These maps show the hard drug trade in remarkable detail
By Amanda Macias And Michael B Kelley From Business Insider Despite drastic punishments for drug dealing, up to and including death in many countries, the worldwide illegal drug trade continues to flourish. While governments invest vast sums of taxpayers’ money…
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Cayman Islands local Under 15 Team returns from Las Vegas Mayor’s Cup
The Under 15 team from the Cayman Islands Youth Football Programme returned to Grand Cayman on Wednesday, February 18 after competing in the 2015 Mayor’s Cup International Showcase in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team returned with a record of two…
Come clean with your account, Pua told 1MDB CEO
By Adrian Phung From the Sun Daily KUALA LUMPUR: A DAP lawmaker Tony Pua is urging newly appointed 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB) chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy to come clean on the whereabouts of the US$488 million (RM1,776 million)…
Oscars 2015
Oscars review: New host misfires By Ben Sutherland From BBC News Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris had previously been a successful host of the Tony Awards for Broadway theatre Neil Patrick Harris’ debut turn as Oscars host was one…
HSBC Malta announces €52m profit, down 42% from 2013
From the Times of Malta HSBC Malta said today it made a pre-tax profit of €52m in 2014, down by €38m, or 42%, compared to the previous year. Cost efficiency ratio was 57%, against 50% in 2013. Return on equity…
[UK] Conservatives suspend Sir Malcolm Rifkind after ‘sting’
From BBC Sir Malcolm Rifkind has been suspended from the Conservative Party in Parliament after being secretly filmed apparently offering his services to a private company for cash. Sir Malcolm and another former foreign secretary, Jack Straw, who was also…
Cayman Islands Home Loans to be bought
New Residential Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire HLSS Acquisition Will Significantly Add to NRZ’s Book of Servicing Assets & Expand Relationships with Servicers February 22, 2015 10:30 PM Eastern Standard Time NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND GEORGE TOWN, GRAND…
Bahamas PM urges continued IDB support for the Caribbean
From CARICOM Today NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says Caribbean countries are still suffering from the effects of the recession but were continuing to put in place measures to ensure their future socio-economic development. Christie, who…
Economic growth of CARICOM region set to improve as harmonised customs bill nears finalisation
A momentous 12 year effort to bring to pass a much-coveted harmonised customs bill for the Caribbean is now in its final stages. The bill is intended to foster economic growth in the region, which will ultimately contribute to the…
When bad cops become Gitmo torturers
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells from new York Mag Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian this week published one of the most arresting stories I’ve seen in recent months, an account in two parts of the work of Richard Zuley, who served as…
