Chinese bank could force incomplete Bahamas resort to cut 2,000 jobs
By Tim McLaughlin From Reuters The troubled $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort project in the Bahamas is preparing to wind down operations and cut more than 2,000 jobs if the developer fails to strike a deal quickly with its main…
The business case for the Carbon Tax
By Julie Fox Gorte from Caribbean Life History offers a great many examples of individuals, groups and societies that lived too much in the moment and compromised longer term prosperity — or in some cases (think Easter Island) even survival….
‘India has shared protocol to tackle black money abroad’
By IANS From The New Indian Express ADDIS ABABA: Following agreements with countries on automatic exchange of tax information, signing of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with the US and working with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has become a country in a government external debt crisis.
By Peter Binose No it hasn’t, yes it has, no it hasn’t, yes it has. Oh please Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves [REG] leader of the family dynasty owned Unity Labour Party, Vincentian Government and the plantation known as Saint Vincent,…
[US] Stalking law does not cover email addresses, Judge says
By Joel Stashenko, from New York Law Journal A woman’s work email address does not equate to a “place of employment or business,” and thus her ex-girlfriend could not have stalked her by sending unwanted messages to the account, a…
Destination of the week
Brazil’s see-through cave has water as clear as the Caribbean By Carly Ledbetter From The Huffington Post If you’re looking for water as clear as the Caribbean, you might want to book it to Brazil this summer. Hidden in a…
Bride loses luggage before wedding day, Scottish islanders storm to the rescue
By Sam Haysom From Mashable LONDON –- There’s only one thing worse than losing your luggage, and that’s losing your luggage the day before your wedding. After arriving in Orkney on Monday, Lucia Sessions was faced with exactly that nightmare…
The Pattern Project
From I Love Typography Basically, two things came together. First: I am fascinated by the mesmerizing richness of detail in medieval initials. And I admire the patience and drawing skills those medieval monks possessed – perhaps because I actually lack…
Family ‘optimistic’ after Bush 41 falls, breaks neck bone
From USA Today, (USA TODAY) Former President George H. W. Bush has broken a bone in his neck after a fall in his home in Kennebunkport, Me., and remains hospitalized in Maine, his spokesman Jim McGrath confirmed via Twitter. Granddaughter…
Bahamian shares country’s culture in China
YANGZHOU, The People’s Republic of China — Senior Information Officer at Bahamas Information Services Mr. Eric Rose (left) poses with Second Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro Mr. Damir Sabanovic, during the welcoming banquet…
