Historic 2016 Copa America Centenario delivers record breaking event
New Tournament Record Set for Total and Average Attendance, Television Viewership and Digital/Social Media Engagement NEW YORK (Friday, June 24, 2016) – CONMEBOL, CONCACAF and Copa America Local Organizing Committee (LOC) officials announced today that this year’s tournament will set…
Page and Plant’s win in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ case seen as bolstering songwriters’ creative rights
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Thursday’s verdict for Led Zeppelin in the copyright trial over the 1971 hit song “Stairway to Heaven” reaffirms the creative rights of songwriters while demonstrating the difficulties in pursuing infringement over sheet music,…
Five Caribbean Nations forecast to grow the fastest this year
From News Americas Now News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 24, 2016: While the global economy is still struggling and many countries in the Caribbean are facing a harsher world, there are at least five that are forecast to…
Caribbean Sea ‘Whistle’ may help understand coastal flooding
By Eric Chaney From The Weather Channel The Caribbean Sea may have a built-in warning system for coastal flooding, a new study says, in the form of a resonant whistle that can be “heard” from space. While analyzing more than…
The OAS: Not a moment for pride
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now On June 23, the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) held a meeting called by the Secretary-General, Luis Almagro, under Article 20 of the Inter-Democratic Charter, to present a…
Cayman Islands injunction on Autohome fails to halt $2.1b Telstra sale
By Max Mason From AFR Week The $2.1 billion sale of most of Telstra’s majority stake in Autohome to insurer Ping An has gone ahead, despite a Cayman Islands court injunction attempting to block the deal until a hearing. Documents…
Cayman Islands Premier’s statement on UK’s leaving EU/Cayman Finance statement on “Brexit”
Statement on UK’s leaving EU By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA 24 June, 2016 Mister Speaker as you would be aware our friends in the United Kingdom have cast their votes to leave the European Union. Mister Speaker,…
EU referendum outcome: PM statement, 24 June 2016
From:Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Delivered on:24 June 2016 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Location:Downing Street, LondonFirst published:24 June 2016Last updated:24 June 2016, see all updates Part of:EU…
Cayman Islands: Burglary of Royal Bank of Canada on Shedden Road Wed Night, 22 June
From RCIPS This morning, Thursday, 23 June, personnel of RBC Bank discovered that a burglary of the bank’s premises on Shedden Road that had occurred sometime after business hours yesterday. Access was not gained to the vault, however a quantity…
