Lord Ashcroft asks British Government about debt relief for Turks and Caicos Islands
By Hayden Boyce, Editor-in-Chief Turks & Caicos Sun Lord Ashcroft has asked the British Government about debt relief for the Turks and Caicos Islands, and he continues to raise questions about the controversial $260million loan guarantee, according to official documents…
Haiti: Government mobilising all efforts to capture fugitive Clifford Brandt
By Joseph Guyler Delva From Haitian-Caribbean News Network PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) – The Haitian government vowed on Monday to work relentlessly at recapturing gang leader, Clifford Brandt, who escaped from prison Sunday after a mutiny broke out in a prison…
Obama’s failing wars — the Caribbean front
By Nil Nikandrov From beforeitsnews The Caribbean is America’s underbelly, and is extremely vulnerable in terms of the superpower’s security. It will suffice to mention the activities of drug cartels in the region that shift tens of tons of drugs…
Turkey’s leaders are in danger of scuttling a major natural gas project with Israel
By Dov Friedman, The Jackson Institute For Global Affairs At Yale University Throughout Israel’s military operation in Gaza, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan appeared committed to outdoing himself in his hyperbolic criticism of Israel. A series of references to Israel…
Business plan – A must have?
By Samuel Rosenberg From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States, Friday August 8, 2014 – Around 25% of new business owners will be looking for new employment in less than a year. 50% of new businesses will not make their fifth…
T&T behind Haiti in economic growth
From Guardian Media T&T ranks ninth among the Caribbean’s fastest growing economies, according to data just compiled by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac). Eclac’s recently unveiled projections for growth in 2014 shows T&T,…
The Editor Speaks: Ti Jean & our smart phones
It was a battle on Sunday (10) evening when I was at The Harquail Theatre to watch the Young At Arts production of Derek Walcott’s famous play “Ti Jean & His Brothers”. The play is difficult enough to understand. Walcott…
Sea level rise and its impact on the Cayman Islands
This report uses the latest geospatial data and satellite telemetry to formulate various sea-level rise scenarios given current climate change predictions. Specifically, the report reveals what the real loss in terms of land area would be at various instances of…
BofA agrees to pay $17-billion penalty over mortgage meltdown
By Scott Reckard From Los Angeles Times BofA reportedly near mortgage deal Bank of America reportedly agrees to a $17-billion settlement of government claims over the mortgage meltdown A Bank of America deal would be the largest arising from the…
Oscar Pistorius trial: Sense of an ending
By Andrew Harding from BBC World Judge Thokozile Masipa smiled inscrutably from time to time. But she asked surprisingly few questions, and gave no hint as to which way she was leaning, as Oscar Pistorius’s lawyer Barry Roux presented his…
