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Month: January 2018

2017: record-breaking year for arrivals in the Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: Record-breaking arrivals for 2017 in both air and cruise visitation represent the best year of recorded statistical data for the Cayman Islands. A total of 418,403 stayover visitors, an increase of 8.55 percent over 2016 and…

Why you should still visit the Caribbean this year

From CNT Travelogue Podcast From the Bahamas to Curacao, here’s our status update on the region. On this week’s Travelogue podcast, we wanted to show the Caribbean—a region very close to our hearts—some much-needed love. Now that we’re in the…

Mangled cars show the raw destructive power of California mudslides

BY TIM CHESTER From Mashable If anyone doubted the sheer destructive power of the mudslides that have devastated Southern California this week, a video posted to Instagram Thursday should hammer the point home. The video, which was uploaded by The…

Last external officers departing BVI next week

From BVI News Law enforcement officials who came to offer additional security to the British Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Irma and Maria will officially depart the territory next week. The last of the officers from the Cayman Islands and Bermuda…

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Confronting the root causes of forced labor in global supply chains

From Freedom United Wednesday January 10, 2018 Where does forced labor come from? What are the root causes? Often this is traced back to two explanations: poverty and globalization, but how exactly do they perpetuate “endemic labor exploitation” in global…

Andy” becomes longest tracked tiger shark ever

FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Not freezing temperatures or nor’easters or Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose or Maria can stop “Andy,” a tiger shark tagged in Bermuda by scientists from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) in 2014. Travelling…

Trump’s tax reforms won’t bring back offshore money – he is just creating another tax haven in the US

From Independent UK Trump’s comments on foreign offshore tax havens are hiding an agenda which the US has already successfully implemented: turning America into the largest offshore centre in the world When Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being a…

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Caribbean legislators join outrage over Trump’s reported ‘Racist’ remarks

From Jamaica Gleaner NEW YORK (CMC): Caribbean legislators on Friday joined the avalanche of deep outrage over United States President Donald J. Trump’s reported racist remarks about nationals from Haiti, Africa and El Salvador. “Donald Trump’s disgraceful and disdainful rhetoric…

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Blanket Day for cancer

Our DFW church MLK Hope Worldwide did a blanket day for cancer!!! Donald Everett Gay published 3 photos in OJOH CANCER CARE MINISTRY LEADERS. IMAGES: Facebook Cancer care ministry is a hope ministry. While it involves prayer, counsel, visits and…

Hurricane struck Caribbean Islands still struggle for clean water

By Mara Dias From Surfrider During the New Year, the 100th day since Hurricane Maria (and 114th day since Hurricane Irma) raged through the Caribbean’s Greater Antilles – passed with little notice from mainland media or the general public. While…