4.1 Magnitude earthquake rattles Trinidad
From Caribbean360 The Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said the quake hit at 10.56 am local time on Tuesday. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday August 7, 2013 – An earthquake with a 4.1 magnitude rattled Trinidad on…
Benefits of raising T&T flag in Beijing
From Trinidad Express China’s Ambassador to T&T, Huang Xingyuan, has updated Beijing’s upbeat prospects for relations with the Caribbean, with T&T identified as the centrepiece of related arrangements. It was this country that Chinese President Xin Xinping chose for an…
Fixmo and BlackBerry partner to bring sentinel device integrity and tamper detection solution to BlackBerry 10
STERLING, VA and WATERLOO,– Fixmo, a leading provider of mobile security and risk management solutions, and BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today announced plans to bring the Fixmo Sentinel device integrity verification and tamper detection solution to the BlackBerry® 10…
Caribbean leaders will discuss compensation from former metropolis
From Prensa Latina Kingstown, Caribbean leaders will meet next month with the purpose of coordinating a strategy to demand economic and moral compensations to three former colonial powers for the slavery and the genocide of the autochthonous inhabitants. In statements…
Coast Guard repatriates 69 Cuban, Haitian migrants
From Houston Chronicle MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has repatriated 69 migrants from Haiti and Cuba. Twenty-six Haitian migrants were transported to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Thursday. Forty-three Cuban migrants were repatriated to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, on Tuesday….
Apple, Samsung are still crushing every other smartphone vendor
At some point some vendor besides Apple or Samsung will make money selling smartphones… right? Business Insider points us to the latest numbers from Canaccord Genuity showing that Apple and Samsung now account for 103% of all smartphone industry profits. What…
Eighteen Jamaican and Caribbean villages to be declared as IIPT/Skal Peace Villages
From ETN Global Travel Industry News STOWE, Vermont & TORREMOLINOS, Spain – The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) and Skal International are proud to announce that eighteen villages of Jamaica and the Caribbean will be declaring themselves as…
Author Learsy: ‘Price of Oil Is Rigged’
By Michael Kling From Moneynews “The price of oil is rigged,” alleges author and former trader Raymond Learsy. Prices for most other commodities have dropped and there’s a bountiful supply, Learsy writes in an article for The Huffington Post. U.S….
Eclac reduces 2013 Latin America, Caribbean growth outlook to 3%
By Graciela Ibanez SANTIAGO, Chile–The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, or Eclac, on Wednesday lowered its 2013 growth outlook for the region to 3%, from a previous estimate of 3.5%. The reduced outlook for 2013…
Maples advises on first UK Export Finance Bond
LATAM Airlines Group (“LATAM”) is the first airline to close a UK Export Finance backed bond. The Cayman Islands office of Maples and Calder advised LATAM in connection with the issuance; the proceeds of which were utilised to finance the…
