Bima receives a $5M investment from Digicel Group to bring Microinsurance to Asia Pacific and the Caribbean
Operations launched in Haiti and Papua New Guinea December 02, 2014 09:46 AM Eastern Standard Time LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bima, the leading global microinsurance provider, announced a 5 million USD investment from Digicel Group, the leading total communications and entertainment provider in…
Why are infants dying in the Dominican Republic’s hospitals?
From Caribbean360 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, December 1, 2014 — A report conducted last October by Altagracia Guzman Marcelino, the Dominican Republic’s new Minister of Health, found that the deaths of 11 babies in one weekend at Robert Reid Cabral…
LIAT Chairman backs plans to cut high operating costs
From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Saturday November 29, 2014, CMC – Chairman of the shareholder governments of the financially troubled regional airline, LIAT, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says while he is unaware of the details regarding any possible retrenchment of employees,…
CARICOM and Japan celebrate 20 years of cooperation in fisheries
Belize City, 1 December 2014 (CRFM): Japan’s fisheries cooperation with CARICOM has spanned two decades. Following several country seminars held over the past few weeks, the celebration of this milestone—20 years of friendship and cooperation in fisheries—will climax this week,…
Bob Marley Foundation partners with JAMPRO for Jamaica Film Festival 2015
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Bob Marley Foundation has agreed to partner with Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) to provide support for the Jamaica Film Festival that will be held in 2015. The announcement was made at a…
[US] Judge Limits Feds’ Email Search Request
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO—A federal magistrate judge in San Jose has refused to sign off on an indefinite gag order prohibiting Microsoft Corp. from disclosing a warrant for access to a Hotmail account holder’s email. U.S….
Cayman Court clarifies the law on claw-back claims
From Mourant Ozannes RMF Market Neutral Strategies (Master) Limited v DD Growth Premium 2X Fund (in official liquidation) A recent case of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands held that payments made by insolvent companies out of share premium…
SEPTA loses round over ad linking Hitler, Islam
By Saranac Hale Spencer, From The Legal Intelligencer A caustic advertising campaign that has won the right to publish on public transportation in New York and D.C. is looking to come to Philadelphia. And the American Freedom Defense Initiative, the…
Cayman Islands Health City performs historical second LVAD heart surgery
December 1, 2014: Health City Cayman Islands has performed its second successful LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) heart surgery, allowing another ailing Caribbean national to move to a new beat. Ralph Wright of the Cayman Islands recently benefited from the…
Official draw confirmed for the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Honduras 2015
Draw to take place Monday, December 8 in San Pedro Sula Miami (Tuesday, December 2, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) confirmed today the programming for the official draw for the CONCACAF Under-17…
