Start preparing: the Common Reporting Standard regulations enacted into Cayman Islands law
From Deacons The Common Reporting Standard or CRS is the standard for automatic exchange of financial account information developed by the OECD which provides for systematic and periodic automatic exchange between governments of such information reported by financial institutions. In…
Researchers: Tibetan Glacial Melt Threatens Billions
By Yeshi Dorje From Voice of America With temperatures rising four times faster than anywhere else in Asia, the Tibetan Plateau might soon lose most of its glacier and permafrost, affecting water supplies throughout Asia, Chinese scientists say. Long known…
Caribbean Pollster: Opposition Leader most affected if term limits imposed
By Toni Frederick From WINN FM St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Caribbean pollster and political analyst Peter Wickham is lauding the move by St. Kitts and Nevis to impose term limits on the Prime Ministership. “I hope that this is…
Pink ball could cure the ills of Caribbean Test cricket, says Courtney Walsh
By Phil Lutton From The Sydney Morning Herald Smith: day-night Test ‘a great spectacle’ Australia captain Steve Smith believes the first-ever day-night Test was a huge success following their victory over New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval. As the wider…
Cayman Islands at DEMA
THE CAYMAN BOTTOM TIMES: Cayman Showcases it’s World Class Diving at DEMA in Orlando From Isla Public Relations Dive Operators Introduce new travel packages and services. Local dive industry optimistic about 2016 with more flights and rooms added to Cayman…
Warner files judicial review to block extradition on corruption charges
From CARIBBEAN360 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sunday November 29, 2015 – Corruption accused Jack Warner has filed an application for judicial review, challenging his extradition to the United States. Warner, through his attorneys Senior Counsel Fyard Hosein, Rishi Dass, Nyree…
New technology may help rehabilitation patients with partial paralysis resume walking
New Technology at Tenet’s Delray Medical Center May Help Rehabilitation Patients with Partial Paralysis Resume Walking Delray Beach, Fla. (December 1, 2015) — Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital and Outpatient Therapy at Delray Medical Center acquires a new alternative to help combat…
Congratulations pour in from around the Caribbean for New Commonwealth Secretary General
From WINN St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Congratulations poured in from around the Caribbean for the newly elected Dominican-born Commonwealth Secretary General Designate Baroness Patricia Scotland. Though CARICOM members had been unable to agree on a single candidate for the…
St. Martin’s Lasana Sekou speaks on Racist Images in Caribbean Tourism Promotion
From mni alive “The persistence of racist images in tourism advertisement and in other forms of tourism promotion in the Caribbean and Central America was addressed in my paper,” said Sekou following a Conscious Lyrics interview on Saturday on SOS…
Generous couple leaves $500,000 check in Salvation Army kettle, a new record
By Brian Koerber From Mashable One couple to decided to pay it forward in a big way this Thanksgiving when they left a $500,000 check in a Salvation Army donation kettle outside a Cub Foods grocery store in Rosemount, Minnesota,…