Life expectancy in the Caribbean Netherlands
By Carla King-Sira From St Mararten Island Timecom Life expectancy in the Caribbean Netherlands differs slightly from that in the European part of the Netherlands BES Islands – Life expectancy at birth in the Caribbean Netherlands for men and women…
Rough sailing when virus comes aboard
By Christopher Elliott, From Washington Post What’s worse than being stricken with a stomach bug on vacation? Maybe it’s being quarantined on a cruise ship with hundreds of other passengers suffering from the same illness. That’s what happened to Randy…
Five Trinidad nationals detained for alleged Venezuela coup plot
From Caribbean360 Five Trinidad and Tobago nationals, including three Muslim leaders, are being held in Venezuela amid charges of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Saturday March 29, 2014, CMC – Five Trinidad…
Tax havens [like Cayman] dying concept: tax commissioner
From news.com.au Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan has warned that the concept of the tax haven is dying and it is only a matter of time before dodgers are caught. Addressing a conference in Hobart, the commissioner urged all taxpayers…
Debra Ehrhardt and her award-winning play coming to Cayman
From Cayman Drama Society “Jamaica Farewell” is the next production at Prospect Playhouse for five performances only The Cayman Drama Society’s next production, “Jamaica Farewell” plays a limited run of one weekend only on Friday, April 4th at 7:30pm, Saturday,…
The Editor Speaks: Why the silence on who conducted the report on Police Commissioner?
So why do we have to have secrecy surrounding the identity of the person who conducted the internal investigation into Cayman’s Police Commissioner, David Baines’ use of force during the arrest of one of the three robbers fleeing from Diamonds…
Maples putts for Feed Our Future
Maples and Calder recently donated its winnings from the Cayman Islands Golf Invitational, totalling CI$1,700, to local charity Feed Our Future. The team placed second in the tournament, which took place from 13-14 December 2013 at the North Sound Golf…
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CNCF wants storytellers and poets The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) is calling on all Cayman’s storytellers and poets to submit their family friendly works directly to the CNCF at http://www.artscayman.org/. The reason the CNCF want their work is to…
CARIBBEAN VIEW: Re-thinking Caribbean tourism again
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Huntington News Most of the Caribbean tourism groups have claimed the recent change in the Air Passenger Duty (APD) as ‘a complete victory’ for the Caribbean. The ‘victory’ is hardly ‘complete’, if it is a…
Caribbean film industry to get online database
From Guardian Media In a move that is expected to provide significant growth within the burgeoning local and regional film industry, the T&T Film Festival (TTFF) is set to create a Caribbean Film Mart and Virtual Marketplace (Regional Film Database),…
