USS Lexington: aircraft carrier scuttled in 1942 is finally found
Agence France-Presse From The Guardian UK Wreck from second world war’s Battle of the Coral Sea is located off eastern coast of Australia by search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen Wreckage from the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier…
Argentina: New AFIP boss operated in tax havens, has Cayman Island investment funds
By Sandra Crucianelli,Emilia Delfino y, Emilia Delfino y Sandra Crucianelli From Buens Aires Times The new tax bureau chief Leandro Cuccioli was a board member of a Bermuda-based firm alongside Ignacio Rosner who is currently battling the AFIP in the…
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Environmental agreement to Latin America and the Caribbean
From Radio Cadena Agramonte Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador highlighted the agreement just signed in Costa Rica for Latin America and the Caribbean in environmental matters. In its digital page and Twitter account, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Leaked emails show UAE-backed lobbying effort against Tillerson
By Mark Swanson From Newsmax A major fundraiser for President Donald Trump with potent ties to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been lobbying the president to fire Rex Tillerson, the BBC is reporting. Leaked emails obtained by BBC show…
In UN sell-0ut, Barclays pays for praise as Guterres restricts press for Periscope, Ng Echo
By Matthew Russell Lee, From Inner City Press UNITED NATIONS, March 5 – Days after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres closed protection security ordered Inner City Press to stop live-streaming on Periscope during a photo opportunity in which Guterres conveyed…
Gadgets of the week
Sleeve-style wireless charger; Food-grade tin box From Global Sources Sleeve-style wireless charger Shenzhen Yukayuan’s YKY30002-5324 model is designed as a PU leather sheath for computers and a wireless charger for Qi-enabled gadgets. Shenzhen YUKAYUAN technology Co.,Ltd Product Details Model: YKY30002-5324…
European diplomat says Caribbean women still yet to shatter glass ceiling
From Jamaica Observer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— A senior European Union diplomat says while women in the Caribbean have made “outstanding strides” in recent years, they, like their European counterparts are still yet to completely shatter the glass ceiling. In a…
In the matter of Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd: Cayman Islands Appraisal Actions – Moving Towards standard directions?
By Nigel K. Meeson QC Erik Bodden From Conyers, Dill & Pearman Introduction In ordinary commercial litigation there is a plaintiff making a claim and a defendant resisting the claim made by the plaintiff. There is a well-established set of…
CDB and FAO strengthen partnership with new agreement
March 6, 2018, Montego Bay, Jamaica – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday signed an agreement to strengthen their partnership to help countries in the Region achieve key…
This one picture sums up climate change’s growing role in coastal flooding
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN Boston is bearing the brunt of its second major nor’easter in two months, and it’s a beast of a storm. The city experienced its third-highest storm tide on record on Friday morning at 14.67 feet. On Friday…
