Caribbean faces social unrest unless world treats it better, warns Jamaica
By Oliver West From Emerging Markets Peter Phillips, Jamaica’s finance minister, warns that populations in the Caribbean will lose patience with the international community unless they provide the resources to modernise infrastructure Jamaica’s finance minister has called for the international…
New cruise terminal at Caribbean’s most-visited port
By MarEx From The Maritime Executive Carnival Corporation has added a third berth to the company’s pier at Puerta Maya, Cozumel, Mexico, the most popular cruise destination in the Caribbean. With an investment of more than $20 million, the all-new…
Community-based tourism in the Greater Caribbean
From eTN Community-based tourism emerges as an alternative to bridge the social and economic gap of rural communities, and is suitable for communities seeking to generate additional income in their daily economic activities utilizing the cultural, natural and local resources…
The island where men are disappearing
By Hernando Alvarez From BBC World Service At first glance it’s paradise, a small Caribbean island with palm trees swaying in the breeze, white sands and emerald waters, untouched by mass tourism. But Old Providence has a guilty secret –…
How to travel like a CHIEF: Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum
By Sean Russell From Sojern Like most of us, any time I get to go to the Caribbean I am happy—a cold towel and rum punch waiting for me upon arrival, white sandy beaches, crystal clear oceans, reading a good…
Virgin Islanders seek reparations from Denmark
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Britain and the United States are not alone with indebtedness to African s transported against their will from the continent to be sold into slavery. Although Portugal and Spain have also been maligned…
Caribbean immigrants nabbed in raids across Florida
From CARIBBEAN360 FLORIDA, United States, Friday October 9, 2015 – A Jamaican man who was convicted of murder is among several Caribbean immigrants who are now in custody after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made arrests across Florida over…
Cayman Islands: 7 arrested for DUI over the week end Oct 10-11
From RCIPS Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:23 AM Six men and one woman ages between 18 year and 53 years old were arrested by uniform officers in George Town on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. In one…
The Editor Speaks: Money laundering legislation is a pretense
I am a far from qualified person to talk about money laundering and the legislation in place to protect it. I can only comment on what I read and leave it to “experts”. In a recent article in the Cayman…
World Animal Protection comments on turtle deaths, cover-up at Cayman Turtle Farm
October 9 – A recent news report in the Cayman Islands has revealed that 1268 turtles died in a 2014 disease outbreak at the Cayman Turtle Farm, the last facility in the world that breeds endangered sea turtles for meat….





