Changing Caribbean Energy Geo-Politics
By Sir Ronald Sanders at TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ENERGY CONFERENCE 2015 Powering Development and Ensuring Stability 0n 26 January 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Commodity prices have never been free of the influence of politics; and of none more…
Economic Opportunity in the New Caribbean
CCL, BLUU | 58 minutes ago Cuba Is Just The Caribbean’s Latest Chapter WHITEFISH, MT / ACCESSWIRE / February 4, 2015 / Recent initial steps taken to thaw relations between the U.S. and Cuba (the largest island in the Caribbean,…
Cayman Islands: Maples and Calder announces new global partners
International law firm Maples and Calder, which advises on the laws of the Cayman Islands, Ireland and the British Virgin Islands, has announced the appointment of 12 new partners across its global offices. The new partners in the Cayman Islands…
OECS calls for removal of roaming rates
From Jamaica Observer CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The St Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern States (OECS) Commission is calling for the removal of roaming fees attached to mobile calls between the nine-member sub-regional grouping. “We’re not talking about the fancy…
The Editor Speaks: Ignoring iguana problem is insane
All of us who live here in the Cayman Islands must have noticed the invasion of the green iguanas that seem to be increasing in numbers every day. It isn’t “seeming” at all – it really is. We have visiting…
No newly confirmed cases of chikungunya or dengue in Cayman Islands
From The Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya/Dengue Cayman Islands update as of 31 January 2015 There have been no newly confirmed local cases of chikungunya reported by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) since the beginning of 2015. Six…
Hussman: The US economy is in the path of a global storm
By John Morgan From Newsmax Global market turmoil reveals that an abrupt slowdown in world economic activity is now underway, and Americans should prepare for the storm, according to stock market analyst John Hussman, owner of the Hussman Funds mutual…
Caribbean-Crime-Report says Caribbean has world’s highest homicide rates
From The Daily Observer Geneva – A new report on interpersonal violence around the world shows that low- and middle-income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have the highest homicide rates of any developing region, as well as the…
Islamic State shows burning of hostage, Jordan vows ‘earth-shaking’ response
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Reuters From Yahoo News Jordan promises tough response to pilot’s killing ISIS Pics Purportedly Show Jordanian Pilot Burnt Alive AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State militants released a video on Tuesday appearing to show a captured Jordanian pilot…
The ECB is pulling out the big guns against deflation
By Simon Morgan, AFP Frankfurt (AFP) – After a breathless year of action and now a new political crisis in Greece, the European Central Bank may finally roll out its heavy artillery in 2015 in its battle against deflation, analysts…
