Caribbean Export supports the business of fashion in the Caribbean
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, October 25, 2018. Fashion is a key sector of the region’s creative industries with designers creating some of the most unique styles inspired by their environments. Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in cooperation with the European Union…
BVI hires second attorney to stay off EU’s blacklist
By: Pedro Goncalves |From International Investment The Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has hired another attorney from the UK to draft legislation intended to keep the territory off the European Union’s blacklist of tax haven jurisdictions. The government…
Caribbean golden visas: rum deal for Europe
From Transparency International When you think of the Caribbean what is the first thing that come to mind? Pristine island shores, magnificent coral reefs, secret white-sand beaches? Well, if you are looking for a second (or third) passport then these…
Italy in the maelstrom of the euro
By Isidoros Karderinis Italy joined the eurozone in 1999, with Prime Minister Massimo d’Alema of the “Democratic Left” party. This fateful participation, which entailed the complete loss of independent monetary policy, is undoubtedly the main cause of the disappointing performance…
Journalist brutally raped, then beaten to death in Bulgaria
By Dennis Adonis From Guyana Guardian (Guyana Guardian) – Popular Bulgarian investigative journalist Victoria Marinova, often commended for her stunning beauty, but feared by the rich and powerful for her unrelenting exposure of corruption and crime in high places, was…
Invest in our youth today. Create a better tomorrow
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, October 8, 2018. The Caribbean is a youthful region, with over 60% of the population under the age of 30 years. The inclusion of youth is central to region’s economic development and as such the Caribbean Export Development…
‘Made in China 2025’: is Beijing’s plan for hi-tech dominance as big a threat as the West thinks it is?
By Elaine Chan From South China Morning Post The ‘Made in China 2025’ plan aims to break China’s reliance on foreign technology and pull its hi-tech industries up to Western levels. But it has become a lightning rod for Washington’s…
Caribbean food innovations with Truly Turmeric and Caribbean Cure, Teas Recognised at SIAL, Paris
Two Caribbean companies have been selected as finalist in the SIAL Innovation Awards 2018 for their product innovation. They are Caribbean Cure Ltd of Trinidad and Tobago and Naledo Belize Ltd. SIAL is regarded as the world’s largest food innovation…
The ‘dark’ side of the data room: disclosure dangers in M&A and finance transactions
By Elena Georgiou Contributed by Patrikios Pavlou & Associates LLC From ILO Given the corporate environment’s ever-changing nature and business needs and the importance of data protection at the EU level, the topic of due diligence in M&A and financial…
Boris Johnson demands UK PM Theresa May to scrap her Brexit proposals
From DNA India Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson called on Prime Minister Theresa May to rip up her proposal for Britain’s exit from the European Union, ratcheting up the pressure on May as she prepares to face her divided party at…