Guyanese man fined for death threats against Jagdeo, Ramotar and others

From Kaieteur News A 39-year-old self-professed coalition government supporter was yesterday fined after he admitted to During the month of May, Tameshwar Beekham, of Corentyne, Berbice threatened, by way of writing on the social media platform, to murder Former Presidents…

US: Final rule on customer due diligence requirements issued

By Connie M Friesen, Joel D Feinberg & David E Teitelbaum Contributed by Sidley Austin LLP From International Law Office Introduction Background Beneficial owner requirements for legal entity customers Identification and verification requirements Use of beneficial ownership information Record keeping Reliance on another financial…

Governments failed the OAS at its 46th Assembly

By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday June 16, 2016 – The 46th General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) was not a successful event. This judgement is in no way related to the government…

UK: Jo Cox’s tragic death may halt pro-Brexit momentum, analysts say

By Nyshka Chandran From CNBC The tragic death of pro-European Union (EU) politician Jo Cox has shocked the U.K. and could sway public opinion towards the safety of a unified economic bloc, analysts say. Cox was stabbed and shot on Thursday…

US: Argument over hoverboard inside supermarket escalates into brawl, NYPD says

By Gwynne Hogan, Janon Fisher and Trevor Kapp From dnainfo WILLIAMSBURG — An argument over a hoverboard inside a supermarket erupted into violence after one of the store’s managers hurled a peach at a woman involved while another tackled her…

Prioritizing the Caribbean creative industry through THE CCIMU

Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD, June 17, 2016. The process of cultivating a buoyant and sustainable cultural and creative economy within the Caribbean is a step closer with the development of a business plan to establish the Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit (CCIMU)….

Every observatory in the world now reports carbon dioxide is at highest level in 4 million years

BY ANDREW FREEDMANFrom Mashable One by one, the observatories sounded the alarm in the past few years—from the peak of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, and the top of the Greenland ice sheet—as the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s…

World’s oldest axe

The ‘discovery’ of the world’s oldest ax reveals a major problem in this field By Peter Hiscock, The Conversation From Business Insider The discovery of evidence of the world’s oldest axe is reported by my colleagues and I in a…

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Cayman Rugby: Cayman Islands Overpower Bermuda in RWC Qualifier

From Americas Rugby News The Cayman Islands kept their Rugby World Cup 2019 dream alive by overpowering Bermuda this evening. The 47-11 win sets up a winner takes all Rugby Americas North fixture against Mexico on July 02 in Mexico…