Buttonwood fraud illustrates pitfalls of international finance
From OffshoreAlert The collapse of a fraudulent litigation funding group known as Buttonwood Legal Capital, Argentum Litigation and Centaur Litigation illustrates that you can’t rely on anyone but yourself to protect your interests. Investors were swindled out of £97 million…
How Air China Ltd (ADR) (AIRYY)’s Commission cut will Impact Qunar Cayman
By Neha Gupta From tech Insider How Air China Ltd (ADR) (AIRYY)’s Commission Cut Will Impact Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd (QUNR) And Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) (CTRP)? 0 Air China Ltd (ADR) (OTCMKTS:AIRYY) has decided to slash down the fixed portion…
UK Government axes Caribbean catering college
By Poppy Brady, in the West Midlands From The Voice Kajans was set up under free school legislation but Department for Education (DfE) says pupil numbers are ‘too low’ ANGRY parents and members of the community refused to let Government…
Jamaica getting tough on supplements after doping scandal
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday June 26, 2014, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is pondering new laws to tackle the illegal importation of banned substances as the country continues its effort to recover from a doping scandal that…
Summer Fun Concert
On Tuesday 24 June, the students of Savannah United Church After School Enrichment Programme (SASEP) presented their yearend “Summer Fun Concert”. Parents, guardians, family, friends, and guests enjoyed the entertainment, with the theme being summer. The students sang, danced, recited…
China has the fastest supercomputer in the world — again
By Lance Ulanoff From Mashable Zipping along at 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second), China’s Tianhe-2 is the world’s fastest computer for the third year in a row, according to Top500, a twice yearly compilation of the fastest computers…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Suarez banned nine matches for bite
By Mike CollettFrom Stuff.co.nz Uruguay will decide in coming hours whether to appeal Fifa’s ruling, local media reported. Suarez was also suspended from any football-related activity for four months and fined 100,000 Swiss francs (NZ$127,000), football’s world governing body said…
Achievements of the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
CRFM Secretariat, Belize City, Wed. 25 June 2014—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, hosted the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting from June 10 to 17, 2014. Thirteen CRFM Member States: Anguilla, Belize, Grenada,…
Jamaica’s FDI Grows 16%
By Richard Browne, Business Reporter, Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica’s foreign direct investment (FDI) continues to improve, showing it to have one of the fastest growth rates, though well behind the region’s two major leaders, according to figures from the latest World…
