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Caribbean faces social unrest unless world treats it better, warns Jamaica
By Oliver West From Emerging Markets Peter Phillips, Jamaica’s finance minister, warns that populations in the Caribbean will lose patience with the international community unless they provide the resources to modernise infrastructure Jamaica’s finance minister has called for the international…
Ben Carson: I want to turn the U.S. into a tax haven
By Ben Walsh from Huffington Post It sounds like a really bad idea because it is. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday that he hoped his tax plan would turn the United States into a tax haven. In an…
Giant rafts of fire ants are somehow surviving South Carolina floods
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable Fire ants may be painful when they bite (and are terrible news for homeowners), but you have to give them credit: They’re survivors. Facing biblical rains and historic flooding in South Carolina this week, giant…
Sanders: Raise taxes to fund pricey proposals
By Eric Bradner CNN From KCRA3 ‘Corporate America, you ain’t going to stash your money in the Cayman Islands and not pay any taxes at all’ WASHINGTON (CNN) —Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says the federal budget deficit is a “serious…
A model has filed a sexual-assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby
From Business Insider Los Angeles — A 25-year-old model filed a lawsuit against disgraced US comedian Bill Cosby accusing him of sexually assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008. According to the civil complaint by Chloe Goins, Cosby spiked…
UBS hedge fund switch a blow for Cayman Islands
By Sophia Grene From Financial Times UBS has shifted a fund of hedge funds onshore to Ireland from the Cayman Islands, delivering another blow to the reputation of the Caribbean tax haven as the domicile of choice for international hedge…
Community-based tourism in the Greater Caribbean
From eTN Community-based tourism emerges as an alternative to bridge the social and economic gap of rural communities, and is suitable for communities seeking to generate additional income in their daily economic activities utilizing the cultural, natural and local resources…
New cruise terminal at Caribbean’s most-visited port
By MarEx From The Maritime Executive Carnival Corporation has added a third berth to the company’s pier at Puerta Maya, Cozumel, Mexico, the most popular cruise destination in the Caribbean. With an investment of more than $20 million, the all-new…
IC packaging, testing firm GEM seeks primary listing on TWSE
From Want China Times GEM Services, an integrated circuit packaging and testing services provider incorporated in the Cayman Islands, is seeking a primary listing in Taiwan, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) said Saturday. The TWSE said GEM is the eighth…
The island where men are disappearing
By Hernando Alvarez From BBC World Service At first glance it’s paradise, a small Caribbean island with palm trees swaying in the breeze, white sands and emerald waters, untouched by mass tourism. But Old Providence has a guilty secret –…
