UN special envoy on AIDS and UNAIDS regional director visit to Jamaica
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United Nations secretary general’s special envoy for AIDS in the Caribbean, Dr John Edward Greene, and Latin America and Caribbean director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr César…
US Suits take aim at J&J diabetes drug Invokana
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal Johnson & Johnson faces allegations in a pair of suits filed March 30 that users of its popular diabetes drug, Invokana, develop kidney damage and heart disease. The latest filings bring the…
Bank sued by hedge funds
From Caribbean News Service SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Apr 05 2016 – A group of hedge funds that say they hold a significant amount of Puerto Rico debt sued the island’s troubled Government Development Bank on Monday, a move that…
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Caribbean party, Champion style: Usain Bolt, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh hail West Indies’ T20 win From India TV IMAGE: West Indies’ players doing the ‘Champion Dance’ New Delhi: The fantastic win of the West Indies team on Sunday is…
Setting up your own tax haven shell company takes 10 minutes
From Triple Hack The release today of a massive leak of tax and financial records known as the Panama Papers has shone the spotlight on how the wealthy global elite evade taxes and launder money. One of the most important…
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Cayman Islands heart surgery patient supports ambulance appeal
Former Cayman 27 reporter Kevin Watler, who has recently recovered from open heart surgery, is urging everyone to support the appeal to buy a new ambulance for the Cayman Islands. Kevin is a member of Cayman Heart Fund which is…
Guyana becomes 57th member of the Islamic Bank
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana is now a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), after joining the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1998, according to a press release from the ministry of finance…
Will Cuba’s rise obscure other Caribbean destinations?
By Brian Major From Travel Pulse Word on the street is some Caribbean travel stakeholders are looking over their shoulders following President Obama’s recent measures to ease travel and commerce between the U.S. and Cuba, all highlighted by his recent…
DB: To grow, Caribbean must lower its high energy costs
From Herald Tribune Latin America WASHINGTON – The Caribbean has “the world’s highest energy costs,” which hinder its productivity, and so it is vital to develop new sources of power generation, as Jamaica and Dominica are doing, the Inter-American Development…
Meet Caymanian Danielle Borden
From Deloitte After completing her A Levels in Grand Cayman, Danielle set her sights on Penn State University where she is pursuing a combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting. Danielle was awarded a Deloitte Scholarship in 2012 and will…
