Demand for OFWs still high in 2016 – POEA
From Sun Star Manila OVERALL demand for overseas Filipino workers will remain strong this year, as indicated by continuing job orders of various occupations, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said. In his report to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, POEA Administrator…
IPI adds Caribbean defamation laws to online database Campaign celebrates legal changes in five countries
From International Press Institute VIENNA, Feb 12, 2016 – Detailed information in defamation laws in 15 Caribbean countries in now included in the International Press Institute’s (IPI) online media laws database. The information reflects data collected by IPI over the…
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Addressing the marijuana issue with wisdom
By Herbert Volney From Caribbean News Now In Defence of Marijuana I am an advocate for the decriminalization of the cultivation, possession and use of marijuana. As a former long-standing High Court judge it was my experience that successive juries…
Underwater world
11 Incredible pictures reveal hidden underwater world By Michelle Z. Donahue From National Geographic The winners of a recent underwater photo contest go deep. A butter-yellow seahorse in motion, a crab in a nest of eggs, and a shark biting…
racial inequality deepens
In Cuba, racial inequality deepens with tourism boom By Chris Arsenault From Thomson Reuters Foundation HAVANA, Feb 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As warming relations with the United States bring new money and tourists to Havana, some black Cubans like…
Judge rules Apple can’t be forced to help unlock phone
By Andrew Keshner/Associated Press, From New York Law Journal A Brooklyn magistrate judge has denied prosecution attempts to force Apple Inc. to assist with law enforcement efforts to unlock a smartphone in a drug case. Eastern District Magistrate Judge James…
JLP Officially Wins 2016 Elections after Recount
From kaba35.com It’s official. The Jamaica Labour Party is to form the next government. The win was confirmed following a marathon, official count of the West St Thomas ballots at the Electoral Office of Jamaica in downtown Kingston. The JLP was…
Royal Visit to the Cayman Islands 6 / 7 March 2016
Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex will visit the Cayman Islands from Sunday 6th March to Monday 7th March 2016. On Sunday the couple will attend a private event at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute on Little…
An active week for law enforcement in the Cayman Islands’ Eastern Districts
From RCIPS Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM Last week (through 28 February) RCIPS officers were stepping up enforcement on the road and elsewhere in the Eastern Districts. In the course of the week (through Sunday, 28 February) Eastern officers…
