Royal Caribbean reports solid Third Quarter Results and remains on path to the double-double
MIAMI, Oct. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported GAAP and adjusted third quarter earnings of $3.21 and $3.20, respectively, up 13% from last year and better than expectations. Full year adjusted earnings guidance is unchanged…
INSIGHT-Crisis at Venezuela’s PDVSA deepens as Caribbean debts pile up
By Marianna Parraga From Reuters (Repeating for additional clients with no changes to text) Oct 28 Unpaid debts and broken promises are making Venezuelan oil giant PDVSA an outcast in several Caribbean countries where it had been a guest of…
Free Beacon: Loretta Lynch ‘Pleads Fifth’ on Iran ransom probe
By Joe Crowe Attorney General Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with a probe into the Obama administration’s secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year to avoid incriminating herself, according to The Washington Free Beacon….
Caribbean mobile entrepreneurs urged to participate in Canadian government funded project
From Antigua Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 29, CMC –Regional mobile entrepreneurs are being given an opportunity to compete for a share of US$75,000 and be recognized as some of the top tech talent in the region under a project aimed…
Free trade taking toll on health of Caribbean school children
From CARICOM GEORGE TOWN Cayman Islands, Demerara Waves – Caribbean health and education experts have lamented the impact of free trade on the consumption of certain foods and beverages that are badly affecting the health of the region’s children. Senior…
Atlas Insurance shakes up executive team [in Cayman Islands]
From Captive Insurance Times Atlas Insurance Management has restructured its executive management team to accommodate an increase in business demand within its Charlotte and Cayman Islands offices. Charlotte office appointments include Ian Podmore as senior vice president of business development;…
Fisheries Ministers meet in Cayman
Caribbean Fisheries Ministers meet in Cayman Grand Cayman, Thursday, 27 October 2016 (CRFM)—The Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), the top policy and decision-making arm of the CARICOM agency, met today in Grand Cayman for its 6th…
Prospects good for agriculture in Cayman Islands – Premier
From CARICOM Today With new technologies and a greater understanding of the science involved in agriculture, the Cayman Islands was now “more than capable” of being self-sustaining in some crops, Premier of Cayman Islands, the Hon. Alden McLaughlin said Wednesday….
Three Ogier teams advise on biggest UK IPO since Brexit vote
Ogier’s offices in Jersey, Guernsey and Cayman have assisted Biffa, a UK leading integrated waste management company, with its recent listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, including a refinancing and pre-IPO restructuring. The initial public offering…
EU support to the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Brussels, 26 October 2016 During the EU-CELAC ministerial meeting held in Santo Domingo on 25-26 October 2016, the European Union is announcing new programmes of over €74 million to support sustainable development in Latin America (€30 million) and the Caribbean…