Latin America and the Caribbean at the forefront of climate action

By Matilde Mord From UNDP In this blog series, UNDP experts share their perspectives in the lead-up to the next climate summit, COP22, taking place in November in Marrakech, Morocco. Latin American and Caribbean countries have long been at the…

Congresswoman urges Caribbean nationals to meet deadline to file for citizenship

From Jamaica Observer NEW YORK, USA (CMC) — Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke is urging Caribbean nationals who want to file immigration applications and petitions to submit them before December 23, 2016, when several fees will increase. “Citizenship confers enormous benefits,…

Caribbean mobile entrepreneurs urged to participate in Canadian government funded project

From Antigua Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 29, CMC –Regional mobile entrepreneurs are being given an opportunity to compete for a share of US$75,000 and be recognized as some of the top tech talent in the region under a project aimed…

Viral obituary wrongly declares Great Barrier Reef as dead

BY MARIA GALLUCCI From Mashable The bad news: 22 percent of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has died. The good news is, relatively speaking, that the rest of the 1,400-mile-long coral reef is alive — severely threatened, yes, but not yet…

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Atlas Insurance shakes up executive team [in Cayman Islands]

From Captive Insurance Times Atlas Insurance Management has restructured its executive management team to accommodate an increase in business demand within its Charlotte and Cayman Islands offices. Charlotte office appointments include Ian Podmore as senior vice president of business development;…

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Cancellation Of Certificates of Registration

By Maree Martin, Gene A. DaCosta, Tania Dons, Craig T. Fulton From Conyers Dill & Pearman The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) issued a notice on 29 September 2016 advising that for funds that have been in Licence Under Liquidation…

Guyana wants Caricom’s help in freeing up honey trade, one year after T&T fines La Parkan

By Denis Chabrol From Demera Waves Guyana is hoping that the Caribbean Community (Caricom) can unblock Trinidad and Tobago as the route through which honey exports must be transshipped  to regional and extra-regional markets, following a US$3,000 fine that La…

Tethys Petroleum Press Release: Update Regarding C$9.8 Million Private Placement With Olisol Investments Limited and Olisol Petroleum Limited

GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS–(Marketwired – Oct. 27, 2016) – Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or the “Company”) (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL) today announces that the previously announced C$9.8 million private placement with Olisol Investments Limited and Olisol Petroleum Limited (together “Olisol”) has not closed…

Regional Conference on Women opens with strong condemnation of gender violence

From Caribbean News Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 26 2016 – The XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean opened here Tuesday with a strong condemnation of violence against women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The…