Costa Rica seizes jet with ton of cocaine found on board
Associated Press is reporting that a jet with more than a ton of cocaine was seized by the Costa Rican government. The government has also claimed it has detained the two pilots from Guatemala The Costa Rica Public Safety Ministry…
High Commissioner: UK government unlikely to adjust ADP rate to Caribbean
From ETN Global Travel Industry News The British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean says she does not expect her government to revisit its Air Passenger Duty (APD) rate to the Caribbean any time soon. “It’s something that…
CRFM states to expand use of Fish Aggregating Devices in 2014
Belize City, Belize, Tuesday, December 17, 2013—Several Caribbean countries are exploring the use of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) to bolster earnings, increase employment opportunities and improve management and conservation of ocean pelagic species within their jurisdictions. The expanding role of…
FDA Reviews
FDA Reviews, Trial Initiation, New Innovations, and Multi-year Commercial Agreement – Research Report on Sanofi, Medivation, Align Technology, WuXi PharmaTech, and Insulet NEW YORK, December 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Analysts’ Corner announced new research reports highlighting Sanofi SA (NYSE:…
Creative Tech donates Dell monitors to Savannah Primary
Savannah Primary students are set to benefit from a donation of ten new Dell monitors by Creative Tech’s Corporate Solutions Department. On Thursday, 12 December 2013, Creative Tech’s Mario Barrett and Chris Upstone, accompanied by Dell’s Americas International Territory Manager,…
Sandals hosts Caribbean’s largest recorded organised group of deaf American tourists
From ETN Global Travel Industry News PHOTO: A group of 22 deaf Americans sign ‘I love you’ to Jamaicans during their recent vacation at Sandals Sandals Resorts International recently hosted the Caribbean’s largest recorded organised group of deaf American tourists…
Tax havens bending to the will of soft law
Tax havens bending to the will of soft law : a case study of the Cayman Islands’ response to the OECD and FATF blacklists Title: Tax havens bending to the will of soft law : a case study of the…
Managing your fortune: Time to worry about Cayman Islands accounts?
By Gail Liberman, Special to the [Palm Beach] Daily News On my recent trip to the Cayman Islands, my tour guide expressed little concern over the IRS’ worldwide tax crackdown. The Cayman Islands long has been an offshore tax haven…
The future of local television broadcasting in the Cayman Islands
From Information and Communications Technology Authority (“ICTA”) The ICTA will in early 2014 call for inputs from all those interested in the future of local television broadcasting in the Cayman Islands, with the aim of providing recommendations to Government in…
Excerpts from “Life on the Wrong Planet”
A collection of short essays, rants, real-life stories and commentaries on the woeful state of common sense by H. G. Nowak (The Barefoot Man). “Things that p*** me off” “Life is tough but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.” – John…
