Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Pension Fund Managers
By John Mauldin From Forbes We do not have to look to Greece to find massively underfunded obligations. Here in the US we can find hundreds of examples, willingly created by politicians and businessmen who proclaim they are working for…
Latty gets return call from Digicel
By Richard Browne From Jamaica Observer Sean Latty has stepped down from his role as managing director of Columbus Communications Jamaica (Flow) to return to Digicel Jamaica in the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Latty will have responsibility for…
D.C. Dispatch: Sea level rise, Caribbean energy security and Presidential budget
Posted by Federal Relations From FIU news As President Obama prepared to release his FY16 Presidential budget request to Congress, FIU researchers were on global and environmental stages in an action-packed week that included the White House’s Caribbean Energy Security…
Windies on sliding scale of decline
From Supersport Darren Sammy needed treatment on his back, Andre Russell pulled up after bowling an embarrassing long-hop while fresh-faced captain Jason Holder speared a ball so wide that first slip was placed in immediate peril. In three crude snapshots,…
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Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz
From Repeating Islands IMAGE: Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 10.59.00 PM Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz, Princeton University Press. Call it a hurricane or a ‘weather bomb’,…
festivals in the Caribbean
10 Unmissable events and festivals in the Caribbean this year By Patrick Norrie From The Culture Trip An obvious reason to go to a festival in the Caribbean is because it is almost guaranteed that it will be located within…
Caribbean Airlines flight targeted by laser light on approach to Piarco
From CARIBBEAN360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,Tuesday February 17, 2015, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has warned residents in an area close to the Piarco International airport to desist from using laser lights on aircraft warning that the authorities would adopt…
CIFA Men’s and Women’s President’s Cup Finals
From CIFA Dear all, Just a reminder that CIFA’s Men’s and Women’s President’s Cup Finals are this week Wednesday 18 February at the Annex. The Women’s Final will be played at 5:30 p.m. between Sunset F.C. and Scholars…
Traffic Flow – 48th Annual Agricultural Show 2015 Wed (18)
From RCIPS Tuesday, February 17, 2015 10:10 AM Between 6:00am and 4:00pm Wednesday 18 February 2015, the following traffic flow will be in place for the 40th Annual Agriculture Show in Lower Valley, Bodden Town. Two entrances into the grounds…
Cayman’s Caledonian Bank files Bankruptcy after SEC freeze/Bahamas group to buy Caledonian
Cayman Islands’ Caledonian Bank files Bankruptcy after SEC freeze From Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Cayman Islands-based Caledonian Bank Ltd. filed for bankruptcy in New York, saying a federal court’s freeze on its U.S. assets triggered a run on the bank by…
