Overseas territories resist calls for concessions to end tax secrecy

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor and Luke Harding From The Guardian UK BVI and others say they will not sign up to public register to expose money launderers as Cameron prepares for key summit Key UK overseas territories led by the British…

Moral of the story [“More white beaches such as Cayman Islands”]

By Bill Ralston In Life From New Zealand Listener Whatever the technicalities of foreign trusts might be, the very smell of the things wrinkles our noses. I wish I had a secret trust in a tax haven somewhere. Of course,…

Huge sums at stake in Oracle-Google rematch

By Ross Todd, From The Recorder After six years of fighting over smartphone technology, Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. have never been further apart—nearly $9 billion to put a number on it. The two giants of Silicon Valley are also…

The view from Europe: reading the writing on the wall

By DAVID JESSOP From The Barbados Advocate In Havana on April 28, the Dominican Republic and Cuba agreed to explore the possibility of a partial scope trade agreement. There Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Ileana Nunez, and…

Canada wildfire: 20% of Fort McMurray homes destroyed, says MP

Image caption The blaze destroyed whole neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray Alberta wildfires About a fifth of homes have been destroyed in Fort McMurray, a Canadian city ravaged by a huge wildfire, the local MP has told the BBC. After touring…

Shark tagging expedition kicks-off Annual Great Shark Race

Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation tags sponsored sharks for a chance to best reigning champion Sir Richard Branson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – May 9, 2016 – The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation (GHOF) and Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute…

Zika on the rise in Caribbean

Algeria Pool a perfect breeding ground for mosquito From smn news PHILIPSBURG:— Health officials and those conducting controls seems to be sleeping even though they know that the Zika virus is on the rise around the Caribbean. Recently, the French…

Hundreds bid farewell to Keith ‘Slick’ Bonadie-Clarke

By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Hundreds of Vincentian and Caribbean nationals in Brooklyn last Sunday paid their last respects to Keith “Slick” Bonadie-Clarke, one of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ greater mid-fielders ever in soccer, who died on April…

Rio-bound Cray rips national mark in Japan tilt

By Joey Villar From Philstar Global MANILA, Philippines – Fil-Am Eric Cray stepped up his buildup for the Rio Olympics, churning out a record-setting run in the Golden Grand Prix 2016 at the Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki, Japan yesterday. The…

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