World Tourism Day Message by Caribbean Tourism Organization SG
World Tourism Day Message By Hugh Riley, Secretary General Caribbean Tourism Organization – Sept. 27th BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Tourism Organization is pleased to join the international community of nations in celebrating World Tourism Day 2016. This year’s theme:…
Jamaican and Chinese collaborating for tourism opportunities
At a recent international travel expo in Sichuan Province, China, the Jamaica-based tour and destination management company Island Routes was collaborating with the World’s largest travel group, China National Travel Service Corporation, to discuss ways in which the pair can…
St Lucia PM threatens local journalist with defamation lawsuit
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — Seemingly determined to prove the accuracy of the well known saying, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” [The more things change, the more they stay the same], lawyers acting for…
Olwomen story of the week
New Digital Communication Tools That Are Soon Going To Replace Emails By Jenny Smith From Olwomen The amount of time you spend reading and answering emails at workplace is soon going to be minimized with the debut of new digital…
Taiwan notes silence of some Caribbean and Latin American allies at UN
From Caribbean News Now NEW YORK, USA — Taiwan said it has taken note of the deafening silence on the part of some of its Caribbean and Latin American diplomatic allies at the United Nations regarding its open bid to…
U.S. judge approves but critiques SEC’s ‘phantom’ deal with [Cayman Islands] bank
By Nate Raymond | NEW YORK From Reuters The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday won approval of a settlement with failed Cayman Islands-based Caledonian Bank Ltd, despite criticism by a federal judge of the regulator’s handling of the…
World Bank and Caribbean Export Launch Link-Caribbean
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, September 27, 2016. Caribbean start-up, early-stage and growth businesses now have another means for raising capital. Today the World Bank Group together with the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) launched LINK-Caribbean, an investment facilitation program aimed at…
Horror remakes that don’t suck
10 horror remakes that actually don’t suck By Brent McKnight for Cinema Blend From Mashable At this stage, when we hear that one movie or another is being remade, we hardly bat an eye, so desensitized we have become to…
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Think Blue: Finding growth in the Caribbean Sea
By Pawan Patil, World Bank Economist From iNews Guyana Ours is a blue planet. Water covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, and the ocean economy drives global trade, annually contributing around 3% or US$ 1.5 trillion to global value…
Cayman Islands police arrest suspect in suspicious ATM activity
From RCIPS: Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:15 AM Yesterday afternoon, 27 September, FCU detectives arrested a man, age 35, of Bulgaria, on suspicion of money laundering in connection with the incidents over the weekend described below. The man is…
