Caribbean countries with fixed currencies should not entertain devaluation – Worrell
By Ernie Seon From Caribbean360 Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. Delisle Worrell is urging Caribbean countries with fixed currencies, not to entertain the thought of any devaluation as a means of restoring stability to their economies. BRIDGETOWN,…
CEC: It’s not lost revenue – it’s revenue we wouldn’t have had
Part 2 This is Part 2 of the interview I had last month with Charlie Kirkconnell, Chief Executive Officer, and Hilary McKenzie-Cahill, Vice President of Marketing at Cayman Enterprise City (CEC). CEC is in the final negotiations in acquiring land…
CDB optimistic for 2014 reports RBC
RBC Caribbean Economic Report Frosty Weather Contributes to Market Jitters Given that US consumer confidence declined to 78.1 in February 2014, down from 79.4 in January, it can be argued that the polar vortex may have had a role to…
Arnold Palmer in Cayman
Cayman Islands Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, right, greeted golf legend Arnold Palmer at the Legislative Assembly this week along with Deputy Premier Hon. Moses Kirkconnell. Mr. Palmer is in the Cayman Islands to break ground on a new golf course…
PETA kills animals
PETA’s “Animal House of Horror” killed 82% of dogs and cats in its possession in 2013 Hypocritical animal rights group’s body count exceeds 31,000. Washington, D.C. – In February 2014, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) released its yearly review…
All sides agree on a way forward for Citrus [Belize]
From 7News Belize For three weeks, the government has been trying to stabilize the citrus industry which ahs been crippled by a cash flow crisis at Citrus Products of Belize Limited. The company’s bank First Caribbean froze their account because…
Odebrecht purchasing 3500 BlackBerry 10 smartphones for operations in Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a world leader in mobile communications, and Odebrecht, a Brazilian organization with global presence with more than 190,000 employees and 41,5 billion dollars in revenues in 2012, announced today that…
‘Cuban Five’ agent imprisoned in US back in Havana
By Peter Orsi From Boston.com HAVANA (AP) — A second member of the ‘‘Cuban Five’’ returned to the Caribbean island and a hero’s welcome Friday, a day after leaving a prison in the United States, where he spent 15 years…
U.S. Medical Tourism To Dominican Republic Could Increase With High-Tech Clinic
By Dr. Marc Siegel From Fox News Latino A New Robotic Surgical Institute In The Dominican… This week [Feb 24] the Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago (HOMS), Dominican Republic, opened the first robotic surgery institute in the Caribbean. Named after Dr….
Law firm can’t shake claims it aided $6M Facebook IPO scam
From Law360 Law360, Los Angeles — A California judge refused Thursday to toss claims that Miller Barondess LLP helped a con man launder $5.8 million stolen from investors through a bogus deal to purchase pre-initial public offering shares of Facebook…
