Entertainer Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assaults
From BBC The BBC’s David Sillito takes a look back at Rolf Harris’s case Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of 12 counts of indecently assaulting four girls in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. One of the victims…
Hotel executive takes on Caribbean sales
From eTN Global Travel Industry News ROCKVILLE, Maryland – Choice Hotels announced a new executive appointment to assist with its Caribbean development thrust in a rebounding market. Choice Hotels International, Inc. has assigned Atlanta-based hospitality executive Dennis Wynn to oversee…
BVI Government signs Model 1B IGA in relation to FATCA
By Ross Munro From Harneys The BVI Government has signed a Model 1B (non-reciprocal) Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) in relation to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), it was announced on 30 June 2014. The IGA can be accessed…
Is the Bahamas affected by the “Caribbean Sclerosis?”
By Natalie Bethel and Cherran O’Brien From IDB In collaboration with the College of The Bahamas, the Caribbean Economics Team of the Inter-American Development Bank organized a presentation on the macro-report, ‘Is there a Caribbean Sclerosis?’ which took place on…
Five money mistakes Caribbean entrepreneurs are making
By Nerissa Golden From Guardian Media It didn’t take me long to compile this list as they are mistakes I’ve made and some of them more than once. With the right systems and discipline you can change your money game…
Cruise lines spend big to lure Chinese
By Adam Jourdan From ioL Travel Cruiseliner Queen Elizabeth II: As luxurious as the ships may be, cruise lines still have to convince people to get on board at the main ports of Tianjin, Shanghai and Xiamen. Shanghai – Looking…
Barbados minister says CARICOM lacks solidarity in Caribbean rum fight with US
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday July 1, 2014, CMC – Trade, Industry and Commerce Minister, Donville Inniss, has compared the current trade issue with the United States over rum to the banana struggle of the 90s, and criticised regional leaders…
Counting the cost – CLICO
By David Walker From Caribbean360 SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Tuesday July 1, 2014 – Throughout this sorry CLICO / CLF saga, we have had great difficulty in extracting any meaningful financial information from those in charge, and who spend billions of our…
Jamaica’s Phase 3 Productions strengthens ChyronHego footprint with mosaic graphics platform
MELVILLE, NY–(Marketwired – Jul 1, 2014) – ChyronHego (NASDAQ: CHYR) today announced that Phase 3 Productions — a TV and multimedia company based in Kingston, Jamaica — has added ChyronHego’s flagship Mosaic graphics engine to its Lyric PRO-powered BlueNet™ workflow….
NBSC introduces e-Banking Services
In an effort to create increased and convenient alternatives to traditional banking, the National Building Society of Cayman will officially launch its new online banking portal on July 3, 2014. Live by NBSC, another distribution channel of the Building Society,…
