Clinton Foundation to assist St Kitts-Nevis with renewable energy initiatives
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas says the twin-island Federation will receive assistance from the US-based Clinton Foundation to improve efforts in developing the renewable energy sector. He says he expects the collaboration will…
EU single market in financial services seen to remain a challenge
By Helen Burggraf, Contributing Editor , International Adviser The European Union has come a long way since its creation in the years following World War II, but early dreams of a single market in financial services continue to be only…
IMF to decide on Grenada programme in early May
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants to meet early next month to approve Grenada’s home grown structural adjustment program. The IMF official who will be chairing the meeting has asked Grenada’s permanent secretary in the…
On 2013, an extraordinary year for offshore tax enforcement
By Dan Reeves From OffshoreAlert There was a time when offshore financial secrecy laws were ironclad and impenetrable. Some used those laws to engage in legitimate financial activities directed at investing, increasing wealth and facilitating international trade, but many others…
St George’s Easter Cantata
On Easter Sunday (April 20) the combined choirs of St. George’s Anglican (Episcopal) Church put on a resounding and moving “Resurrection Praise” concert for their parishioners and guests. Along with soloists Richard De Lacey (Tenor) and Winsome Sairsingh (Soprano) from…
CCJ rules against doctor in case of child developing cerebral palsy
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) — The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an appeal by a Belizean-based doctor against a lower court ruling that he failed to follow procedure sanctioned as the proper practice for…
Mount St. Helens is recharging
Mount St. Helens is recharging: What rising magma means By Becky Oskin From FOXNEWS ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mount St. Helens is nowhere near another eruption, but new magma is rising underground, heaving the volcano upward and outward by the length…
New therapy for advanced prostate cancer available in Trinidad & Tobago
A new therapeutic option has been recently approved in Trinidad & Tobago and is available for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, progressing to chemotherapy PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago/NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — The Chemistry, Food & Drugs Division of the…
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,…
GM car owners bring class action over fatality-causing ignition defect
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal A federal court putative class action alleges General Motors Corp. fraudulently concealed a defect in ignition switches of 2.6 million Chevrolet, Pontiac and Saturn vehicles, a problem that has caused at least…
