Turkey’s lira plunges as Trump doubles metals tariffs
From Newsmax President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday to exchange their gold and dollars into lira, with the country’s currency in free fall after President Donald Trump turned the screws on Ankara by doubling tariffs on metals imports. The…
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Why does Betsy D family yacht fly a foreign flag? Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ administration and the Cayman Islands
BY DAVID SIROTA From Newsweek This story is being co-published with Capital&Main When someone untied a yacht owned by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s family, the episode was portrayed as an example of anti-Trump harassment. But the yacht’s foreign…
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Caribbean States call on US to seriously address climate change
From teleSUR Caribbean States leaders are asking the Trump administration to rejoin the landmark Paris climate deal signed in 2015, from which the U.S. withdraw in June 2017. Leaders from the Caribbean states are calling on the Donald Trump administration…
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Improving financial literacy
OECS Feature Series highlights St. Kitts and Nevis national advocating for financial security in low income communities Monday, August 6, 2018 — It was in the small village of Newtown in the capital city of Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis,…
Did the US Supreme Court reinterpret The Wire Act to allow cross-border Internet sports betting?
By Daniel Wallach From Forbes The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Murphy v. NCAA dramatically altered the landscape for sports betting in the United States by declaring that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) is unconstitutional. As a…
Cayman Islands utility company announces increase in customers and profits
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd announces unaudited results for the three and six months ended June 30 2018 Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. is listed for trading in United States dollars on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “CUP.U”. Grand…
China still focused on reducing debt, creating jobs despite trade row with United States
By Orange Wang, Sidney Leng From South China Morning Post Government will deepen ‘structural supply side reforms’ in second half of year, ‘firmly’ continue deleveraging China will remain focused on reducing debt and creating jobs despite the “clear changes” in…
Cayman Islands: UPDATE: Arrest of cruise ship visitor Yesterday, 25 July
From RCIPS UPDATE: Cruise Ship Visitor Charged, 27 July The 37-year-old-man from the United States of America, who was arrested on Wednesday 25 July on suspicion of assault abh and possession of ganja, and was later taken to the hospital…
Notorious drug lord could be back in Guyana in a year
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY: In under a year from today, July 10, 2018, a notorious Guyana-born drug lord could walk out of a U.S. prison a free man and face deportation back to the South American country…
The Caribbean woman who shocked the world as the first black Miss Universe in 1977
BY MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR From Miss Universe She was not considered to be the favourite to win the Miss Universe competition in 1977 but she eventually sailed through, becoming the first woman from the Caribbean and the first woman of…
