Jamaican national appointed to head World Bank Group operations in the Caribbean
From Wired Ja Online News KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 31, CMC – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Jamaican Judith Green as the head of its operations in the English-speaking Caribbean. Her appointment makes…
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Cayman Islands Government issues Update on Cuban Migrants Over the past week-and-a-half, 11 more Cuban migrants have landed in the Cayman Islands and are currently in Immigration custody. The first group of two arrived on 17 August 2016 in Grand…
Brexit fallout: Problems for trade, tourism in the Caribbean
From The University of the West Indies Caribbean countries should not expect special deals or preferences from the European Union (EU) if Britain is not there to argue on their behalf, says Prof W Andy Knight. According to Knight, professor…
A Clinton Presidency will be a disaster for the Caribbean
By WAYNE MADSEN From Strategic Culture Based on the destructive policies of Bill and Hillary Clinton towards Haiti and Honduras, both in and out of political office, a Hillary Clinton presidency would be a disaster for the Caribbean Basin. The…
Two UWI professors to serve on council of International AIDS Society
BY ANIKA RICHARDS From Jamaica Observer DURBAN, South Africa — Two professors of paediatrics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, are to serve on the International AIDS Society’s (IAS) governing council for the next four years. Professors…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Brexit creates EU-Britain nightmare for the Caribbean
By SIR RONALD SANDERS From Jamaica Observer The 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) have, at the most, two years to formulate a plan for dealing with the serious consequences of the British exit (Brexit) from the…
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Film development: call for submissions
Call for Submissions: Film Development and Production Incubator for Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora Producers By CaribbeanTales | Shadow and Act April 18, 2016 at 2:46PM The CaribbeanTales Incubator (CTI) is a year-round film development and production hub for Caribbean and…
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Building the skillsets of unemployed youth in the Caribbean
By Siobhan Pangerl and Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen From EconoMonitor More than one-quarter of the world’s 7.3 billion people are between the ages of 10 and 24, according to a recent UN Population Fund Report. That means there are more than…
Health City completes first ever TAVI procedure in the Caribbean
The first ever Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) undertaken in the English-speaking Caribbean region has been completed at leading tertiary care hospital, Health City Cayman Islands. The complex cardiac procedure was performed on local Cayman Islands patient, Dianna Merren, in…
Trouble in Paradise: Inside Canadian banks’ billion-dollar Caribbean struggle
From Freedom SKN 106.5 They arrived in droves starting at 5:30 a.m., desperate to secure a steady pay cheque. By midmorning, the anxious mob totalled 5,000 people. Sandals, a Caribbean hotel chain, was hosting a job fair in Barbados to…
