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Partners focus on financing efficient cooling in Caribbean
Caribbean and German development partners are collaborating to transform the cooling and energy efficiency sectors in the Region. The partners will conduct regional training workshops on the Economic Rationale for Energy Efficiency in the Cooling Sector next week in St….
Cayman Islands Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure Establisment Of The “Utility Regulation And Competition Office”
The Cabinet decided to enact new legislation to establish a multi-sector regulatory agency to be known as the Utility Regulation and Competition Office (URCO) which will assume the responsibilities and functions currently carried out by Information Communications Technology Authority (ICTA)…
Save Cayman [Islands]: Greater George Town Hope Spot designation
Local environmental advocacy group Save Cayman announced Friday the awarding of the Greater George Town Harbour area as one of 14 new global Hope Spots. The news was announced at the IUCN World Conservation Congress and quickly snapped up by…
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Is Caricom really useful?
BY STEPHEN VASCIANNIE From Jamaica Observer What are some of the ways in which Caribbean states have put the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to use, and how effective have such measures been? This is part of the general question of whether…
FBI and ATF to set up offices at US embassy in Jamaica
By Latonya Linton KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will be setting up offices in Jamaica as part of measures to help fight crime and…
BHTA head issues Brexit warning
By Colville Mounsey From Barbados Today Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Roseanne Myers is cautioning against inciting panic over Britain’s impending separation from the European Union (EU). Britons voted in June to leave the 28-member politico-economic…
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Cayman Islands: Mourant Ozannes Interns complete “Brilliant” Summer Internship Programme
Nineteen young Caymanians have successfully completed their internships at Mourant Ozannes where they have had an opportunity to get first-hand experience of working in a leading law firm. Over the Summer period, a series of students drawn from the Cayman…
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The media’s crippling coverage of Rio Paralympics
By Anthony L Hall From Caribbean News Now The Rio 2016 Paralympics got underway with the Opening Ceremony last night. If you live in the United States, however, you could be forgiven for having no clue (unless you happened to…
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Prime ministers of Barbados and Jamaica hold bilateral talks
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Prime minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, and prime minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, on Wednesday discussed the state of bilateral relations between the two countries via telephone. The discussions took place against the background of two…
8 Reasons why the Caribbean should legalize medical marijuana
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Sept. 9, 2016: Advocates for the legalization of medical marijuana in the Caribbean are growing daily with many pointing to the major economic benefits to the region, including Invest Caribbean Now CEO…
