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Dominica is CARICOM forerunner in renewable energy use, latest ECLAC report reveals
With renewables accounting for 28 per cent of electricity generation, Dominica is the CARICOM member which consumes the largest proportion of its energy from renewable sources according to the newly released ECLAC study ‘Barriers to Identification and Implementation of Energy…
Ogier advise on acquisition creating the first effectively US publicly listed finance business in Western China
Ogier lawyers based in three offices have acted as BVI counsel on an acquisition that has created, in effect, the first US publicly listed finance business in Western China. Lawyers in Ogier’s BVI, Hong Kong and Jersey offices advised NASDAQ-listed…
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3rd Zika case confirmed in Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands Health Department have confirmed a third imported case of Zika. Acting Medical Officer of Health Samuel Williams-Rodriguez said the patient, a 30 year old female. had travelled to a country…
Cayman Islands police initiates forums of cooperation with private sector
In recent weeks newly-appointed Superintendent of Uniform and District Operations, Robert Graham, who is the strategic lead on implementing the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) community policing strategy, has been holding various meetings with community stakeholders. Last week he…
Cayman Islands Premier, delegation off to pre-JMC meeting
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin travels this week with a delegation including Minister of Financial Services and Environment Hon. Wayne Panton to Turks and Caicos for a pre-Joint Ministerial Council meeting. The pre-meeting takes place 20-21…
The Editor Speaks: Should government end granting of Cayman Status?
They might just as well as they haven’t granted anyone permanent residency since they came to power. Actually, I am technically right but actually wrong. Michelle Hutchinson-Green and Alisha Racz have finally been granted permanent residency after the Chief Justice…
Antigua-Barbuda freezes assets of offshore bank implicated in massive corruption scheme
From Caribbean News Now ST JOHN’S, Antigua — The Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) in Antigua and Barbuda have frozen the accounts of a Brazilian-owned offshore bank that…
CRFM to host meeting in Suriname on value chain approach in fisheries
Belize City, Monday, 18 July 2016 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) will convene a regional workshop for Senior Fisheries Officers from its 17 Member States on applying the value chain approach to maximize fisheries earnings in a week-long event…
UK offered Brexit free trade deal with Australia
From BBC Australia has called for a free trade deal with Britain following its exit from the European Union. Theresa May described the move as “very encouraging” and insisted it showed Brexit could work for Britain. In a phone call…
Caribbean Market Overview 2016 Q2
From CIBC FirstCaribbean Caribbean Economic Overview Summary: Sustained growth in advanced economies and lower oil prices provided a boon to Caribbean economic growth in 2015. However, since then, global oil prices bottomed and economic growth in the USA and UK…
