OPINION: Strategic planning for a post-sugar Caribbean
By Ronald Austin Jr From Guyana Chronicle …should have occurred 172 years ago with passage of the Sugar Equalisation Act 1846 Without prejudice to the hard-working men and women of the sugar industry, it seems like folly for the English-speaking…
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In Caribbean, church agencies help as process of rebuilding begins
By Ezra Fieser From Crux Now Thousands of families in the Caribbean are relying on aid agencies for basic needs more than a month after hurricanes Irma and Maria ripped through the region, killing dozens and causing billions of dollars…
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IMF Announces an Essay Contest for Students from the Caribbean
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has invited tertiary-level students in the Caribbean to participate in an essay contest on the theme “ Inclusive and Resilient Growth in the Caribbean.” The contest, which is open to students aged 18 to 25…
Health City Cayman Islands performs brain surgery with patient awake
CAYMAN ISLANDS (September 15, 2017) – In a first for the English-speaking Caribbean, neurosurgeons at Health City Cayman Islands have successfully performed another advanced procedure by surgically removing part of a brain tumor while the patient was awake. The procedure…
CUBA – Regional network launched to collaborate on Zika
From Caribbean News Service Mosquito borne diseases continue to impact the Caribbean’s social, economic and health sectors. Recent outbreaks of Zika (2016), and Chikungunya (2014) and the continued circulation of Dengue, highlight the need for an integrated approach to the…
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Deloitte selects Miami based Unified Technologies Ltd. to form cyber security alliance serving the Caribbean
NEWS PROVIDED BY Unified Technologies CAYMAN ISLANDS, Aug. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Unified Technologies, a Pan-Regional IT solutions provider with operations in the Caribbean and North America, announced today their newly established Cyber Security Alliance with the global professional services firm Deloitte. This alliance will provide Deloitte with specific tools and platforms to…
Health City Cayman Islands Partners with region on tertiary health care
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (August 11, 2017) – After three years of success providing medical services to regional and international patients, a Cayman Islands hospital wants to work with other regional health care providers to meet the urgent demand for…
Caribbean must equalise to grow and grow to equalise – ECLAC
By Desmond Brown KINGSTON | NEW YORK (ACP-IDN) – If they are to meet commitments agreed under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its sustainable development goals (SDGs), the countries of the Caribbean must focus on closing the structural…
Health City Cayman Islands offers new cryo-procedure for atrial fibrillation
A leading hospital in the Caribbean is offering another first that could save the lives of heart patients across the Caribbean and the world. Health City Cayman Islands, the first hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean to use robotic navigation for…
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ECLAC Proposes that Caribbean focus efforts on gender equality, climate change and debt relief to meet 2030 agenda
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the organization, presented the outlook for the subregion during an event held in New York in the framework of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum In the current world context, the countries of the Caribbean…
