World Cup sets US live streaming record
By Shannon Bond in New York From Financial Times Frustrated fans in Texas watch the US miss an opportunity against Belgium during extra time. Football’s appeal has grown in the US, particularly among younger, more digital fans The World Cup…
Memorial for a murdered World Cup star, 20 years later
By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable The Colombian defender Andres Escobar was killed outside a nightclub in Medellin, Colombia, on July 2, 1994, days after he scored an own goal in the 1994 World Cup against the USA, the host country…
RBL Capital provides $10MM credit facility to Net Element [financing by Cayman Invest]
From ABL Advisor Net Element, Inc., a technology-driven group specializing in mobile payments and value-added transactional services in emerging countries and in the United States, completed the closing of a $10 million credit facility from the payments industry-leading lender, RBL…
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,…
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CARICOM: Arrest “bun-wuk” before it spreads
By Sir Ronald Sanders “BUN-WUK” TRANSLATES INTO “BURN WORK” AND IT IS AN EVENT, CREATED BY YOUNG PEOPLE, TO STOP WORK AT 1 PM ON FRIDAYS AND TO REVEL THEREAFTER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK-END. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday July 3, 2014 –…
Oliver Kinross to host The Latin America and Caribbean Security Summit 2014 In Miami
From Source Security The summit will cover a range of topics varying from counter narcotics, maritime security, penitentiary security, private & corporate security, etc. The event will showcase latest technology, equipment and services at the forefront of the security industry…
Black pupils improving faster than any other group
By Natricia Duncan From The Voice Government data suggests persistent under-performance is on the way to becoming a thing of the past UNDER-PERFORMANCE IN education has been one of the stubborn problems facing Britain’s black community. Year after year, statistics…
A pledge of continued commitment to people in the Caribbean living with HIV
By CRN From mnialive Mr. Ainsley Reid of Jamaica, recognized the strides made across the region in the fight against the spread of HIV and in the care and support of those people living with HIV. In his acceptance speech…
Obama cracking down on tax cheats
By Jonah Bennett From Daily Caller Arriving 18 months late on the scene, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) came into effect this week in an effort to crack down on tax dodgers funneling money outside the country, the…
Director of Public Prosecutions responds to local media editorial and story
From the Director of Public Prosecutions We refer to the Cayman Compass editorial of Wednesday 2nd July 2014, and a related article, noting with concern the clear implication therein that the prosecuting team in the Cayman Islands and thus the…
