Bahamas named first “Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors”
From South Florida Caribbean News OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – The Bahamas continue to achieve monumental success and set historic records on the international front, this time being named the First “Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors” by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)….
Democrat Convention: Hillary’s acceptance speech was true to her—and that’s the bad news
By JEFF GREENFIELD From POLITICO Take me or leave me, the Democratic nominee seemed to say. I’m not going to inspire you, but I’m better than Trump. As Donald Rumsfeld might have put it, “You go with the nominee you…
Chinese company buys Jamaican alumina refinery
By Douglas McIntosh KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The ALPART alumina refinery in Jamaica has been sold to Chinese entity Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCo). Transport and mining minister, Mike Henry, said an interest purchase agreement negotiated between JISCo and…
US prosecutors investigate Panama Papers law firm employees
NEW YORK, USA — US federal prosecutors have reportedly launched a criminal investigation into whether employees at Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the “Panama Papers” scandal, knowingly helped clients launder money or evade taxes. Mossack Fonseca…
Latin America-Caribbean Region at bottom of Gallup’s ‘Law and Order Index’
By Terence P. Jeffrey From CNSNews A mural of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Sabaneta, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Llando) (CNSNews.com) – Latin America and the Caribbean–the global region south of the United States–has the lowest “Law and Order Index”…
Welsh woman trapped in Saudi Arabia sends pictures of her cell to friends
By Gaby Bissett From Daily Mail UK Pictured in the ‘CAGE where she was kept by her abusive father’ Amina Al-Jeffery, 21, claims her father keeps her in a cage in Saudi Arabia She was taken away four years ago…
Recipe of the week
The Road To Rio Part 2 – Caribbean Cow Foot Stew By Minna LaFortune From News America Now News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. July 29, 2016: In a few days, the Olympics will begin in Rio Brazil and all…
Manafort, Russia and the Cayman Islands
This From Russia with Love **** just keeps getting deeper. Of course Sgt. Don (Schultz) Drumpf says, “I know Nothing”. This article really get into the weeds of a story dealing with a telecommunications investment in the Cayman Islands with…
Cayman Islands: Sudden Death and House Fire
From RCIPS: Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 4:43 PM Sudden death Sudden Death On Saturday 30th July 2016, the Police received a report that a 42 year old male had collapsed at the George Town Hospital. The male was at a…