meeco further strengthens its management team
New CEO and CIO to support company’s realignment As international clean energy provider, The meeco Group is actively working to spread renewable energy across five continents. Through the large network of regional offices and strategic partners worldwide, meeco is able…
IRD says Eric Watson’s companies owe $112m
By Matt Nippert, NZ Herald Inland Revenue have described a complex series of transactions Eric Watson undertook through the Cayman Islands as “circular”, and say the flamboyant expatriate’s holding company should pay $112m in back-taxes and interest. The High Court…
CHTA engages on recovery plans at Clinton Global Initiative
MIAMI (August 27, 2018) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) was out in full force recently for the second formal meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery. As this year’s hurricane season approached…
Trinidad and Tobago signs secret gas deal with Venezuela
By Eve George From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — With local reporters barred from entering the room to witness or ask questions about an agreement between the governments of Trinidad and Tobago’s and Venezuela to process and…
Quebec City’s bike rack
Design Debacle: Quebec City’s Bike Rack Competition Yields $23,600 Cost Per Rack BY RAIN NOE From Core77 Design is intended to solve problems. And the original hope of industrial design, as promulgated by ID granddaddy Raymond Loewy, was that it…
INDIA: Kerala flood victims live in the company of the dead
From Khaleej Times The families refused to accept help and move to a safer place. As flood waters rose to engulf their homes at Kainakary, a picturesque village in Alappuzha district, at least 20 families took refuge in a church…
Reflections on Kofi Annan
By Tenesha Myrie From Caribbean News Now Since the news of Kofi Annan’s death on August 18, 2018, world leaders have been sending tributes in his honour. Kofi Annan was a secretary-general of the United Nations and is widely praised…
UK: The reason why thousands of British girls will not return to school
From Freedom United The number of girls in Britain being forced into marriage abroad has soared by a third in recent years according to a leading charity. Non-profit Karma Nirvana is condemning the Home Office in particular for failing to…
Knives from weird objects
You need to watch this guy make sharp knives out of weird objects BY XAVIER PIEDRA From Mashable It can be argued that if something has the ability to cut through objects, it can technically be considered a knife. So…
Cayman Kind—Pt II
From Virgin Islands News August 26th, 2018 Thomas C. Famous. Photo: VINO/File Premier Alden M. McLaughlin, spoke proudly about what he calls “The Cayman Miracle.” Photo: Provided Cayman Islands Employment Chart. Photo: Provided Thomas C. Famous Day Two of the…
