This Caribbean country is the latest to sign an Open Skies Agreement with the U.S.
From NAN News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Sept. 30, 2016: The Dutch Caribbean country of Curaçao has become one of only a handful from the region that has entered into an Open Skies Agreement with the U.S.; a move that is…
Saudi Arabia is key for an OPEC deal to happen in November
By Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com Fro Business Insider Oil prices shot up more than 6 percent this week on the news that OPEC reached a deal to cut oil production, but by Friday the rally seemed to be already running out of…
Local businessman’s waterfront ticket office “eyesore” will have to be removed
By Georgina Wilcox The controversial Ticket Office with Trellis, Restroom Facility, Storage Building, Tour Operator Sales Area and Mobile Food Truck Staging Area on Block OPY Parcel 190 (F14-0221) (P14-1007 (CS) has been turned down by the Cayman Islands Appeals…
UK provides US$7.8 million to IMF for Caribbean development
From Jamaica Observer WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) — The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has become the first development partner to participate in the new five-year phase (2017-22) of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Regional Technical Assistance Centre…
Puerto Rico will host cruiseship convention for 4 years
By Cindy Burgos Alvarado From caribbean Business SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico Tourism Co. (PRTC) Director Ingrid Rivera Rocafort and Port Authority Executive Director Ingrid Colberg Rodríguez announced Thursday [Sep 29] that Puerto Rico will be the host of the…
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Cash-strapped schools in the UK may switch to a 4-day week
Sally Weale, The Guardian From Business Insider Schools in West Sussex are warning they may have no option but to cut their hours – even floating the idea of a four-day week – unless they are given emergency financial help…
A new survey among Washington elites found they think the American electorate is stupid
By Alex Thompson, VICE News From Business Insider Voters are angry at the political establishment and the political establishment doesn’t much care for the voters either. In fact, they think voters are pretty damn stupid. That’s the conclusion of a…
Bahamas union leaders declare ‘war on government’
By Jayme C. Pinder Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Union leaders in The Bahamas declared “war on the government” on Wednesday, a week after it was revealed that Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson stopped a private…
UPDATE: 4 Arrests made. Detectives appeal for witnesses in Cayman Islands homicide investigation
From RCIPS: Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:02 AM There have been four arrests in connection with the murder that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, 1 October. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. A man and…
Cayman Islands Premier Hon. Alden MacLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA Statement on Hurricane Matthew
While we give a collective sigh of relief that it looks like the Cayman Islands will be spared the wrath of Hurricane Matthew, we remember our regional neighbours who are bracing for the storm’s impact. An extremely powerful and dangerous…
