Bibb storage units ransacked in [US whilst owner is living in Cayman]
By Liz Fabian From The Telegraph macon.com When Jimmie DeLoach retired to the Cayman Islands about five years ago, he never expected thieves would clean out his Bibb County storage unit. Every building at Middle Georgia Storage at 5550 Hawkinsville…
Heavy rainfall washing out St Vincent honey production
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 DUMBARTON, St. Vincent, Wednesday March 12, 2014, IPS – Allan Williams, 32, is an agriculture extension officer in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. But as a trained apiculturist, he has also been involved in beekeeping…
Maine to join states out to recoup lost revenue from offshore tax havens
By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline.org From Bangor Daily News Some states are going after multinational corporations that avoid state taxes by stashing some of their earnings in offshore tax havens, an effort aimed at recouping some of the more than…
Caribbean Fashion Week: Linking Jamaica’s threads
From Ebony Life Designers from the West Indies and Ethiopia show their creativity in the island sun Grace Jones calls it home, Tom Browne found himself “funkin’ ” for it. For many travelers, Jamaica is a destination for sun, beautiful…
Cayman Water leak detection tracer method project
1. Summary- Cayman Water’s (CW) “tracer method” leak detection project is designed to detect and pinpoint water leaks in CW buried water mains. The method employed is to use inert helium gas as a tracer material. 2. Purpose- The project…
Cayman Junior Show Jumping Team in BARBADOS
Madeleine Aquârt took first place in her age group in the first leg of the 2014 Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Junior Show Jumping competition held in Barbados on 15th and 16th February. Cayman placed 3rd overall and has come away with…
Sammy, Santokie lead Windies to Twenty20 series win over England in Barbados
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday March 12, 2014, CMC – A blistering knock from Captain Darren Sammy led west Indies to a five wicket win over England in the second T20 International at Kensington Over here on Tuesday. The win…
Two shipping companies to pay $3.4 million to settle claims of price fixing to Puerto Rico
From Caribbean news Now JACKSONVILLE, USA — Sea Star Line and Horizon Lines have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by fixing the price of government cargo transportation contracts between the continental United States and…
Who will be star witnesses if dewey case goes to trial?
By Julie Triedman, The Am Law Daily In pursuing their case against four men accused of engineering a massive accounting fraud that helped hasten Dewey & LeBoeuf’s collapse, prosecutors appear to have a powerful weapon at their disposal: email messages…
Medical marijuana debate no election gimmick – Gonsalves
By Kenton X. Chance From Caribbean360: St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said his push for the region to debate the decriminalization of the drug for medicinal purposes was not an election ploy. KINGSTOWN St. Vincent,…