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Falling oil prices, PetroCaribe and the Caribbean
By David Jessop, From Dominican Today On the face of it, the collapse in global oil prices would seem to be good news for the Caribbean. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Instead the rapid downward price movement…
Cayman signs tax information pact/Time to deal with the epidemic of violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
Cayman signs tax information pact From IFC Review The Cayman Islands signed an agreement for the automatic exchange of information among tax authorities in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, reports the Cayman Compass. The Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement, which was concluded…
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Not only cricket but West Indian self-worth at stake
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday October 31, 2014 – In a letter to the President of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICB), Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron, the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines…
Switzerland’s shame: The children used as cheap farm labour
Thousands of people in Switzerland who were forced into child labour are demanding compensation for their stolen childhoods. Since the 1850s hundreds of thousands of Swiss children were taken from their parents and sent to farms to work – a…
Arbitration claims filed by 140 Puerto Rico investors against Swiss bank
From Caribbean News Now PENSACOLA, USA — Securities lawyers have filed 140 arbitration claims on behalf of Puerto Rico investors against UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank. The complaints allege that UBS provided unsuitable investment recommendations to investors and recommended concentrated investments…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Latin America, Caribbean and U.S. Outline “Lines of Action” Against Ebola
From Latin American Herald Tribune HAVANA – Specialists and government representatives from 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, have outlined a coordinated “action plan” to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the region. The…
Sunday Funday – Grand Cayman Mudslide Challenge
From The Miss Adventure It had been a great summer on Little Cayman. I was enjoying chilling out everyday on the beach and playing with the iguanas but I was ready for a new adventure and some international travel. It…
Positive trends, cautious optimism, need for creativity discussed at Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference next month
Recently speaking with business and economic reporters in the Dominican Republic, Mr. Parris E. Jordan, Chairman of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS) shared his analyses and observations of the state of hospitality development and investment in…
Former Jamaican prime minister awarded J$12.5m in libel case
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday October 31, 2014, CMC – Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has been awarded J$12.5 million (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.0089 cents) in damages the libel case against Nationwide News Network and its head Cliff Hughes….
