Scotiabank’s Caribbean setback signals growing sore spot for Canada’s big banks
By David Pett From Financial Post Trouble in the Caribbean is becoming a popular refrain on Bay Street these days: The Bank of Nova Scotia is the latest to suffer, announcing it will write down more than $100-million in loans…
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IMF show zero tolerance for zero-rating in Barbados VAT regime
By Patrick Hoyos From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 6, 2014 – Regaining control of the VAT base is critical in a small open economy such as Barbados that relies heavily on imports, says a new IMF report, and the…
Paul Wedgewood takes Scots cuisine to Caribbean
From Edinburgh Evening News With sun-kissed beaches and blue skies overhead, gently swaying palm trees and crashing surf, chef Paul Wedgwood could hardly have been further from the typically rain-spattered Royal Mile and his busy restaurant. He’d arrived at the…
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel medal, Bible placed in care of court
By David Beasley From Business Insider ATLANTA (Reuters) – Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize medal and personal Bible must be moved to a court-controlled safety deposit box, a judge ruledearlier this year as the late civil rights leader’s…
ECCB expresses concern over OECS commercial bank charges
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Thursday November 6, 2014, CMC – The Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says action needs to be taken to address commercial bank charges in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)….
St Kitts has backlog of court cases, too
From SKN Vibes Preliminary Inquiries to be replaced by Sufficiency Hearings Plans to eradicate High Court cases backlog underway BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A plan to eradicate the heavy backlog of cases to be tried at the High Court level…
More than one million people in the Americas have been infected by a strange, painful African virus – Chikunguny
From TheBlaze After less than a year in the Americas, an African disease is ravaging Latin America and, as sun-resistant mosquitoes spread the virus to more than one million people, the U.S. remains threatened by the alien affliction. The disease:…
New crime index ranks Costa Rica’s most dangerous cantons, but data are from 2011
By L. Arias From Tico Times The central cantons of Limón and San José top the country’s cantonal crime index, according to the latest report released this week by the Peace Vice Ministry – part of Costa Rica’s Justice Ministry…
Rastas, royals and revolution: 100 years of photography in the Caribbean
By Sarah Gilbert From The Guardian A new photography book examines culture, politics, religion and tourism in the Caribbean over the past century. Here are some of the best images Hugh Muir: the first time I visited Jamaica was as…
UPDATE: Machete attack on Cayman Islands BT man leaves him seriously injured
UPDATE: From RCIPS Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:19 AM Charge – Attempted Murder A 49 year old Bodden Town man arrested on Monday 3 November 2014 for a machete attack on another male in Carrington Lane, Bodden Town has been…
