Will Cuba’s gain cause the Caribbean pain?
By David Jessop From Jamaica Gleaner One of the Caribbean tourism industry’s greatest concerns may be about to materialise: American citizens being allowed to travel to Cuba on an individual basis. At present, it is only possible for most United…
The View from Europe: New threats to Caribbean cyber security
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Cyber-security incidents continue to rise. According to PwC’s Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, attacks rose internationally by 48 percent in 2014 resulting in huge remedial and reputational costs to the companies…
Of China’s devalued currency, blood and windfalls
By Sir Ronald Sanders From CARIBBEAN360 WASHINGTON, United States, Friday August 14, 2015 – Republican US Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, sees ‘blood’ everywhere. Unhappy and irritated by a question put to him by a female Fox News TV journalist during…
Is he the Full Monty?
By Peter Binose Reading the SVG Government website I came across a description of Montgomery Daniels heritage. “The Hon. Montgomery Daniel was born in Sandy Bay to James and Sybil Daniel, parents of native Carib Indian descent”. The thing that…
What’s the fear over the IMPACS investigation?
By Melanius Alphonse From Caribbean News Now National security and immigration are two major components of sovereignty that the region can do with much better regulations and enforcement. If not, the pristine innocence of ‘every ting irie, man’ will remain…
War between West Indies Board and players damaging Caribbean cricket
By Tony Cozier From Mid-Day Strained relations between the players and board continue to thwart success in Caribbean cricket West Indies cricket has been paying worried attention to events on the other side of the world. A combination of Bangladesh’s…
The View from Europe: Too big to fail – Baha Mar
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Hardly a day passes without a new twist in the increasingly tense and acrimonious legal battle over the unfinished US$3.5 billion Baha Mar resort on New Providence in The Bahamas. Not only do…
MMIF reporting: An ongoing challenge for fund administrators
By Shane Brett, Global Perspectives From All About Alpha In April 2014, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) introduced new reporting requirements for all funds in Ireland. The Resident Money Market and Investment Funds Return (MMIF) must be completed for…
Reparations march riddled with hypocrisy
By Michael A. Dingwall Recently, Hundreds of persons marched in front of the British houses of parliament for reparations. I still cannot believe that that those persons who were marching could be so hypocritical! I still don’t understand it, why…
Financial management for the broke(n) family
By Samuel Rosenberg From CARIBBEAN360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sunday August 2, 2015 – While not a foregone conclusion, children who grow up with a single parent are more likely to suffer financially than those who live with both parents which often…