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Giant Caribbean sloths disappeared in extinction that also killed off monkeys and giant rodents
BY KATE SHERIDAN From Newsweek Don’t worry, giant ground sloths won’t be interrupting anyone’s Caribbean vacation. Humans killed them all off long ago, according to new findings published in the November issue of the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and…
Volkswagen re-registers Cayman Islands planes in Germany
RECORDER REPORT NOV 13TH, 2017 BERLIN From Business Recorder Volkswagen has re-registered in Germany six company jets that were previously registered in the Cayman Islands, a company spokesman said on Sunday, confirming an article in Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper….
Bahamas Insurance Chair fears regulatory ‘Overshoot’
By NEIL HARTNELL From Tribune 242 Bahamian insurers remain concerned that proposed anti-money laundering reforms risk “overshooting and putting us at a competitive disadvantage as a jurisdiction”. Emmanuel Komolafe, the Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman, told Tribune Business that plans…
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Young LatAm, Caribbean entrepreneurs get mentoring here often lacking at home
From WLRN Thais Pinheiro runs a unique Rio de Janeiro tourism company,Conectando Territórios, or Connecting Territories. It gives guided, historical tours of Afro-Brazilian communities likequilombos – settlements founded by the descendants of slaves. “I think it’s really important to show…
Nigeria: Paradise Papers – Huge Chunk of Dangote’s Fortune Now Kept in Tax Haven
From PREMIUM TIMES Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is no stranger to using shell companies in offshore tax havens. The influential industrialist is one of the prominent figures around the world whose names popped up in the infamous #PanamaPapers database…
Canadian tax-evasion fight zeros in on transactions involving Israeli bank
By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press From The National Post OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is seeking information from three Canadian banks about customer transactions linked to a major Israeli financial institution as part of a federal crackdown on…
Recipe of the week
Recipe: Apple Cinnamon Toaster Strudels By Nealey Dozier From The Kitchn Apple cinnamon toaster strudels, those super-sweet frozen pastries, were definitely a guilty pleasure growing up. I have to admit, it’s been years since I last enjoyed one — until…
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1.5 Degree goal critical to Caribbean survival
From Climate Tracker “1.5 is a matter of necessity,” said University of the West Indies’ Professor Michael Taylor, speaking at an event convened by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) as part of…
10 members of Philadelphia family get sick on Royal Caribbean cruise ship
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — ABC6 A local couple says their dream vacation became a norovirus nightmare when not one, not two, but ten members of their family came down with a debilitating illness. What’s worse: that couple was celebrating their…
How the telecom solutions will help logistics companies
Modern logistics today cannot exist without the support of telecommunications. What kind of solutions will help optimize the business? Telecom solutions for logistics allow analyzing not only the movement of goods and the status of trucks, but also how the…
