September 16, 2023

Cayman: The Security Centre partners with Ajax Systems in the Caribbean Region

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The Security Centre unveiled Ajax Systems to attendees at the Builder’s Expo last month, alongside visiting representatives from Ajax Systems LatAm.   George Town, Grand Cayman (Friday, 23 June 2023): The Security Centre is pleased to announce its partnership with Ajax Systems (“Ajax”) to be an authorised distributor, installer and monitoring partner of Ajax security […]

Maples Group announces Partner and Of Counsel promotions in the Caribbean region

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Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of five of its lawyers in its Cayman Island offices further strengthening its deep bench of expertise in the region. The Partner promotions included Adam Huckle (Financial Services Regulation, Dispute Resolution & Insolvency), Christina Gordon (Funds & Investment Management), Nick Herrod […]

CDEMA European Union have launched the 11th EDF Natural Disaster Facility in the CARIFORUM Programme

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Saint Maarten, 4 December 2019. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) along with the European Union have launched the 11th EDF Natural Disaster Facility in the CARIFORUM Programme. This initiative aims to contribute to the reduction of the vulnerability to disaster risks, and to promote the sustainable development from the countries of this region. The […]

Global financial technology provider Equisoft appoints Ruben Veerasamy as Head of the Caribbean Region

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MONTREAL, Oct. 30, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Equisoft, a leading global financial technology company providing advanced solutions for the insurance and wealth industries, today officially announced the appointment of Ruben Veerasamy as Senior Vice President, Caribbean. Equisoft’s strategic objective is to diversify and accelerate their global expansion. The company has delivered significant strategic business value in the […]

Canada Caribbean Resilience Facility for the Caribbean Region launched

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From South Florida Caribbean News BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean small island states are vulnerable to extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. Lessons learned from the devastating 2017 Atlantic hurricane season revealed a need to strengthen country governments’ long-term resilience and ability to build back better following natural disasters. In response, Canada pledged $100 million (CAD) to […]

Pooling resources and sharing strategies at the Understanding Risk Caribbean Conference

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Understanding Risk Caribbean Conference to be held in Barbados, 27 May – 1 June 2019 Hundreds of participants from more than 35 countries and territories will meet at the Understanding Risk Caribbean Conference in Barbados, at the University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus’ Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, from May 27th to June the 1st 2019. […]

Caribbean ABS Week: From global goals to local implementation

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019 — Caribbean Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Week will take place within the framework of the multi country project, Advancing the Nagoya Protocol in the Caribbean Region, implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) aimed at generating awareness of and support for the Nagoya Protocol, under the Convention of Biological Diversity. WHAT […]

Caribbean highlights

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TOP ATTRACTIONS FROM THE ISLANDS BETWEEN NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA From World of Waterfalls Even though this is a waterfalls website, we recognize that there are many highlights in the Caribbean Islands (both involving and not involving waterfalls). So we’ve come up with this page to pay homage to some of the highlights that […]

Giant dust particles from the Sahara Desert found in atmosphere in the Caribbean Region

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By Vadim Ioan Caraiman From Great Lakes Ledger Giant dust particles scattered around the world could be adding to global warming, warns a UK study released today in Science Advances. The dust droplets from the Sahara desert encountered up to 3,500 kilometers far away in the Caribbean were almost 50 fold bigger than it would […]

Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week galvanizes climate action

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From Relief Web Representatives from joint FAO-UNDP NAP-Ag Programme connect sectoral adaptation plans with achievement of Paris Goals and 2030 Agenda 27 August 2018, Uruguay – This year’s Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW), hosted in Uruguay from August 20 to 23, pushed global ambitions to address climate change and facilitated important discussion between […]