Is it cricket or is it the Caribbean? Sammy vs WICB
By Wilson Jn. Baptiste From St Lucia News Online West-Indies-cricket-1The current controversy between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies players, headed by their T-20 captain, Darren Sammy, may very well be the tip of the iceberg of…
Media again under threat in St Lucia
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — In a virtual rerun of a threatened lawsuit against a local broadcaster in Saint Lucia in 2013, an attorney representing Claudius Francis, the president of the senate, has written to Clinton Reynolds of…
Barbados seeking to break into Cuban market
By Theresa Blackman From BGIS Media With the formal re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States (US), Barbados and other CARICOM countries are now seeking to further partner with that country in an effort to take advantage…
HSBC risks losing US banking licence as pressure mounts over Panama Papers probe
By JAMES BURTON FOR THE DAILY MAIL HSBC risks losing its US banking licence if US authorities decide to investigate and find it has acted improperly over the Panama Papers tax leaks, experts warned. It will pile pressure on British…
Inside Yulin Dog Meat Festival
The silence of dogs awaiting slaughter is thundering By Peter J. Li From International Business Times WARNING: Many images are GRAPHIC/DISTURBING China has 662 sub-provincial cities, but the one that has acquired worldwide notoriety is Yulin, an otherwise obscure inland…
Cayman Islands: Young teen hospitalised after base ball incident
Last night (13) a young teenager was hospitalised after being accidentally hit in the face by a baseball bat. The accident occurred during a Cayman Islands Little League Association’s Little League Game at the ‘Field of Dreams’. The circumstances surrounding…
Pictsweet Frozen Vegetables recall in Cayman Islands
April 12th, 2016 From Foster’s Food Fair Foster’s Food Fair-IGA would like to announce that The Pictsweet Company is voluntarily recalling some of the “Pictsweet” brand of seasoning blend and steamable spring vegetables due to possible Listeria contamination….
Cayman Islands: Premier’s and Chief Officer’s statements, Beneficial Ownership Press Conference
Cayman, UK to Enhance Sharing of Beneficial Ownership Information Press Conference By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA 10 a.m., Monday 11 April, 2016 Good morning and thank you for joining us today. Before we begin, on behalf of…
Former high-ranking FIFA and CONCACAF official pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Corruption charges
From Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York Earlier today [Monday April 11] in federal court in Brooklyn, Alfredo Hawit, a former FIFA vice president and executive committee member, the former president of CONCACAF, and the former president and…