Sandals Chairman honoured with Invest Caribbean Now Leadership Award 2014
From Bahama Islands Info NEW YORK, New York — Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Hon. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, OJ, CD, Hon. LLD, was honoured with the 2014 Invest Caribbean Now Leadership Award on June 4, 2014 at the Harvard Club…
Mobile app privacy: The hidden risks
By Christopher G. Cwalina, Richard Raysman and Steven B. Roosa, Holland & Knight LLP with PLC Intellectual Property & Technology From practicallaw.com A Practice Note discussing privacy considerations in the context of mobile applications (apps), including liability risks associated with…
Remittances to the Caribbean increased in 2013 – report
From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Friday June 13, 2014, CMC – Caribbean countries benefitted from an increase in remittances last year according to figures released by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF). The MIF, a member of the Inter-American Development…
New early childhood care and education registration collaboration
Agencies collaborate in new registration process for early childhood care and education centres Coordinated by the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Unit of the Ministry of Education, a range of Government agencies are collaborating to implement the registration and…
Economic performance projected to improve in Belize and the Caribbean: CDB
By Adele Ramos From Amandala Caribbean economies are expected to grow, on average, by around 2.3% in 2014, and Belize’s economy by 2.5% in 2014 and 2015, according to the recently released annual report of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)….
500K women gave up their boob data to build this bra
By Sarah Buhr From Techcrunch True&Co, [https://trueandco.com] the e-commerce startup that aims to bring us the perfect fitting bra, took data from a million boobs to build its own line of intimates — in an effort to truly support your…
How the ME’s ultra-wealthy are splashing money on purchasing a second citizenship
Citizenship schemes demand anything from $100,000 per individual, in the case of Dominica in the Caribbean, to up to five million Euros, in the case of Cyprus. Avenues to keep their assets secure. Citizenship schemes demand anything from $100,000 per…
Caribbean Journalists receive awards
From South Florida Caribbean News NEW YORK – Renowned Journalist and Managing Director of Marcia Erskine and Associates, Mrs. Marcia Erskine is the recipient of the 2014 Marcella Martinez award, while Free-Lance Journalist Baz Dreisinger received the 2014 Marcia Vickery-Wallace…
Outrage as IRS [USA] admits huge trove of Lerner’s emails is missing
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Conservatives are outraged at the IRS’ disclosure late Friday [13] that it had lost a trove of former administrator Lois Lerner’s emails on the targeting of tea party groups, with one critic likening it to…
This photo is the clearest sign of an imminent Iraqi civil war
By Paul Szoldra and Michael B Kelley From Business Insider Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters deploy with their weapons while chanting slogans against the al-Qaida inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), to help the military, which defends the…
