Tenfu Cayman : Dubai records spiral growth in tea trade driven by China stimulus
From 4-Traders DUBAI – Sanjeev Dutta, Director of Dubai’s Tea Center in the emirates’ industrial free zone, Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC), said Wednesday that the center’s total tea trade volumes in 2015 reached 41 million kilograms, a 208 percent…
Jellyfish bred in space
NASA Has Been Breeding Jellyfish in Space for 20 Years By Megan Garber for The Atlantic From Mashable Since the early 1990s, we humans have been doing something both odd and eminently sensible: We’ve been launching jellyfish into space. And…
JAMPRO demands retraction from Caribbean News Now
Diane Edwards (centre), president of JAMPRO, addresses journalists during a press conference at the JAMPRO offices in Kingston on Thursday. Looking on are Robert Scott (left), vice-president of export and marketing development, JAMPRO, and Claude Duncan (right), vice-president of investments…
“House Of Lies” returns to HBO for its fifth season on April 11th
MIAMI, FL. – April 6, 2016 – HBO continues to deliver some of television’s most influential and popular programming this spring, including a new season of the hit comedy series, House of Lies. Starring Don Cheadle in his four-time Emmy®-nominated…
Adventures in tax avoidance: Canada’s deep offshore tax haven connections
From Business Vancouver Much of the activity is legal, but it siphons away billions in tax revenue from government coffers The massive Panama Papers data leak shines a light not only on the dirty money being shuffled through tax havens,…
Bank membership tremendous benefit for Guyana, says Suriname Islamic Bank governor
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Guyana, which recently joined the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), will definitely draw criticism from various elements but Suriname’s alternate governor to the IsDB, Ambassador Anwar Lall Mohamed, sees this as…
Hospitality Assured to strengthen international reach at Caribbean Tourism Organization conference
ST MICHAEL, Barbados – Hospitality Assured is to continue strengthening its international reach at the CTO – 8th Tourism Human Resources Conference taking place in Antigua and Barbuda from 11-13 May 2016. John Burchell, a Director of Hospitality Assured, will…
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Irish company makes history with installation of first-ever hybrid streetlight in Grenada
From Penn Energy Irish company airsynergy’s wind and solar powered off-grid Remote Power Unit (RPU) has become the very first renewable hybrid streetlight to be installed in the Caribbean island country of Grenada. Jim Smyth, CEO of airsynergy said: “We…
ECLAC predicts Caribbean economies will contract this year
From Jamaica Observer SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has revised downward its growth projections for the region’s economic activity, forecasting an average contraction of -0.6 per cent in 2016. ECLAC said…
Indonesian pop star bitten by king cobra while performing, dies on stage
By David Strege From Grind TV Indonesian pop star Irma Bule, who routinely danced with snakes and used them as part of her performance, was fatally bitten by a king cobra after stepping on it while singing her second song. The…
