RBC Wealth Management appoints new VP and MD
By: Viola Caon Investment Europe RBC Wealth Management, part of Royal Bank of Canada, has announced the executive appointment of Mike Moodie to the position of Vice President and Managing Director, Ultra High Net Worth, RBC Wealth Management – British…
33rd Caribbean Festival starts in Santiago de Cuba
Prensa Latina News Agency With a gala at the Heredia Theater, the 33rd International Caribbean Festival begins in Santiago de Cuba, an event uninterruptedly held for nearly 35 years as a meeting point among the cultures of the peoples of…
Into the ether: where lost stuff goes
BY MATT PETRONZIO From Mashable Whether it’s a sock or an important email, we all lose stuff into the ether — wherever those lost items go, never to return. In this Sunday comic, Maria Scrivan illustrates the dark abyss of missing…
Lost in the Caribbean Sea 4 days, Bridge City teenager coming home
By Paul Purpura From The Times Picayune Greater New Orleans For four days, after learning that her 16-year-old daughter Amber Burkett was missing in the Caribbean Sea amid the islands off the Honduran mainland, Jackie Capehart of Bridge City was…
Caribbean law librarians meet
For the first time, Caribbean law librarians will meet in the Cayman Islands for their annual conference early next week. Some 40 delegates from 15 member countries of the Caribbean Association of Law Libraries (CARALL) are being hosted by the…
Why financial institutions must comply with anti-money laundering laws?
By SSA ZAIDI Moneylife Money laundering and crime are interconnected; it is the crime that thrives on money laundering—if money laundering is blocked or detected it will lead to discouragement of crime To answer this question, we need to first…
RIP: every product ever axed by Google
BY CHELSEA STARK Mashable On Monday (1), Google pulled the plug on Google Reader, despite much general online despair about the death of the most popular RSS reader. While this is definitely the most popular tool Google has put on…
New Caribbean Disaster and Response Report issued
From Relief Web Caribbean Regional Disaster Response and Management Mechanisms Prospects and Challenges The Caribbean is susceptible to a variety of natural hazards: tropical cyclones, floods, volcanic and seismic activity, droughts and bush fires. These threats are exacerbated by the…
Caribbean can rise above challenges
From The Barbados Advocate It is only in the context of a properly functioning integration movement that the Caribbean region, now more closely knit than ever, can rise about the daunting challenges it now faces. This was the message sent…
ILO Director-General calls for urgent action on youth unemployment
by: H Alexander From Breaking News T&T Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, told Caribbean Labour Ministers that there is a need to focus more closely on strategies to address youth unemployment. Addressing the Eighth ILO…
