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MLK Concert Series take a hit
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Once regarded as one of the best deals in Brooklyn, the annual Martin Luther King summer concert series returns with an abbreviated lineup that begins and end with only four performance dates. The…
Caribbean: CGTI says board governance more crucial than ever for business success
By Dee Lundy-Charles, CGTI The message was clear at the Caribbean Governance Training Institute’s second annual Directors’ Conference on Monday and Tuesday, July 6-7 in Saint Lucia: Organisations which choose to ignore today’s reality and fail to strengthen the effectiveness…
Creditor protections to make Bahamas ‘More Favourable’ to investors
By Neil Hartnell From tribune 242 International investors would “look more favourably” on the Bahamas if it had Chapter 11-style bankruptcy protection laws, a leading accountant yesterday suggesting Baha Mar’s woes had exposed legislative weaknesses. Raymond Winder, Deloitte & Touche…
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‘Wizard of Oz’ super-fan offers $1 million for Dorothy’s stolen ruby slippers
By Kimberly Truong From Mashable IMAGE: Rubyslippers In this April 10, 1996 file photo, the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” are shown on display during a media tour of the “America’s…
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Beggar’s mentality driving our need to be seen as poor
By Michael A. Dingwall Jamaica’s finance minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, is off to the Third International Conference for Financing and Development in Ethiopia. I understand that one of the issues that he will be looking at is the middle-income status…
Developer of Bahamas resort accuses Chinese of sabotage, fraud
By Tim McLaughlin From Reuters (Reuters) – The developer of the unfinished $3.5 billion Baha Mar mega resort in the Bahamas has accused China Construction America of cutting power to the work site, inflating expenses and trying to steal documents…
Firefox now blocks all versions of Flash Player by default
By Liam Tung From ZD NET In the wake of two new zero-day flaws in Flash Player, Mozilla has disabled the plugin for all versions of its Firefox browser. Mozilla’s support team has made the dramatic but justified decision to…
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Community Events Meeting Requests with Family Support Unit at RCIPS The Family Support Unit (FSU) at the RCIPS has temporarily relocated to Elizabethan Square due to damage to the Smith Road office where it was situated. The FSU would like…
Cayman Islands Diamond Exchange idea mooted
(IDEX Online News) – It’s already a major offshore financial centre, but the Cayman Islands could also become home to an important diamond exchange, according to World Federation of Diamond Bourses president Ernie Blom. According to The Cayman Islands Journal…
Cayman Islands new fuel-management system in place
The Department of Vehicle and Equipment Services (DVES) recently installed a new fuel management system (Gas Boy Islander Plus). This is a web-based enterprise fleet management software to help keep track of the Government fuel usage and help DVES to…
