PNP chairman pick put off -new date to be set at next NEC
From Turks & Caicos Weekly News The current chairmanship of the Progressive National Party (PNP) is secure for now as the anticipated April elections has been postponed indefinitely. The Weekly News confirmed this with current chairman, Trevor Cooke on Thursday…
No need to fear the end of PetroCaribe, S&P tells Caribbean
By Lucien Chauvin From Emerging Markets Although Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has committed to maintain the discounted oil programme PetroCaribe, some of the 17 beneficiary nations in Central America and the Caribbean are using the opportunity of low crude orices…
Another consumer class action battle heads to Supreme Court
By Scott Flaherty, From The Litigation Daily Four years after holding that federal law trumps California’s ability to block class action waivers, the U.S. Supreme Court plunged back into the consumer arbitration debate on Monday in a case involving the…
Caribbean Fisheries Forum to review regional spiny lobster declaration
Belize City, March 29, 2015 (CRFM): Heads of national fisheries authorities from the seventeen (17) Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), as well as observers and partner agencies, will attend the 13th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries…
ON THE RIGHT: Caribbean just not keeping up
By Dr Peter Blair Henry From Barbados Nation News If we look at the world over the last three and a half decades, the Caribbean actually sticks out in a very important way, and not in a good way. If…
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Cayman Airways plane makes emergency landing According to the Cayman Islands Air Traffic Controllers (CIATCA) a Cayman Airways flight from Little Cayman to Grand Cayman on Saturday (28) made an emergency landing at Owen Roberts International Airport. The plane, a Twin Otter was…
Venezuela cuts oil exports to Caribbean in half as Havana warms up to Washington
By Frances Martel From Breitbart In a surprising assessment that indicates the Venezuelan economy is doing worse than its socialist government has indicated, a Barclay’s report on the nation’s oil exports show that the nation has reduced exports of crude…
Cayman Islands water company supports Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s Coral Nursery project
Blossom Village, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands–(25 March 2015)- Providing a wholesome and reliable supply of drinking water to its customers along the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay service areas of Grand Cayman isn’t the only priority for Cayman Water…
Ellen Pao loses Silicon Valley bias case against Kleiner Perkins
By David Streitfeld From New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — One of Silicon Valley’s most famous venture capital firms prevailed on Friday over a former partner in a closely watched suit claiming gender discrimination, but hardly got away unscathed. The…
Cayman Islands seeks strategic leader for its Port
The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands (PACI) has issued an advertisement seeking to fill the role of Port Director. The requirements of the role have recently been evaluated and enhanced to identify a candidate that will assist the Authority…