Stockholm tops Ericsson Networked Society City Index 2016
Stockholm leads London, Copenhagen, Singapore and Paris in Networked Society City Index 2016 São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City are the only Latin America cities ranked on the index Index measures the performance of 41 cities in sustainable urban…
Participation by International Stakeholders in Cayman Islands Insolvencies
Peter McMaster QC, Partner, and Jeremy Snead, Senior Associate, Appleby (Cayman) Ltd, Cayman Islands Introduction Companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands usually conduct operations and hold assets elsewhere than in the Cayman Islands and Cayman Islands corporate insolvencies therefore commonly…
airbnb and Caribbean Tourism – EQUALISER, DESTABILIZER or PARTNER?
From The Voice BEYOND the impact of the Zika virus, the opening of Cuba to U.S. travellers and the warnings of an economic slowdown by the International Monetary Fund and others, the Caribbean faces in Airbnb, a phenomena that poses…
Trinidad and Tobago civil society organisations build their capacity to communicate about climate change
Port of Spain, 04 April 2016 – As the Caribbean is in the midst of yet another period of drought, we are reminded of the harsh reality that urgent action is needed to address climate change. Civil society organisations (CSOs)…
The U.N. eats trash for lunch as food waste takes center stage
By Marilyn La Jeunesse From Mashable A Sunday’s lunch at the United Nations was a piece of garbage. No, really. Lunch was made from food that would have otherwise found itself in a landfill halfway across the world. The “landfill…
The Editor Speaks: Blessed Easter and the words I love you
A very Blessed Easter to all our readers in these times of hate and terror. The bombings in Paris and now Brussels, and the atrocities going on in the name of God. The commandment “Thou shalt not take the name…
The right response to terrorism
By Steve Reitmeister Executive Vice President, Zacks Investment Research (I originally wrote this in November 2015 after the Paris terror attacks. Tuesday’s events in Brussels warrants a repeat of this message). 9/11 shook us all to the core. Fear ruled…
Gadget of the week
Plume Air Report is a weather forecasting app for urban air pollution By Romain Dillet From Techcrunch It’s easy to resign yourself to accepting pollution. While you won’t stop giant factories, you can do something to reduce the risk of…
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Cayman Islands cultural group wants readers for Cultural Jam
It’s Time for Culture Jam! Come read, come listen! Culture Jam Play Reading “ROMEO & JULIET” 18th February 2016 6:30PM Harquail Studio Theatre FREE ADMISSION LOVE TO READ? Sign up, below! Romeo & Juliet Character List ROMEO ……………Son of MONTAGUE…
Call for urgent security review of how Paris attacks ringleader got ferry to UK
By Vikram Dodd From Guardian UK Shadow home secretary heaps pressure on Theresa May after revelation that Abdelhamid Abaaoud was allowed to meet other jihadis and photograph landmarks The Home Office is facing calls to launch an urgent review of security…
