Maples Group further expands legal service offering to include Luxembourg
The Maples group is pleased to announce the further expansion of its global offering, with the addition of Luxembourg legal services. From 1 October 2018, the newly established Luxembourg office of Maples and Calder will offer advice on fund formation,…
Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: How warning system failed the victims
From BBC There were no sirens along the coast to alert residents to evacuate Hundreds of people have been killed and many still remain missing after a tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, triggered by a powerful…
Design highlights
Highlights from London Design Fair, Design Junction and Biodesign 2018 BY MICHAEL COOPER From Core77 Good design isn’t child’s play. Or is it? Here’s another fresh bunch of festival favorites from London Design Festival Having handpicked the heroes from the…
8,000 teaching materials and counting: BVI continues to make educational strides using NotesMaster’ globally leading platform
OECS Media Statement Monday, October 1, 2018 — NotesMaster, an innovative global on-line learning environment which was rolled out in the British Virgin Islands late last year in in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria by the OECS Commission…
GOP is killing the American dream – let them retire where their money is, in the Cayman Islands
By Glenn Sutton From Ocala.com Don’t be one of Trump’s monkeys. Trump claims his White House is running like a well-oiled machine. However, a machine with a thousand bolts will be wrecked by one loose nut. Trump is that nut….
Cruise lines eye bid on Nassau’s ‘Bottom’ port
By NEIL HARTNELL From Tribune 242 Royal Caribbean’s top executive yesterday confirmed that the industry has discussed submitting a bid to manage a Nassau cruise port that is “sadly among the Caribbean’s bottom”. Michael Bayley, president and chief executive of…
Canada-US reach deal to stay in trade pact with Mexico
From Newsmax Canada is back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline.In a joint statement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer…
Global Ports keen to expand in Caribbean and Asia as cruise market booms
“Cruise ports are where airports were thirty years ago” Global Ports Holding PLC (LON:GPH) is tapping into a market that will grow 50% over the next five years, says Emre Sayin, chief executive. “Cruise ports are where airports were thirty…
‘Bucks night for 1200 people’: Families horrified by cruise bender
By Taylor Auerbach A Current Affair reporter From 9 News AU A dream cruise for dozens of Australian families hijacked by more than 1000 men from an Indian tobacco company on a wild work bender has forced Royal Caribbean International…
In the Caribbean, local aid helps tackle a surge in Venezuelan asylum seekers
By Bram Ebus From IRIN Governments have been caught off-guard as the regional migration crisis expands Until a week ago, Enrique Ceballos was a High Court judge in eastern Venezuela. But now he’s waiting on a plastic chair outside an…