Not just for banks: US Congress passes legislation providing relief from Dodd-Frank era regulations restricting capital formation
By David M Lynn, Scott Lesmes, Marty Dunn, Susan I Gault-Brown Contributed by Morrison & Foerster LLP From ILO On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). While…
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Unmanned ocean gliders head to Caribbean and Atlantic to help improve hurricane forecasts
From Caribbean360 FLORIDA, United States, Sunday July 15, 2018 –The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will soon launch a fleet of 15 unmanned gliders in the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean this hurricane season to collect important oceanic…
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Cambridge walking tour tells tales of Caribbean immigrants in The Port
By Joe Cusack From Cambridge Wicked Local As the British began squeezing out ordinary sugar cane farmers on the Caribbean islands in the mid-19th Century, it became tougher for unskilled agriculture workers to make a living. Many turned to America,…
Bahamas PM uses Haiti unrest to explain VAT hike
By Travis Cartwright-Carroll Nassau Guardian From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — As he defended his administration’s increase in value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 12 percent, Bahamas Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis pointed to recent riots in Haiti…
How Facebook stole the news business
By Josh Constine From TechCrunch Big news outlets stupidly sold their soul to Facebook. Desperate for the referral traffic Facebook dangled, they spent the past few years jumping through its hoops only to be cut out of the equation. Instead…
Unusual royal traditions
10 unusual royal traditions you never knew existed By Meghan Jones, Reader’s Digest From Business Insider Each year, the royal family gathers on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for Trooping the Colour in honor of the queen’s birthday. Getty Images…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Caricom skin in the Haiti game
By Sir Ronald Sanders From jamaica Observer Haiti’s current fiscal problems that led to four days of riots, setting back the country’s already fragile economic and political stability, have implications for Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) countries that cannot…
TCI heads Caribbean disaster control group
By Olivia Rose From TC Weekly A TCI Government minister has been called on to head a regional disaster management body. Hon. Vaden Delroy Williams, Minister Home Affairs, Agriculture and Human Services, has assumed the role of chairperson of the…
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An explosion from a Hawaii volcano sent a ‘lava bomb’ through the roof of a tourist boat, injuring 23 passengers
By Jeremy Berke, Associated Press, From Business Insider Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is continuing to erupt. An explosion sent a lava bomb through the roof of a tourist boat on Monday, injuring 23 people. One passenger suffered a broken femur, while…
NEVIS: Premier Mark Brantley sets the record straight
From OECS Monday, July 16, 2018 — The Premier and Minister of Finance of Nevis, the Honourable Mark Brantley, has expressed deep concern about a misleading and grossly inaccurate article carried in the UK’s Guardian newspaper on 12th July under…
