New countries eligible for Italy’s White List
By Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP From JDSupra Business Advisor In the Official Gazette No. 195 of 22 August 2016, the Italian Government published the Ministerial Decree of 9 August 2016 (the “Decree”) that amended the list of countries and…
Bahamas PM accused of misleading public on megaresort deal
By Royston Jones Jr. Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Opposition Free National Movement (FNM) leader Dr Hubert Minnis on Thursday accused The Bahamas government of misleading the public to have Bahamians believe that all contractors…
Date set for 2017 Taste of Cayman Food and Drink Festival
Tower is pleased to partner with the Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) on the 2017 Taste of Cayman Food and Drink Festival. The Taste of Cayman Food and Drink Festival will be held on Saturday, January 28th, 2017 on the…
NY marijuana dispensaries
We visited one of New York City’s first marijuana dispensaries — take a look inside By Melia Robinson From Business Insider Columbia Care_1_Cultivation_SMA Columbia Care growing facility in Chino Valley, Arizona.Columbia Care New Yorkers will soon have an easier time…
Clark takes campaign for UN to Caribbean
From Newstalk ZB Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has taken her campaign to be the world’s top diplomat to the Caribbean. With rival Christiana Figueres dropping out of the race to be the next United Nations secretary-general, Miss…
Helen Clark: Keynote Address at Launch of the Caribbean Human Development Report 2016
I am delighted to join you today for the launch of the Caribbean Human Development Report: “Multidimensional Progress: Human Resilience Beyond Income”. I thank Minister McClean, and the Government and people of Barbados for the very warm welcome, and for…
New report identifies key opportunities to boost growth in the Caribbean Sea while preserving its ecosystem
From Dominica Today Washington.- In the lead up to this week’s ‘Our Ocean’ conference hosted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington D.C., a new World Bank report released today examines how the transition to a ‘blue economy’…
French police arrest teenager over ‘IS terror plot’
From BBC French police have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of plotting to carry out terror attacks in the country. The teenager was detained in Paris and is believed to have links with a French member of so-called Islamic State…
The Diasporas at Home: P.R. releases new books about queer histories
By Blane McLane From Caribbean Business SAN JUAN – Just in time for back to school and the November elections, Puerto Rico’s LGBTTQI communities now have several new his/her/hirstory books to add to their reading lists. Recently released to the public…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Fighting or ‘talking’ crime?
By Rickey Singh, Vasant Bharath From Nation News Barbados When government ministers responsible for crime and security start rejecting any blame for the increasing criminality afflicting their respective jurisdictions, the public should be on alert for worst-case scenarios while hoping…
