Three elephants in the room: the unfinished agenda for the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative
By David Goldwyn From Atlantic Council The Caribbean Energy Security Summit (CESS) on January 26 marked the second milestone in US-Caribbean relations in less than a year. The first was the launch by the White House of the Caribbean Energy…
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Vincentian PM slams WICB leadership By Azad Ali From Caribbean Life St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has slammed the leadership of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron as “poor” and “embarrassing” and…
FirstCaribbean, BDO, deliver business banking, accounting solutions to MSMEs
From Jamaica Observer A full suite of credit, cash management and investment products, including flexible credit solutions and Internet banking, are among the products CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Managing Director Nigel Holness says will help Jamaican small and medium enterprises…
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Mylan partner to develop and commercialise a novel LAMA Compound, TD-4208, for COPD
Phase 3 registrational studies of TD-4208 are anticipated to begin in 2015 GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman and PITTSBURGH, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBPH) and Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ: MYL) today announced that the two companies will…
Teens speak out at Cayman Islands forum
Drugs, culture, leadership, myths, gender roles, conflict and equality were some of the topics of discussion amongst teens this past Saturday, 24 January at the Family Resource Centre’s (FRC) Rethink Teen Forum. As part of the programme, FRC seeks to…
Balanced approach to merger [says CWC Chief]
From Nation News Barbados CABLE & WIRELESS Communications (CWC) chief executive officer Phil Bentley recently answered several questions related to the company’s operations and its plans for Barbados and the Caribbean this year. Following is the first part of that…
Media portrayals of women in tech: Google joins non-profits to drive change
By Conner Forrest From Tech Republic Some of the foundational innovators of modern computer science were women. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper’s work led to the development of the programming language COBOL, and actress Hedy Lamarr worked on the technology…
The SEC’s on a long winning streak
By Jenna Greene, From The National Law Journal Criticism rises over the agency’s in-house forum. As criticism mounts that its in-house forum is unfair, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won every administrative case last year, according to an analysis…
Obama administration pushing energy independence in the Caribbean
From Antillean Media Group The United States is becoming deeply involved with energy projects in the Caribbean, in part to lower the region’s dependence on Venezuelan oil WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2015 (AMG) — The first Caribbean Energy Security Summit…
Cologix taps into new lines for massive data bank center in Jacksonville
By Drew Dixon From Jacksonville.com The expansion of a data center operator in Jacksonville in the past year is an example of how North Florida is becoming increasingly attractive to technology firms. Cologix Inc.’s acquisitions of other technology firms coincides…
