CARICOM wants ‘early resolution’ to CFATF blacklist of Guyana
From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday November 28, 2013, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is urging an early resolution to the issues surrounding the implementation of recommendations to address deficiencies in the anti-money laundering regime of Guyana. The Caribbean Financial…
Customers test BlackBerry’s latest enterprise mobility solution
Morgan Stanley, Boeing, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and Secusmart currently testing BES10 version 10.2 Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today announced enhancements to its award-winning multi-OS enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution with the release of BlackBerry®…
EU warns Belize, Curacao about fishing sanctions
From Caribbean360 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Thursday November 28, 2013, CMC – The European Commission (EC) is urging European countries to impose trade sanction on Belize over illegal fishing, while warning Curacao that it may be next. The EC also urged European…
Obamacare marketing drive delayed over fears of website crash
By Todd Beamon From newsmax An Obamacare marketing campaign is being put on hold because the White House fears that a rush of customers to the hobbled HealthCare.gov website could crash the system. “Our concern is that we want to…
JADCO starved for funds
By Balford Henry Senior staff reporter Jamaica Observer THE Jamaica Ant-Doping Commission (JADCO), which has been recently under fire for a number of doping violations, will need a huge increase in its budgetary allocation for 2013/14 if it is to…
Addressing our ‘grave economic crisis’
By Ronald Sanders From Trinidad Express In a commentary on the statement by St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony that there is a grave economic crisis gnawing away at Caribbean coun- tries and “governments are busy looking inward rather…
Qunar appoints Denise Peng as COO
BEIJING, Dec 03, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Qunar Cayman Islands Limited QUNR -2.20% (“Qunar” or the “Company”), China’s leading search-based travel commerce platform, today announced the appointment of Ms. Denise Peng as the Company’s chief operating officer (“COO”),…
Trinidad, Jamaica resume immigration talks to prevent possible trade war
From Caribbean360 Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran, who is leading a delegation to the talks, said that a “trade war’ would not benefit neither of the countries. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday December 3, 2013, CMC – Jamaica and…
Foreign Office complains to Spain search of a UK diplomatic bag at the Gibraltar border
From MercoPress The British Government said Spain’s decision to search a UK diplomatic bag at the border with Gibraltar was “a serious infringement” of international diplomatic protocol. In a statement, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office said it had called on…
9 Amazing Castles in Asia
By Erica Johansson in Asia & SIMON MARKLAND From Travel Blissful Think of castles and you’ll probably imagine the grandeur of Windsor, the spires of Neuschwanstein or the gothic brilliance of Bran. But east of Europe there are castles just…
