President Obama and Caribbean leaders to meet in Jamaica
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 18, 2015, CMC – United States President Barack Obama is to visit Jamaica on April 9 for talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has said. “The Government of Jamaica…
Women’s Month celebrations continue in Cayman Islands
Honouring Women’s Month continues with film screenings and a very purple 5K scheduled over the next two weeks. Viewings of the film Girls Voice (film) continue throughout the month. The film features girls living in Grand Cayman discussing issues that…
OBA giving Bermuda airport away to Canadians [Comparison to Cayman Islands]
By Christopher Famous From Caribbean News Now On November 10, 2014, MP Bob Richards announced that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) for the re-development of the LF Wade International Airport in Bermuda….
“Scrubbers” to cut cruise ship pollution
By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau From Alaska Public Media Cruise lines that sail Alaska waters are installing new pollution-control equipment. It’s aimed at clearing the air — and meeting new regulations. But it’s also dodging some stronger, more expensive…
It’s true: we’re probably all a little Irish—especially in the Caribbean
By Krystal D’Costa From Scientific American In the United States, [earlier this week it was] St. Patrick’s Day. This Irish national holiday celebrates Saint Patrick who is—potentially—the most recognizable of Irish saints, known for championing Irish Christianity (and using a shamrock…
Updated: EXPOSED: Belvedere Management’s massive criminal enterprise [operates in Cayman Islands]
By David Marchant From OffshoreAlert $130 million Cayman Ponzi scheme under Brighton SPC umbrella fund City of London police investigating £100 m-plus Ponzi scheme by CWM FX Both schemes part of rampant fraud by Belvedere Management Group Group headed by…
Hard-right shift delivers upset election win for Netanyahu
By Luke Baker and Jeffrey Heller Reuters From Yahoo news JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday to form a new governing coalition quickly after an upset election victory that was built on a shift to…
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OUR CARIBBEAN: Guyana and the US/Venezuela row
By Rickey Singh from Barbados Nation News IN THE PREVAILING deteriorating diplomatic stand-off between the governments of the United States and Venezuela, Guyana must avoid suffering the fate of a “sandwich” bitten at both ends. The current case involves President…
Charity quilts go to region’s agencies
By Tequila Minsky from Caribbean Life In an atmosphere of creativity, the energy was infectious in the main hall, also the sanctuary, of Manhattan’s Church of Holy Apostles. While the judging for the Empire Quilters bi-annual group show taking place…
British Virgin Islands: Sea change
By Ross Munro From Harneys The ongoing global initiatives around exchange of tax information and publication of beneficial ownership information, while ostensibly in pursuit of transparency, have their origins in the need for the larger, richer countries to increase tax…
