Cayman Islands: 2018 CUC PFL Finals and Third-Place Review
Prep and George Town Primary win double championships It was a pulsating conclusion to the 2018 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and CUC Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) seasons this past Saturday, December 8 at the Annex Field, as Cayman…
Caribbean ‘frontier societies’ like St Vincent are defined by the ever-present interplay between the civilised and the wild
By Philip Nanton From LSE Historical shifts and contemporary changes in St Vincent and the Grenadines reveal how the frontier between the wild and the civilised is ever-present and continually shifting in the Caribbean and beyond. Colonisers once recoiled from…
ILO releases two policy reports to mark Human Rights Day
To mark Human Rights Day, the ILO released two policy reports via#FACEBOOKLIVE, one on child labour and one on forced labour, intended to inform policymakers and policy-stakeholders about the most effective strategies to achieve SDG Target 8.7. The latest Global…
Cayman Islands: PAHO offers mental health training for doctors
Sixteen public and private doctors attended a special training that focused on mental health for general practitioners and primary care physicians. Led by a team of three from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), the two day session aimed to…
Cayman Islands to host fourth biennial property and construction conference
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, 5 December2018 – Call it a boom or a bubble, the local real estate market has been on a steady incline. But is it sustainable? RICS Cayman Chapter will consider the regional and global factors impacting…
OECS / CXC-NotesMaster Montserrat Program Launched 26-27 November
Friday, December 7, 2018 — The OECS-CXC-NotesMaster MOE Montserrat program was launched 26-27 November. The program has goals of introducing primary level teachers to new e-Learning technologies and increasing the repository of high quality learning resources available to stakeholders across the OECS, freely…
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Astral projections: Cayman Islands STAR trusts
By Anthony Partridge, Giorgio Subiotto, Fraser Allister – Ogier From ILO Background The Special Trusts (Alternative Regime) (STAR) Law 1997, now incorporated into Part VIII of the Trusts Law (Revised), introduced so-called ‘STAR trusts’ into Cayman Islands law. STAR trusts…
STEP announces its new Worldwide Excellence Awards for late 2018
STEP is delighted to announce a record 37 new award winners in its Worldwide Excellence Awards. First launched in 2016, the Awards run twice a year to celebrate the highest achievement in STEP qualifications globally, and the latest winners are…
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Swan song
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio “Music is so powerful that it can even avert death” is an ancient notion popularized by the Greeks in legends and fairy tales centered around the swan. In Aesop’s, The Swan and the Goose,…
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Video Update: Advancing Geothermal Energy in the OECS for Economic Development and Resilience
OECS Media release Thursday, December 6, 2018 — A major gathering of regional and global geothermal experts is currently being convened in Saint Lucia to chart the way forward to transform the energy landscape of the OECS to deliver lower energy prices, reduce…
