How to finance mobile network operators in Latin America and the Caribbean?
By Edgar Cabanas From IDB Invest Mobile network operators offer subsidized phones against advanced payments at a reduced price. From a financial point of view, it is not sustainable. Even though mobile network operators in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Centrica’s IP director talks 4IR and more
Ahead of IAM’s IPBC Europe 2019 (27 to 28 March, Paris), we spoke to Charles Clark, Director, IP, Centrica who shared some interesting insights ahead of what is going to be a great event. Can you describe your role at…
8 surprisingly germy items in your kitchen
By Brian Syuki From Care2 Your kitchen contains more germs than any other room in your home. You probably catch more germs in your kitchen than in your bathroom. According to the FDA, one in six people suffers food-borne illnesses every year due…
27 Feb Weather in Cayman
27 Feb Wed 2019 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Moderate winds and seas will continue over the Cayman area for the next 24 hours in association with a high pressure system over the western Atlantic Ocean. Humidity: 82% (UP from yesterday)…
Cayman Islands turtle-friendly lighting pilot programme
Cayman streets get turtle friendly Pilot project seeks to install safer streetlights 26 February, 2019 The Department of Environment (DoE), in partnership with the National Roads Authority (NRA) and Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC), is pleased to announce that the…
Discouraging forecast for the Caribbean [sargassum seaweed]
From Yucatan Times According to the monthly reports of the Optical Oceanography Laboratory of the School of Marine Sciences of the University of South Florida, intended to provide an overview of the current flowering condition and the probability of future…
Miami Cancer Institute names Horacio Asbun, M.D., FACS, Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
MIAMI, FL – February 25, 2019 – Surgeon Horacio Asbun, M.D., FACS, has joined Miami Cancer Institute, the region’s premier cancer treatment and research destination and part of Baptist Health South Florida. Dr. Asbun will serve as Chief of Hepatobiliary and…
Audio scribes
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio It’s no coincidence we refer to musicians as artists: They transfer what’s in their heads into ours through a language we call music. If we are accepting of what we receive a connection is…
Another cruise line moves toward more theme park entertainment
By Robert Niles From Theme Park Insider February 25, 2019, 3:30 PM · As attendance and revenue grow across the theme park industry, other businesses are looking at what elements from theme park experiences they can adopt to increase the appeal…
Caribbean to experience drier than usual wet season
From Jamaica Observer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean countries have been warned that the rainfall over the next three months may be “drier than usual” in some islands resulting in a progressively increase in wild fires. The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate…








