Malta: Labour MP urges Bartolo to ‘show prudence’ over MFSA head criticism
By Tim Diacono From maltatoday Charles Mangion warns education minister against critcism of MFSA head Joe Bannister, arguing that the financial services sector is ‘very delicate’ Labour MP Charles Mangion urged Evarist Bartolo to “show prudence”, after the education minister declared…
What were you doing when you were 15?
From Walk Free Girls aged 15 and younger are being married to older men in Niger. “After the wedding, he wanted to have sex with me, but I refused… He beat me and gagged me so he could get what…
‘My Father’s Land’ bolsters Caribbean presence at IFF Panama
By Martin Dale From Variety Movie explores hot issue of immigration PANAMA CITY — This year’s edition of IFF Panama was very much the Caribbean’s year, with a significant number of Caribbean titles, including projects originated in English-language speaking Caribbean countries,…
BVI-USVI visa waiver scheme remains in place
By Claire Hunter From Caribbean News Now ROAD TOWN, BVI — Following recent reports in the media surrounding the problems of British Virgin Islanders entering the US Virgin Islands on their British Overseas Territory passports, the Office of the Governor…
Approval to buy ‘sensitive’ NZ land, linked to Panama law firm, under review
By VERNON SMALL From Suff.co.nz Officials are reviewing an approval to buy sensitive New Zealand land linked to notorious Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. The IRD has requested information from the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) regarding the application, approved in…
FIFA Bars Caribbean Football Union President from CONCACAF presidency race
From Jamaica Gleaner President of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Gordon Derrick says he has been barred by football’s world governing body FIFA from running for the post of CONCACAF president. Derrick says he received a letter from the FIFA…
Cartoon of the week
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,…
How Malaysia’s 1MDB Fund scandal reaches around the world
By Shamim Adam and Cedric Sam From Bloomberg State investment company 1Malaysia Development Bhd., or 1MDB, has been making headlines in Malaysia and around the world in the past year, mainly for the wrong reasons. There are probes reported in…
UN and Red Cross partnering for a stronger Caribbean
From International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Caribbean countries have long dealt with natural hazards stemming from geological and meteorological conditions of islands in the Caribbean sea. Collectively, these hazards have caused loss of life and…
A grim anniversary
5 years of war in Syria, in photos BY CHRISTOPHER MILLER From Mashable It began with pro-democracy protests on March 15, 2011, eventually becoming a revolution. Since, the Syrian uprising has devolved into a brutal and complex war that spawned…
