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Day: April 17, 2017

Cayman Islands: HER Story is OUR History documentary released

The Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs on 6 April 2017, hosted the premiere of Her Story is Our History: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in the Cayman Islands at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort. Based on the many…

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New Caribbean startup BVI Airways readies for operations

By Alan Dron From Air Transport World British Virgin Islands startup BVI Airways is ready to start operations, the company said. “BVI Airways is now open for business,” the airline’s president and CEO Jerry Willoughby said. “We have already received…

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Climate impact on Caribbean coral reefs may be mitigated if…

By Diego Arguedas Ortiz CAHUITA, Costa Rica, Apr 14 2017 (IPS) – A few dozen metres from the Caribbean beach of Puerto Vargas, where you can barely see the white foam of the waves breaking offshore, is the coral reef…

Buoyant start to 2017 for Cayman Insurance Industry

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Following an excellent year for new insurer licenses issued in 2016 (39 in total), the Cayman Islands Insurance Industry has seen a buoyant start to 2017, with 8 new Insurer licenses issued in the first quarter….

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A labyrinth of deception: Secretary Clinton and the Honduras coup

By Daniel Beckman Guest Scholar at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs From Caribbean News Now At 4 a.m. on June 28, 2009, a battalion of 150 masked Honduran soldiers under orders from Gen. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez initiated a shootout with…

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Hero Caribbean Premier League returns to Broward County

Hero CPL is scheduled to take place from August 4th to September 10th at Central Broward Regional Park LAUDERHILL – The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) can confirm that the biggest party in sport will return to Broward County after…

New Caribbean Alliance student organization hopes to raise cultural awareness

By Olivia Williams from Kent Wired.com The Student Organization of Caribbean Alliance (SOCA) held their first meeting in Oscar Ritchie hall Wednesday. SOCA‘s goal is to encourage awareness of the diversity of Caribbean cultures and traditions. It hopes to unite…

Male voice choir celebrates Easter

The Cayman Islands Male Voice Choir sets the tone for Easter By Georgina Wilcox The Cayman Islands Male Voice Choir presented “An Easter Concert” on Good Friday at Elmslie Memorial Church on Harbour Drive in George Town. The Good Friday…

Caribbean leaders brown-nose while Latin American leaders slam Trump

By Felicia Persaud from Amsterdam News The disparity has always been huge in how Latin American leaders stand up for their diaspora versus their Caribbean counterparts. It’s almost like Jesus and the moneychangers. Latin American leaders recognize the importance of…

Quadruple amputee Staff Sgt. Travis Mills wows the crowd with appearance on ‘Ellen’ show

Katie Folie, We Are The Mighty Retired Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills went out on a foot patrol on April 10, 2012. It was his third tour in Afghanistan. He woke up on his 25th birthday to find that he’d…