Haiti, Dominican Republic meet to discuss disputes
By Trenton Daniel From Boston.com PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian and Dominican officials met Tuesday in an effort to resolve mounting tension between the Caribbean neighbors that was reflected in a recent court ruling that threatens to strip the citizenship…
Stake on the menu: Digicel returns to table, studies Cook books
From teleGeography Pan-Caribbean and Pacific mobile operator Digicel is once again studying the possibility of buying Telecom New Zealand’s majority interest in Telecom Cook Islands (TCI), the New Zealand Herald reports. Telecom New Zealand announced shortly before Christmas that it…
Fed’s Yellen Faces Delicate Balancing Act After Bernanke’s Goodbye
From newsmax Janet Yellen will take the helm of a Federal Reserve facing a significantly different economic landscape from the one that dominated Ben Bernanke’s tenure as chairman, confronting her with different decisions as well. Bernanke’s eight years leading the…
Old Time New Year Family Fun Day
From The Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs The Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs kicked off 2014 with a family fair on the first day of the year, welcoming many hundreds of her district’s residents to the…
The CFU on Friday unveils new logo
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) launched a new logo last Friday (3) According to their promotional video, the stars signify the Caribbean taking its place among the stars of international football. The Blues colours represent the Caribbean Sea and skies…
“Death in Paradise” nearly was Death in Paradise!
From London24 The Duck House star Ben Miller tells of Caribbean near-death experience Death In Paradise leading man Ben Miller, who also appears in the new West End production The Duck House, has spoken of how he almost drowned when…
UBS weighs operators’ exposure in a big Caribbean capacity-hike year
From Seatrade Insider Although cruising’s 2014 capacity increase of 3% to 4% is below average, deployment changes are pushing up Caribbean market supply 12% to 13%, according to UBS Investment Research. The three major cruise operators are all adding Caribbean…
MaplesFS Clients support The Pines over the holidays and beyond
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (7 January 2014): The Pines Retirement Home received an unexpected gift over the holidays, thanks to the support of MaplesFS and its clients. The clients of MaplesFS donated US$190,323.53 to The Pines, which will benefit the…
Court documents show Suntech Power shares almost worthless
From Seeking Alpha After Suntech Power (OTCPK:STPFQ) missed its $540 million bond payment on March 15, 2013, Seeking Alpha has published a number of articles explaining why the company’s shares are worthless. Despite these articles, Suntech stock has maintained some…
