The Arctic 30: from activism to imprisonment
By Lydia James From New Internationalist Blog Their ordeal started on 18 September. Thirty Greenpeace activists had just left a Greenpeace campaigning ship, the Arctic Sunrise, in the waters of the Pechora Sea at 2.34am, and were headed towards an…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Cayman Islands SPVs and US FATCA (Including Cayman CLO Issuers)
Article by Alasdair Robertson, Mark S Matthews, Scott Macdonald and Nicola Bashforth From Maples & Calder Updated: 2 December 2013 Further to our prior client updates on the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), we are pleased to confirm…
CARICOM wants ‘early resolution’ to CFATF blacklist of Guyana
From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday November 28, 2013, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is urging an early resolution to the issues surrounding the implementation of recommendations to address deficiencies in the anti-money laundering regime of Guyana. The Caribbean Financial…
Customers test BlackBerry’s latest enterprise mobility solution
Morgan Stanley, Boeing, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and Secusmart currently testing BES10 version 10.2 Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today announced enhancements to its award-winning multi-OS enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution with the release of BlackBerry®…
EU warns Belize, Curacao about fishing sanctions
From Caribbean360 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Thursday November 28, 2013, CMC – The European Commission (EC) is urging European countries to impose trade sanction on Belize over illegal fishing, while warning Curacao that it may be next. The EC also urged European…
Obamacare marketing drive delayed over fears of website crash
By Todd Beamon From newsmax An Obamacare marketing campaign is being put on hold because the White House fears that a rush of customers to the hobbled HealthCare.gov website could crash the system. “Our concern is that we want to…
JADCO starved for funds
By Balford Henry Senior staff reporter Jamaica Observer THE Jamaica Ant-Doping Commission (JADCO), which has been recently under fire for a number of doping violations, will need a huge increase in its budgetary allocation for 2013/14 if it is to…
President’s Cup Draw.
From the Cayman Islands Football Association The Cayman Islands Football Association is replacing the 3rd men’s competition Digicel Cup by the President’s Cup and is introducing a 3rd competition for the senior women’s football this season. The 2013-14 Senior Men…
Addressing our ‘grave economic crisis’
By Ronald Sanders From Trinidad Express In a commentary on the statement by St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony that there is a grave economic crisis gnawing away at Caribbean coun- tries and “governments are busy looking inward rather…
