8 Caribbean cruise ports you’ll love the most [+1 not in article]

By Carmen Fifield From dreamplango Winter cruise season is approaching and if you are yearning for warm weather, gorgeous beaches and exciting waterfront towns, your winter cruise cannot come fast enough. While you are dreaming and scheming for your next…

Russia cracks down on offshore havens

By Svetlana Sukhova From Real Clear World MOSCOW – There is nothing new about offshore tax shelters. In ancient Athens, after the government decided to levy a 2% tax on all trade operations, merchants started avoiding the city, conducting business…

EU judges, Maltese mysteries, and Christians in the Caribbean

PART IV By Nikolaj Nielsenn From EUobserver BRUSSELS – John Dalli, flanked by his lawyers, enters the blue-carpeted chamber of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and faces a panel of five black-robed judges. It is July 2014 –…

8 things you didn’t know about Jamaica

By Oliver Hill Special to CNN From Las Vegas Review Journal Unless you’ve been stuck in a mine shaft or visiting a distant planet for the past few decades, chances are you’ve heard of Bob Marley and Usain Bolt and…

Tourism matters: We have to get more involved

By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now It seems almost inconceivable to accept that the dreaded APD (Advanced Passenger Duty) was implemented in the United Kingdom, or others would say thrust upon the industry, some twenty years ago. There has…

It’s hard to be stressed on this Caribbean Island paradise

By Ann KuffnerFrom The Escapologist It’s another languid, relaxing Sunday on the little island I call home. Settling in at Estel’s Diner on the beach, we order our favourite breakfast—huevos rancheros with homemade salsa. Then it’s back to a blissful…

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Cayman Islands chemo unit receives $100K from Movember

The Movember Committee has donated US$100,000 towards the new Chemotherapy Unit at the Cayman Islands George Town Hospital. The donation is the biggest, single gift so far towards the new ‘state-of-the-art’ Chemotherapy Unit, being provided by the Cayman Islands Cancer…

Cayman Islands ‘T’anks a Lot’ dive rewards prize winner announced at DEMA

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (21 November 2014) Brian Bondy, the owner of Huron Scuba, Snorkel, Adventure Travel is this year’s winner of the T’anks A Lot Dive rewards program. The program is designed to incentivize dive centres for booking dive…

Committee to examine Garcia report

From BT Sport FIFA’s executive committee will be able to see some parts of the Garcia investigation into World Cup bidding, it has been announced. FIFA’s executive committee will examine parts of Michael Garcia’s report The decision follows a meeting…