Caribbean countries entangled by U.S. financial crackdown
By Marty From Ambergris Caye.com Forum Burdened by chronic back pain, Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow avoids traveling abroad, his colleagues say. But in January, he flew to Washington and visited one government agency after another on a singular mission:…
Reminder of July 15 feedback deadline: Cayman Fuel Markets
Comment Now on Proposed “Cayman Fuels Markets” Government is working to establish, for the first time, an oversight body for the local fuels market. Also, public input is now invited into the proposed reform of fuels markets in the Cayman…
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Peter Binose: The Unity Labour Party, the German Nazi Party, the Cubans, Venezuelans and the Cyber Crime Bill
By Peter Binose The Cyber Crime Act is designed to stop citizens from writing and also to stop them reading the truth about their leaders. The German Nazi Party put a similar Act in place but of course at that…
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Single Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket has broad mandate
From CARICOM Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have decided that there will now be a single Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket that will handle all aspects of the game. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Chair of the Conference…
TOO BIG TO JAIL: George Osborne helped HSBC avoid US criminal charges for money laundering
By Oscar Williams-Gru From Business Insider Britain’s Chancellor George Osborne and the UK’s former financial watchdog “hampered” the 2012 US investigation into HSBC’s money laundering and contributed to a watering down of the banks eventual punishment, according to a damning…
OAS wants urgent solution to inequalities in the Caribbean
From Jamaica Observer ASUNCIÓN (CMC) —The Organization of American States (OAS) has called for urgent solutions to inequalities in the Caribbean. In search of solutions, the OAS said during the third meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development…
Theresa May, new British Prime Minister, gives Boris Johnson a key post
By STEPHEN CASTLE and SEWELL CHAN From New York Times LONDON — After a startlingly swift transfer of power that made her Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May took charge of a new government on Wednesday, vowing to honor the referendum…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Remember, all lives matter
By Rickey Singh, From Nationnews Barbados THE TITLE of today’s column was inspired by the widening agonising cry, “Black Lives Matter”, of African Americans currently contending with recurring shooting deaths of their countrymen by the police. Civilised people the world…
Brexit takes root in the Caribbean
By MANUEL E. YEPE From Counter Punch “Brexit” has been defined by many as “a real political earthquake with national and international implications”. It seemed a difficult fight for the separatists, because top English leaders –headed by their Prime Minister…
Infection outbreak tied to nip/tuck on Caribbean isle
By Gloria Rothenberg From MEDPAGE TODAY Mycobacteria brought home from Dominican Republic after cosmetic surgery An outbreak of aggressive mycobacterial infections in U.S. residents has been linked to cosmetic surgery procedures done in the Dominican Republic, public health officials reported….
