Up in smoke? Florida’s failed medical marijuana measure
By Dori K. Stibolt, From Daily Business Review In this photo taken Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Medical marijuana prescriptions vials are filled at the Venice Beach Care Center medical marijuana dispensary in Venice, Calif. Los Angeles politicians have tried and…
Food vendors sought for Cayman Islands Heroes Day 2015
National Heroes Day 2015 organisers are seeking vendors from across the Islands to provide samples of Caymanian food items at the ceremony in Heroes Square, George Town, on Monday, 26 January 2015. Interested vendors have until Friday, 19 December 2014,…
Cayman Islands Premier gives thanks
Cayman Thanksgiving 2014 By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA I know that we are in the midst of the busy Christmas season, but it’s time once again for us show our gratitude for our multitude of blessings. Four…
Cayman Islands Property & Construction Conference
From RCIS This conference brings together all professionals across the Caribbean with an interest in Property and Construction in the Cayman Islands. “The theme “Building Sustainable Communities” ties in with the recent decision of the Cayman Islands Government to set…
Cayman Islands: HIV/AIDS Data as of 30th November 2014
The first documented Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diagnosis in the Cayman Islands was in 1985. From 1985 to 30th November 2014, 123 people were diagnosed with HIV and of these 72 were also diagnosed with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Of…
From offshore to onshore, law firm merger boom continues
By Brian Baxter, From the Am Law Daily Bingham McCutchen and Edwards Wildman Palmer aren’t the only two big firms with strong New England roots making merger-type moves. Maine-based Verrill Dana, which made it onto sibling publication The National Law…
Dozens of French tourists hurt in Cuba road accident
From Channel NewsAsia The accident occurred on Monday afternoon as the tour bus was returning to Varadero from an outing in Santa Clara to visit a monument to Argentine-Cuban guerrilla fighter Che Guevara. HAVANA: Forty-one French tourists and two locals…
A popular Irish corporate tax loophole is now dead — here are three other loopholes
By Shane Ferro From Business Insider The Irish have officially killed the much-loved corporate tax loophole known as the “Double Irish.” Irish finance minister, Michael Noonan, announced today that the government is closing the loophole in the Irish budget starting…
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Drop in fuel prices benefits airlines, not passengers
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday December 4, 2014 – Oil prices have hit a five-year low of US$67.50 a barrel. This should have been a godsend for the global tourism industry because the cost of air…
Barbados is least corrupt country in the Caribbean
By Hayden Boyce -Turks and Caicos SUN Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Barbados is the least corrupt country in the Caribbean and among the top-20 cleanest countries in the world, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2014 which was released…
