Trini smuggled cocaine to New York in goat meat
From Stabroek News (Trinidad Express) Two Trinidad nationals were allegedly held by US Customs officers with close to TT$2 million worth of cocaine, four days apart, on Caribbean Airlines flights entering John F Kennedy Airport in New York. The first…
To evade taxman, hop on a bike [don’t stash cash in Caymans]
By Catey Hill, MarketWatch Sen. Chuck Schumer proposes tax break for bike commutes What does using a bike-share program have in common with stashing cash in the Cayman Islands? Both may soon be tax shelters. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New…
Dr. Anna Jarvis receives prestigious honour from University of West Indies
By Justin Faiola Dr. Anna Jarvis, a retired staff physician in the Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), was presented with the University of West Indies (UWI) Vice Chancellor’s Award at the UWI Toronto…
Caribbean corridor strike force brings down drug and money trafficking ring
From FEDAGENT This week (April1) the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) announced the dismantling of a drug trafficking organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into Puerto Rico and transportation of drug money between Puerto Rico-Culebra-St. Thomas….
How to buy a politician: What today’s supreme court ruling means for consumers
By Kate Cox From Consumerist Everyone knows that money talks. But today, the Supreme Court made it official: political donations are speech. Therefore, they ruled, the right to free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment applies to them too. And…
Oil boss urges overhaul of Brent oil price benchmark
By Jamie Robertson From BBC World News A growing number of experts are saying a wider range of crude oil types should be introduced to form a truer benchmark than Brent has become The head of the world’s largest oil…
Health of justice system synonymous with society it serves says McGowan
Text of the 2014 Grand Court Guest Lecture presented on Thursday 3rd April 2014 by Ms. Maura McGowan Q.C. CRIMINAL LAW – THE CHALLENGES NOW AND IN THE YEARS AHEAD GRAND COURT CAYMAN ISLANDS Public confidence in a State’s ability,…
Pietersen signed by St Lucia; Afridi not selected in CPL draft
By Renaldo Matadeen From espncricketinfo Teams: West Indies Domestic and international icon players Antigua Hawksbills – Marlon Samuels, Saeed Ajmal Barbados Tridents – Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik Guyana Amazon Warriors – Sunil Narine, Corey Anderson Jamaica Tallawahs – Chris Gayle,…
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,…
Despite climate warnings, Exxon plans to burn through oil and gas reserves
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable On the same day that the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its new report warning that global warming will raise the risks of a host of potentially costly and deadly consequences, from…
