Boehner explains his decision to resign in emotional press conference
By Brett LoGiurato From Business Insider US Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the speaker of the House, woke up Friday morning. He went to Starbucks for his morning coffee. He got breakfast at Pete’s Diner, a Washington institution where he’s a…
Caribbean Banking and the Caribbean International Financial Services Sector comes under focus
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, September 25, 2015. Much needed focus will be brought to the Caribbean banking and financial services sector over the coming months with two important gatherings of the region’s most influential industry practitioners. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA)…
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Peculiar Caribbean village where girls naturally transform into boys at puberty
By Mirror From Standard Media There are three sexes in Salinas where being a pseudohermaphrodite is so common it’s accepted alongside male and female. On the face of it, the small village of Salinas in the Barahona Province of the…
Recipe of the week
Everything you need to know to buy better shrimp By Dan Nosowitz From Serious Eats [Photograph: Vicky Wasik] Shrimp has been the most popular seafood in the US for years—it represents more than a quarter of the seafood eaten in…
U.S. signs tax pacts with U.K. and Australia
By Michael Cohn Washington, D.C. From Accounting Today (September 24, 2015) The U.S. government has signed “competent authority arrangements” with the United Kingdom and Australia to advance their intergovernmental agreements to combat tax evasion under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance…
Open letter from Anthony Astaphan SC to Mondaq
21st September, 2015 Mr Charles Aspinwall Mondaq London Office Dear Sir, I am instructed by the Honourable Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda and the Attorney General on behalf of the Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda with regard…
Final 20-player rosters announced for 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship
From CONCACAF Tournament kicks off in Kansas City on October 1, Group B in Los Angeles the following day Miami (Friday, September 25, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) made public today the…
Supermoon lunar eclipse SUN 27
From USA Today It almost sounds like something from a comic strip: A total supermoon lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon. But this is for real — and it’s happening Sunday night through Monday. Here’s what you need…
Four foreign students die in Seattle bus crash
From BBC Most of the victims were on board the charter bus, which was filled with foreign university students. A tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying foreign students have collided in Seattle, Washington state, leaving four people dead, US…
