Caribbean urged to take advantage of Panama Canal expansion – McKensey
From Caribben360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Friday June 6, 2014, 2014, CMC – Caribbean countries are being urged to position themselves to take advantage of greater trading opportunities that may derive when the Panama Canal Expansion project is completed and commissioned by…
WSJ’s Schectman: North Korean gold found its way into US companies’ supply chains
By John Morgan From Moneynews Some of the nation’s flagship brands are being marred by their suppliers’ use of banned North Korean gold. Dozens of companies have disclosed recently that their suppliers used gold refined by North Korea’s central bank,…
OffshoreAlert Conference Europe: Agenda Launch
OffshoreAlert has just released the agenda for their third annual European conference on ‘Financial Intelligence & Investigations’, which will take place in London on November 10 and 11. A limited number of Pre-Sale Tickets are available until August 13 for…
Your soda has more fructose than you think
Posted by Leslie Ridgeway From USC University of Southern California Soda drinkers may be getting a much higher dose of the harmful sugar fructose than they have been led to believe, a new study discovers. Soft drinks made with high…
Turkish investors targeted to Invest in the Caribbean
By Caribbean Export From The Bahamas Weekly SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in cooperation with the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) facilitated the participation of Caribbean investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in…
Cayman Islands: Update on the introduction of the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014
By Matt Mulry From Dillon Eustace On foot of our previous client briefing in relation to the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (the “Law”) which deals with the regulation of directors of certain entities in the Cayman Islands was…
Partnership agreement signed: CTO, CARPHA & CHTA
From TN Global Travel Industry News The tourism and health organizations have agreed to combat health, safety and environmental issues in the tourism workplace. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Caribbean Hotel &…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Crime deters visitors from buying Bahamas properties
From Caribbean360 NASSAU, Bahamas, Thursday– A prospective second home-owner interested in purchasing a property in New Providence is reportedly surprised by the murder rate and reports of the high levels of crime in The Bahamas. According to The Bahamas Tribune,…
Agreement: Caribbean Tourism Organization and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
From eTN Global news Ten years after they began an informal relationship the region’s umbrella public sector tourism organization and the western hemisphere’s agriculture agency have formalized an agreement to strengthen linkages between tourism and agriculture. The Caribbean Tourism Organization…
