Royal Caribbean will take delivery of Symphony of the Seas on March 23
By Matt Hochberg From Royal Caribbean Blog Royal Caribbean will take delivery of the world’s largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The event will celebrate the handing over of the ship from French shipyard…
Seafarers’ House to Honor Royal Caribbean’s Michael Bayley
From Cruise Industry News Michael Bayley, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International, has been selected as the recipient of Seafarers’ House International Golden Compass Award for 2018, according to a statement. The award is given each year to those…
Multimillion dollar sewage fix for Barbados
By Nya Phillips BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — It will cost the Barbados government $12.9 million to address the south coast sewage issues, minister with responsibility for water resource management, Dr David Estwick, said at a press conference last weekend. He…
Portugal police ‘find cocaine in traveller’s padded pants’
From BBC Police in Portugal have detained a man at Lisbon’s international airport accused of carrying 1kg (2.2lb) of cocaine in fake buttocks. Local media said the Brazilian citizen had arrived on a flight from the city of Belém, in…
Jamaican cleared in Bermuda court of drug charges
From The Jamaica Gleaner HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): Maurice Martin, a 34-year-old Jamaican national, who survived a 2010 shooting that killed his friend, has been cleared by a Supreme Court of a plot to import fentanyl into Bermuda with two Canadians….
Cayman Islands to emerge as key strategic hub for subsea cable sector
By Chris Kelly, From Total Telecom OfReg is working with other government departments to open up the Cayman Island’s subsea sector to international investors The Cayman Islands could emerge as a key strategic hub, linking the US with developing markets…
You Can’t Deport a Movement rally at Foley Square
BY TEQUILA MINSKY From Caribbean Life The tone, Saturday morning, Feb. 11, began a bit lighter than might have been as immigration rights activists filled Foley Square in the shadow of Manhattan courts at the “You Can’t Deport a Movement”…
The UK government has developed AI so powerful it can block 99.99% of ISIS propaganda videos before they reach the internet
By Kieran Corcoran From Business Insider The British government has developed AI technology which can scan videos and work out whether they contain extremist content. It gave £600,000 ($834,000) of public money to tech firm ASI Data Science to build…
How to structure an ICO and an ICO Fund in Cayman Islands
By Chris Richardson From Escape Artist 2017 will be remembered as the year of Bitcoin. The first 3 quarters of the year will be remembered as the start of the ICO boom… at least until the SEC came in and…
Cayman Islands: Pedro St James – A living monument
By Latara Boodie From Jamiaca Gleaner One of the oldest and most innovative depictions of 19th century European architecture, can be seen in the most perennial building in the Cayman Islands The Pedro St James Castle. The historical gem was…





