5 Quick Ways to Spice Up Your Breakfasts
By Becky Striepe Confession: I know that it’s the most important meal of the day, but I am a chronic breakfast-skipper. Part of the problem is that it’s easy to get into a rut of your standard vegan breakfast foods…
The end of 90 years of TV history as the last analogue transmitters go dark
Televisions By Andrew Everard – What HiFi? After today (25), analogue TV in the UK is no more. The last transmitters to be switched off, just after midnight tonight, will be the Brougher Mountain, Divis and Limavady masts in Northern…
MENA Region Needs $600 Billion Investment
By Evelyn Robinson, iNews Cayman Special Correspondent Although it remains at the heart of international oil and gas production and distribution, the Middle East bears much inefficiency when it comes to energy consumption. Largely due to energy subsidy and pricing…
Jamaican International soprano singer arrives from UK
English born International Soprano singer, Abigail Kelly, arrived in Grand Cayman Wednesday (24) night from the UK to perform in two charity concerts she is headlining. Abigail currently sings with the English Touring Opera (ETO) and says although one of…
Syria army ‘to observe ceasefire’ over Eid al-Adha
Syria’s military says it will adhere to a four-day ceasefire to begin on Friday for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. A statement on Syrian state TV also said the army reserved the right to retaliate against rebel attacks. The…
EADS and Tales of Whistleblowers: A Compliance Nightmare?
Contributor: Thomas Fox What is a compliance professional’s worst nightmare? Last week in Episode 49 of This Week in FCPA, Howard Sklar and I speculated on why the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) would announce it was opening an investigation…
Hedge Fund Havens Weigh Taxes as Caribbean’s Debt Rivals Greece
By Eric Sabo Bloomberg From the Cayman Islands to the Bahamas, hedge fund havens are considering a surprising remedy for widening deficits — higher taxes. The Bahamas is planning a town hall to debate a tax overhaul that may include…
Bahamas braced as Hurricane Sandy races in
Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the Bahamas after battering Cuba with torrential rain and winds of 165km/h (105mph). The category two storm emerged off Cuba’s northeast coast and is due to strike islands in the southern Bahamas later on…
CDB board approves flagship poverty-reduction programme’s seventh phase
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved the seventh phase of the Bank’s Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Programme. Funding for BNTF 7 is estimated at USD51.74 million. Contributors to BNTF 7 have approved a…
Monster energy drink investigated – and the ingredients
The makers of Monster, an energy drink with the caffeine equivalent, of seven cans of Coca-Cola, are being sued by the family of a 14-year-old girl, who died after she consumed two of the beverages. By Raf Sanchez Daily Telegraph…
