Dubai regulator probes Abraaj Capital as investigation continues
By: Christopher Copper-Ind From International Investment Dubai regulator probes Abraaj Capital as investigation continues Dubai’s financial services regulator has moved to bar Abraaj Capital from taking on new business or moving money to Abraaj Investment Management (AIML), its related entity,…
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Volleyball players kill hundreds of baby birds off Alabama coast
By Beth Dalbey From Patch National To sweep the surface of a 2-acre offshore sandbar at the mouth of Mobile Bay for their Fourth of July fun, a group of volleyball players unthinkingly plucked the eggs from the simple sand…
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This small Caribbean island is waging a big war against plastic
By Dominique Mosbergen From Huffington Post Dominica’s government plans to ban plastic and styrofoam food containers and utensils by 2019. The small Caribbean island of Dominica is taking a big stand against plastic waste. In what’s been described as one…
Environmental destruction thrives on tax havens, says paper
BY AISHA KEHOE DOWN From OCCRP It’s not just hedonistic politicians: illegal fishing, deforestation and other forms of environmental degradation thrive off of the protections offered by the world’s tax havens, according to a new paper by researchers at Stockholm…
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19 Aug Sun 2018 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sun Aug 19 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during…
Cayman Islands: UPDATE -Assault at Prospect Bar Fri night, 17 August
From RCIPS UPDATE – Mon Aug 19 Yesterday, 19 August, the accused in the below incident, a man, age 23 of Bodden Town, was charged with Wounding, Assault ABH, Causing Harassment, Alarm and Distress, and Drunk and Disorderly Conduct. He…
Cayman Islands: UPDATE – Water-related death off Rum Point, 16 August
UPDATE: Police can now confirm the identity of the man who died after encountering difficulties while snorkeling off Rum Point on Thursday 16 August (see below release). He is Todd Rick, age 45, of Texas in the United States. The…
Cayman Islands police receive report of incident involving a firearm, 16 August
From RCIPS Aug 17 2018 Shortly after 10:00PM on Thursday, 16 August, officers responded to a report of an incident at a development just south of the Seven Mile Public Beach. A man reported that he had been walking outside…
Cayman Islands: Quantity of ganja recovered in West Bay, 16 August
From RCIPS Aug 17 2018 West Bay officers conducted inquiries in the vicinity of Bonaventure Road between Wednesday, 15 August and yesterday morning, 16 August. During the course of these inquiries, the officers recovered a quantity of suspected ganja, which…
