Mauiva AirCruise Stop in Grand Bahama Receives High Marks
By Andre Cartwright, the Bahamas Weekly Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas – Wishing to spend a bit more time on Grand Bahama Island, the ten German participants on their first leg of the seven-day Bahamas, Cayman and Cancun Caribbean Paradise Mauiva…
Sri Lanka: UN admits it failed to protect civilians
A UN report on its failure to protect civilians in Sri Lanka’s civil war will have “profound implications” for the global body, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says. Publishing the damning internal report, which was leaked to the BBC, Mr Ban…
Harambee sacco cancelled houses deal over fraud
Harambee Sacco stopped the sale of its 16 prime residential property in Nyali, Mombasa, after realising that the bond issued by the winning bidder was forged. The Sacco, whose members are largely drawn from public sector institutions, was last year on…
Syria: France backs anti-Assad coalition
France has become the first Western power to recognise Syria’s opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. The move was announced by President Francois Hollande at a televised news conference in Paris. Syrian opposition groups struck…
Breast Cancer Awareness supported in the Bahamas & Cayman Islands
Higgs & Johnson continued its support of The Lee Denim Day (Bahamas, top photo) and the Lions Dress Down/Dress Pink Day (Cayman Islands, bottom photo) as they both continue to be some of the largest single-day fundraisers for breast cancer…
Ex Cayman Islands Tourism Director retires from CHTA
The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association announced that Alec Sanguinetti is retiring as director general after 19 years in executive positions with the organisation and 52 years as one of the tourism industry’s top airline and hotel executives. Richard Doumeng,…
Italy floods: Tuscany and Umbria take brunt of rain
Heavy flooding in Italy has killed four people in Tuscany as rain caused rivers to break their banks, reports say. Three people died when a car fell off a collapsed bridge near the central city of Grosseto, authorities said. Elsewhere,…
David Petraeus CIA scandal engulfs US Gen John Allen
The top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, is being investigated for allegedly sending “inappropriate emails” to a woman at the centre of a scandal which ended the career of CIA head David Petraeus. The emails were said to…
Abu Qatada release: Cameron ‘fed up’
Prime Minister David Cameron says he is “completely fed up” about the release on bail of Abu Qatada after the Muslim cleric won his deportation appeal. Abu Qatada was earlier freed from prison after a UK court ruled he might…
Kobre & Kim adds another in HK
By Kanishk Varghese U.S. litigation boutique Kobre & Kim has strengthened its judgment enforcement practice In Hong Kong with the hire of Shaun Wu from King & Spalding. Wu specialises in international arbitration, litigation and regulatory and internal investigations. Together…
