Mrs Tracey Edwards-Greaves Appointed Chief Information Officer of The UWI Global Campus
From Marketing & Communications | UWI Global Campus The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Global Campus is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Tracey Edwards-Greaves as Chief Information Officer (CIO), with effect from August 1, 2025. …
OECS Hosts 5th Regional Data Governance Council Meeting to Advance Data-Driven Development
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission successfully concluded the 5th Meeting of the Regional Data Governance Council (RDGC), held from October 7-10, 2025. Over the course of four days, Directors of Statistics from OECS Member States, regional institutions, and…
MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – October 13, 2025
October 13, 2025 Cruise community to meet in San Juan next week The cruise community will gather in San Juan, Puerto Rico next week for the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Cruise Conference & Trade Show, taking place October 21–24, 2025. The…
Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees freed as Trump hails ‘historic dawn’ in Middle East
By Tony BennettFrom BBC ‘Peace in the Middle East’: Trump signs ceasefire deal in Egypt There have been celebrations across Israel and the Palestinian territories as a major hostage and prisoner exchange on Monday marked a significant step towards ending…
Island Innovation will be at COP30 in Brazil
From Island Innovation This November, the world turns its eyes to Belém do Pará, Brazil, where for the first time in history a UN Climate Change Conference (COP) will be hosted in the heart of the Amazon, the largest tropical forest on Earth…
The Fourth Branch: How Conscience and Civic Vigilance May Save the Republic
Democracy depends not just on officeholders, but on the quiet vigilance of institutional and civic actors—the novel “fourth branch” that preserves the Republic when power itself threatens systemic health
Cayman: Two Arrested Following Altercation in West Bay
From RCIPS Early Saturday morning, 11 October, officers responded to a report of a disturbance at an address on Watercourse Road in West Bay. It was reported that there had been an altercation between persons known to each other at…
Minor Hotels Partners with Ayati to Empower Sri Lankan Children with Disabilities
Minor Hotels Expands ‘Dollar for Deeds’ Programme Partnering with Ayati Trust in Supporting Children with Disabilities Throughout Sri Lanka Ayati Centre located within the premises of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama Minor Hotels, an international hotel owner,…
Paranthropus and the Greatest Whodunit of All Time
Our robust Paranthropus cousins thrived in Africa for a million and a half years, making stone tools and sharing the landscape with different Homo species at the dawn of human cultural innovation
Coca−Cola expands youth empowerment programme ahead of Milano Cortina 2026
10 October 2025 – Worldwide Olympic Partner Coca-Cola, through its bottling partner Coca-Cola HBC, is supporting young people in Italy as they prepare to enter the workforce, through the expansion of its #YouthEmpowered initiative. The Coca-Cola HoReCa Masterclass: Towards the Olympic Winter Games initiative…
