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Is another Zika brewing in the Caribbean?
By Kimberly Leonard From US News Researchers have identified an illness that is carried by mosquitoes and has never been seen in the Caribbean. Florida researchers have discovered a mosquito-borne virus called Mayaro in Haiti, where it had never been observed…
Two new zika cases confirmed in USVI – no reported cases in Cayman Islands
No Zika cases reported in Cayman Islands Zika Virus Update as of 25 April 2016 From Cayman Islands Public Health Department The Acting Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Samuel Williams Rodriguez, wishes to advise that as of Monday, 25 April 2016…
Three ways the Caribbean can strengthen financing for private companies
By Therese Turner-Jones From Inter-American Investment Corporation Growing up in The Bahamas, I remember my grandmother’s asue. There weren’t any banks where she lived on the island of Inagua, and even if there had been, it wasn’t customary for women…
Grenada represented at international sea turtle symposium
From Caribbean News Now LIMA, Peru — Kate Charles, Ocean Spirits project manager, represented Grenada at the 36th annual symposium on sea turtle biology and conservation, hosted by International Sea Turtle Society in Lima, Peru, during March. For three and…
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Caribbean experiences build Latin American expertise, as ECLAC wraps up 9-month training series in Peru
Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has applied its experience in the Caribbean towards building the disaster…
Pacific Andes fails to dismiss KPMG in Cayman Islands hearing
From Undercurrent News The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) from KPMG will continue in place at China Fishery Group in the Cayman Islands, after a hearing took place on Jan. 8. Pacific Andes International Holdings (PAIH) was successful in having the…
Court removes KPMG as provisional liquidators for Pacific Andes – next hearing Cayman Islands
By Tom Searman Undercurrentnews Hong Kong’s High Court has removed KPMG as provisional liquidators of Pacific Andes International Holdings subsidiary China Fishery Group, sources told Undercurrent News. This removal of KPMG, who were appointed after a filing from lender HSBC, means…
Caribbean immigrants nabbed in raids across Florida
From CARIBBEAN360 FLORIDA, United States, Friday October 9, 2015 – A Jamaican man who was convicted of murder is among several Caribbean immigrants who are now in custody after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made arrests across Florida over…
Zany traditions from Latin America to ring in the New Year
By Sandra Guzman From NBC News To welcome the New Year, Peruvians place three potatoes under a sofa and choose one to forecast the year ahead—broke, average or bountiful. At midnight, for good fortune, many Latinos quickly munch on grapes…
UN members agree deal at Lima climate talks
From BBC Developing countries have accused wealthier nations of failing to take responsibility for climate change United Nations members have reached an agreement on how countries should tackle climate change. Delegates have approved a framework for setting national pledges to…
