UK announces post-Brexit equivalence for European firms
By Emilio Demetriou-Jones From GBRR The UK Treasury has announced it will grant several equivalence rights to EEA financial firms, amid doubts the EU will reciprocate without the UK including further arrangements in their Brexit plans. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi…
Australian regulator rolls back remuneration overhaul after industry outcry
By Emilio Demetriou-Jones From GBRR Australia’s prudential regulator has rolled back its plans to radically reshape its remuneration framework, after being told its introduction of a cap on financial measures for variable remuneration was a “blunt instrument” that undermined boards’…
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14 to receive honorary doctorates at The UWI’s 2020 Graduation ceremonies
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Thursday, November 12, 2020 — The University of the West Indies (The UWI) will confer 14 honorary degrees at its 2020 graduation ceremonies. The ceremonies, which are scheduled to take place from January 11–16, 2021, in a…
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Anguilla Social Security Board & The UWI Open Campus Anguilla Distinguished Lecture
Anguilla Social Security Board & UWI Open Campus Anguilla Held a Distinguished Lecture on 5th November, 2020 The Anguilla Social Security Board (ASSB) and The University of The West Indies (UWI) Open Campus Anguilla held its Distinguished Lecture on November…
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Caribbean Export Report – Unlocking the profit potential of the Caribbean highlights growing trend for Caribbean rums across Europe
More than half (51%) of the Top 10 Rum Brands sold in the UK are produced in the Caribbean In Spain, the rum category is worth €42.3m In the Netherlands, rum forms just over a tenth (10.2%) of the Dutch…
Cayman Islands Parliament replaces Legislative Assembly
Cayman Islands’ legislative body will reconvene as Parliament next month, after Privy Council formalises change in nomenclature from Legislative Assembly (LA). GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Cayman Islands will become the third British Overseas Territory to have a legislative body known…
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Agriculture and Food Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean Poised for transformational changes
By Charmaine Ann Marie Wright <From The World Bank WASHINGTON, November 12, 2020 — As agriculture and food systems across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) try to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers must act to unleash the…
CUC and Cadwell, Inc. clean-up and export more than a million pounds of recyclable material
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) has partnered with Cadwell, Inc. to implement an innovative, high-level recycling programme that is proving to be a ‘win-win’ for both CUC and local residents on Grand Cayman. “Through our partnership with Cadwell, we were…
Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Wed 11-November-2020
By Dr. Stuart Weiss Rapid Test Center of New YorkDr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP Nov 11, 2020 CoViD-19 News and Information you can trust. Welcome new members from the Rapid Test Center. Topics: Rough times ahead Rough Times Ahead…
Cayman: Government Schools show overall improvement in 2020 Exam Results
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, 10 November 2020. The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, Agriculture and Lands (MEYSAL) in collaboration with the Department of Education Services (DES) has released the provisional results for the 2020 examinations for Government Schools, pending the outcome of…
