IDB annual assembly focuses on role of private sector, clean energy
EFE From Fox News Latino The role of the private sector, the need for clean energy and the threat of climate change were the leading topics during a day of conferences Friday at the Inter-American Development Bank’s annual assembly in…
UK: Banks told to declare links to Panama Papers law firm by next week
By Jill Treanor, Rowena Mason and Juliette Garside Financial Conduct Authority sets financial firms deadline to check if they have links to Mossack Fonseca Banks and financial firms have been told to hand over any information about their dealings with the…
A mid-winter reboot in the Cayman Islands
By Simone Olivero From Yahoo News The water in Cayman has this way of making you instantly relax. Maybe it’s the vibrancy of the colours, which make it feel like an Instagram filter come to life, or simply that it’s…
UK: Cameron: third off-shore investment fund linked to father [maybe links to Cayman Islands]
From Channel 4 News UK Channel 4 News has uncovered a third off-shore investment fund linked to Prime Minister David Cameron’s father, Ian Cameron. The fund, based in the tax haven of Jersey, was called PMG Eagle Fund Limited and…
Tenfu Cayman : Dubai records spiral growth in tea trade driven by China stimulus
From 4-Traders DUBAI – Sanjeev Dutta, Director of Dubai’s Tea Center in the emirates’ industrial free zone, Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC), said Wednesday that the center’s total tea trade volumes in 2015 reached 41 million kilograms, a 208 percent…
JAMPRO demands retraction from Caribbean News Now
Diane Edwards (centre), president of JAMPRO, addresses journalists during a press conference at the JAMPRO offices in Kingston on Thursday. Looking on are Robert Scott (left), vice-president of export and marketing development, JAMPRO, and Claude Duncan (right), vice-president of investments…
Adventures in tax avoidance: Canada’s deep offshore tax haven connections
From Business Vancouver Much of the activity is legal, but it siphons away billions in tax revenue from government coffers The massive Panama Papers data leak shines a light not only on the dirty money being shuffled through tax havens,…
Bank membership tremendous benefit for Guyana, says Suriname Islamic Bank governor
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Guyana, which recently joined the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), will definitely draw criticism from various elements but Suriname’s alternate governor to the IsDB, Ambassador Anwar Lall Mohamed, sees this as…
Hospitality Assured to strengthen international reach at Caribbean Tourism Organization conference
ST MICHAEL, Barbados – Hospitality Assured is to continue strengthening its international reach at the CTO – 8th Tourism Human Resources Conference taking place in Antigua and Barbuda from 11-13 May 2016. John Burchell, a Director of Hospitality Assured, will…
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Irish company makes history with installation of first-ever hybrid streetlight in Grenada
From Penn Energy Irish company airsynergy’s wind and solar powered off-grid Remote Power Unit (RPU) has become the very first renewable hybrid streetlight to be installed in the Caribbean island country of Grenada. Jim Smyth, CEO of airsynergy said: “We…
