REPORT: Nightmare bacteria have now spread to every region of the world
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider The era of modern medicine may be coming to an end. Common bacteria that cause life-threatening infections have become resistant to our strongest antibiotics in every region of the world. That’s just one finding…
Private Funds, the Cayman Islands IGA and FACTA
By Simon Riveles and Simon M. Cooke. From Riveles Law Group On November 29, 2013, the Cayman Islands signed a FACTA Model 1 intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”) with the United States. The IGA ensures that financial institutions located in the Caymans,…
Jamaica government withdraws proposed bank tax
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday May 2, 2014, CMC – Plans to impose a tax on bank withdrawals as part of revenue measures for the 2014/2015 financial year, have been scrapped. Faced with intense opposition to the proposed tax, the…
HBO announces its May features in the Caribbean
HBO is happy to share its movie lineup for the month of May in the Caribbean, which includes the hit movies Jack the Giant Slayer, Seven Psychopaths, Elysium, and Iron Man 3. HBO announces its May features in the Caribbean…
Drummond vessel shipwrecked near its port in Colombia
From Latino FoxNews The U.S. mining company Drummond reported last month the shipwreck of a boat that was helping with construction work at this multinational coal company’s port on the Colombian Caribbean, though nothing has been said about the possible…
Bold by nature
From Cayman Airways Magazine The BioMuseo in Central America’s Panama City reveals a revolutionary story that’s been ages in the making. With its bright hues and cascading shapes, the BioMuseo seems to have sprung right out of Panama’s fertile ground….
T&T Minister Howai calls for more proactive approach by G24 countries
From Breaking News Trinidad and Tobago The Finance and the Economy Minister, Larry Howai has issued a call for the G24 group of countries to take a leadership role in formulating an appropriate mechanism to facilitate an orderly and predictable…
BP’s billions draw scam artists
By Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal Hundreds seek to profit from oil-spill settlement. After the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded four years ago in the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of South Florida residents paid the nonprofit Noula Inc. $300 each,…
Chikungunya now an epidemic in the Caribbean
From Jamaica Obsever ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CMC) – The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. “By definition this is an epidemic since it represents…
IMF comments on risk to Caribbean of potential Petro Caribe pullout
By Andre Huie From WINN FM St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): During an IMF press conference recently, officials from the Western Hemisphere Department were quizzed by St Vincent and the Grenadines journalist Jerry George about the lack of adequate focus…
