Brazilian land rights activist murdered in hospital after previous assassination attempt
From WN While in the hospital recovering from a previous assassination attempt, Waldomiro Costa Pereira was killed by five gunmen who stormed his room in the state of Para in Brazil on Tuesday, according to BBC News. Costa Pereira was…
Charter for Caribbean Public Services endorsed at Ministerial Symposium
By Clive Murray From The Bahamas Weekly A Charter for the public services of the Caribbean was endorsed at a Ministerial Symposium that took place at the Jolly Beach Hotel in Antigua and Barbuda on March, 9 & 10, 2017….
Sugar Association of the Caribbean convenes: Industry Leaders to look at future of Sugar with end to EU Market Looming
JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY SUGAR ASSOCIATION OF THE CARIBBEAN AND THE CARIBBEAN COUNCIL For immediate release (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The EU’s quota management for sugar will end on 30 September 2017 and is expected to lead to…
Bad agreement for the Caribbean
By Grenville Phillips II From Barbados Today Ambassador Daniela Tramacere, head of the European Union delegation to the region, has recently publicly challenged my assessment of the region’s trade agreement with the EU. The trade agreement is called the Economic…
A Russian space agency official was suspiciously stabbed to death in prison
By Veronika Bondarenko From Business Insider Russian authorities are investigating the suspicious prison death of a former top space agency official charged with embezzlement. Vladimir Evdokimov, a former top director at Russia’s national space agency Roscosmos, was found dead with stab wounds…
Cayman Islands Governor term to be extended
From The Governor’s Office The Governor’s Office has announced that Her Excellency the Governor Helen Kilpatrick will be extending her appointment in the Cayman Islands until March 2018. The extension was made at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Cayman Islands: Flags Lowered for London Victims Flags at the Government Administration Building in Elgin Avenue were lowered to half-mast today (Thursday, 23 March 2017) as a mark of respect for the victims of a terror attack in London, U.K….
Aussies cry foul over Adani’s firm in Cayman Islands
From NH National Bureau India The visit by two Australian delegations, one to support and the other to oppose Adani Group’s coal mining project, highlights the raging debate Down Under Anyone wishing to follow the raging controversy sparked by Adani…
The Editor Speaks: Beaten to the punch
I have been beaten to the punch this morning when I found my subject had been already written and I am not ashamed to say better written and published in another media publication. The media house is none other than…
Cayman Islands: ‘CRS 101’ seminar aims to help firms prepare
As local financial services firms look to finalise their preparations for the OECD’s Common Reporting Standards (CRS), a seminar aims to help them to be ready for the country’s latest financial services initiative. Local consulting firm FTS is organizing a…










