in the United Kingdom, aspires to be the next Secretary General of the 53-member Commonwealth nation states….
Things that matter: Jamaica joins UNESCO World Heritage list
By Sir Henry Fraser From The Barbados Advocate Congratulations to Jamaica! The magnificent Blue and John Crow Mountains have just been inscribed as a World Heritage site – among a list of 27 new sites announced on July 3rd. It…
President calls for change in region’s education system
By Verne Burnett from Trinidad & Tobago Newsday President Anthony Carmona yesterday expressed concern about the “internalisation” of tertiary education in the Caribbean where, he said, every island is establishing their own universities and tertiary level institutions in an effort…
Bold video series shows how rarely people of color actually speak in films 2.1k
By Yohana Desta From Mashable A simple video series could forever change the way you watch films. Actor and writer Dylan Marron takes films and boils them down to only show every single word spoken by a person of color,…
