iNews Briefs
NOTICE Brac Reef Beach Resort Reception Cayman Brac residents can meet and greet Cabinet Ministers and all the Members of the Legislative Assembly at a Brac Reef Beach Resort reception on Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 6:30-8:30 pm. All is…
Establishment of the Mental Health Commission
The Mental Health Commission Law was tabled and passed in the Legislative Assembly in May 2013. In December 2013, the members of the Mental Health Commission were appointed by Cabinet and the Commission held its first meeting in February 2014….
PM Douglas tells Caribbean magistrate’s societies are changes
By CUOPM on April 03, 2014 in Diaspora, Nevis, Prime Minister, St. Kitts With changes in the societies in the Caribbean and around the world, it is imperative that the magisterial profession is up to the challenges. Delivering the opening…
Fixing fees for profit
By Arthur Hall, Senior News Editor, From Jamaica Gleaner NOTE: The dollar amounts mentioned in this story are Jamaican Dollars (1 Jamaican Dollar equals 0.0091 US Dollar) Banks increase earnings from transaction charges -CaPRI A just-concluded study by the local…
Cayman Island funerals for March 2014
Details from funeral home announcements Timothy Mullin …
US secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest [using accounts in Cayman Islands]
By Desmond Butler, Jack Gillum and Alberto Arce From ABC News In July 2010, Joe McSpedon, a U.S. government official, flew to Barcelona to put the final touches on a secret plan to build a social media project aimed at…
Prosecution team receives death threats following Vybz Kartel murder trial
From Caribbean360 The Jamaica Observer newspaper reported Friday that the death threats had been made to the DPP and the prosecution team and that security had been beefed up. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday April 4, 2014, CMC – The Director of…
Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Financial Services to be formed
By Kathy Barrett From RJR News Nassau, Bahamas: The third Caribbean Conference on the International Financial Services Sector ended here on Wednesday with an agreement to establish a Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Financial Services. The University of the West…
Caribbean Payback
By Jonathan Holloway From Foreign Affairs Europe’s Former Colonies Battle For Slavery Reparations In early March, Caribbean heads of state met to discuss a range of issues affecting the region, including economic development, climate change, and trade agreements. But at…
Putting climate polluters in the dock
From CaribbeanCIC Can Caribbean governments take legal action against other countries that they believe are warming the planet with devastating consequences? A former regional diplomat argues the answer is yes. Ronald Sanders, who is also a senior research fellow at…
