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Venezuela is a Caribbean North Korea – but the revolution won’t exit soon
By TIM PADGETT From WLRN It’s hard to believe that guards at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas still let Venezuela’s breathtakingly clueless President Nicolás Maduro through the gate each morning. Because history will remember Maduro – the laughable lefty who…
Whatever happened to 1MDB’s Cayman Islands funds?
By Anil Netto From ALIRAN In the light of the shutting down of Swiss private bank BSI in Singapore, Anil Netto examines what happened to over RM7bn of Malaysian public funds parked in a mysterious high-risk investment fund. In early…
Advice for travellers holding (BOTC) – Cayman Islands (CI) passports
The Passport & Corporate Services Office (P&CSO) reminds holders of British Overseas Territories Citizen (BOTC) – Cayman Islands (CI) passports to ensure the validity of their documents before making travel arrangements. If you have applied for a first time passport…
CARICOM-US discuss threat of lawsuit over queen conch, and IUU fishing
Belize City, Friday, 27 May 2016 (CRFM)—Officials from the Caribbean Community and the United States advanced talks in Washington last week at the 7th Annual Meeting of the CARICOM-US Trade and Investment Council, on several key concerns affecting trade between…
41 percent of Internet users in Jamaica watch at least half of all video online
42% of Internet users in Jamaica are netizens (early adopters) or networkers (early followers) compared to 48% globally Internet has fundamentally changed the way consumers search for product information and locate a place – and now many other activities are…
ECLAC partners with ITU and TATT to convene workshop exploring opportunities of the digital economy
Regional stakeholders will this week engage in interactive sessions on “Exploring Innovation in Transactions & Financing in the Caribbean,” organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) and the United…
The invasion of Anguilla
THE INVASION OF ANGUILLA: A Comedy of Errors, Caribbean Style From Wavetrain Category: Lit Bits Created: Wednesday, 25 May 2016 20:21 Written by Charles Doane I first learned of the British invasion of Anguilla, which took place in March 1969,…
Caribbean countries expanding share in US$130 billion global seafood market
Belize City, Friday, 27 May 2016 (CRFM)—Caribbean economies are poised to benefit from a region-wide initiative to expand seafood market share, through the implementation of food safety measures to enable countries to get a bigger piece of the global pie,…
Why The Cayman Islands
From World Trade Fund The Cayman Islands is the one of the most dynamic and sophisticated financial centers in the world, ranking number five directly after New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The financial services industry in the Cayman…
Cayman Islands Government encourages participation
Survey participation encouraged from the Cayman Islands public of Development of the Culture and Heritage Policy and Strategic Plan Progress continues on the creation of the Cayman Islands’ first National Culture and Heritage Policy and Strategic Plan. There is now…
