Kimberly-Clark and UNICEF partner to help 2 million babies and young children in Latin America and the Caribbean
Kimberly-Clark will support UNICEF Programs with a $7.2 Million donation through Huggies® ‘No Baby Unhugged’ DALLAS, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Kimberly-Clark and UNICEF have joined together to improve the lives of nearly 2 million babies and young children across 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean….
Maimonides physician on a mission to bring cutting edge eye-care to the Caribbean
By john Alexander From Brooklyne Reporter One local hospital’s director of ophthalmology is helping to bring cutting edge eye care to residents of the Caribbean. Maimonides Medical Center’s Dr. Norman Saffra was volunteering at a soup kitchen last Christmas Eve…
Jeremy Jackson: Paleontology and Paleobiology Conservation Biolog
From Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute “There are no important questions today for understanding how the Earth works – ecologically, evolutionary, geochemically, oceanographically, meteorologically – that can be answered by a single person, or by a single discipline. All of the…
Scotland: RHASS offers one lucky youngster two weeks in the Caribbean – applications open now
By Gordon Davidson From Scottish Farmer ONE LUCKY agriculturalist will escape Scotland this November, to spend two weeks touring the food and farming industries of the Caribbean, courtesy of funding from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. Applications are now…
US: Chicago police communications operators used FMLA for ‘booze cruise’
By Lisa Burden From HR DIVE Dive Brief: Three police communications operators in Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications used intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to take a Caribbean cruise together in July 2017…
TCI: Three US tourists die in Caribbean drowning tragedy
AFP From Yahoo News St. John’s (Antigua and Barbuda) (AFP) – Three American tourists have drowned in the Turks and Caicos Islands after apparently getting caught in a fast-moving tide fueled by high winds, authorities and local residents said Tuesday….
How to rent in the Caribbean?
Spending a vacation in the Caribbean sounds like a dream. From breathtaking sights of nature to the majestic coral reef. Once you visit them you will easily get the impression that the Caribbean islands are heaven on earth. And one…
Zim expands its Caribbean basin
From World Cargo News Zim Integrated Shipping Services is expanding its presence in the intra-Caribbean basin trades by starting a new service with three 1,100 TEU capacity ships. ZIM’s new weekly Central America Caribbean Express (CCS) service will commence in…
Is there a solution for air connection in the Caribbean?
From eTN The Chairman of the SER (Social Economic Council) of St.Maarten, Ir. Damien Richardson is taking the private initiative to request that CESALC (The Economic and Social Councils Network for Latin America and the Caribbean) evaluates the nature of airlift…
Infrastructure, fraud, and risk hinder credit card lending in Latin America and the Caribbean
New research report by Mercator Advisory Group reviews the credit card market and competition from nonbank fintechs in Latin America and the Caribbean region. BOSTON, July 31, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Latin America is a hotbed of payment fintechs with successful start-ups like Mercado Pago,…






