OAS digitalizes and catalogues 2.5 million vital statistics records in six Eastern Caribbean countries
From Curacao Chronicle WASHINGTON, USA — The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Universal Civil Identity Program in the Americas (PUICA), has completed a project to assist the civil registries in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and…
Solomon Harris is DCI Entrepreneurship Day’s Gold Sponsor
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Solomon Harris Attorneys-At-Law is the official gold sponsor for Cayman Entrepreneurship Day, scheduled for Thursday, 10 April at the Family Life Centre. Organised for the second consecutive year by the Department of Commerce and Investment…
Cayman Islands advisors arrest suggest U.S. government receiving more information about Offshore Accounts
This post was written By Parag Patel, Attorney According to a DOJ Tax Press Release, here, the IRS has arrested a U.S. Citizen and two Canadian citizens who offered enabler services to U.S. taxpayers. They were caught in a classic…
Governments and newspapers need each other, says Barbados PM
By Sharon Austin From Caribbean News Now BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has expressed the view that, for democracy’s sake, governments and newspapers need each other. Stuart proffered this opinion over the weekend while delivering an…
Two ships return to Esquimalt from Caribbean mission
By Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist Two Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt defence-class ships returned home Monday after an eight-week deployment in the Caribbean where one of the ships helped disrupt a shipment of 550 kilograms of cocaine. “Our main activity…
Murders up 36 percent in Bahamas
By Royston Jones Jr. Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Murders in The Bahamas increased by 36 percent between January 1 and April 5, 2014, compared to the same period in 2013. There were 22…
Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda to take place in Jamaica
From Bahama Islands Info CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana — The Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda takes place on 9-11 April 2014, at The Jamaica Pegasus, Kingston, Jamaica. The three-day dialogue advances the Caribbean…
10 Famous missing airplanes
By Angela Tempest from CMV live PHOTO: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 1. Amelia Earhart Everyone has heard of Amelia Earhart and her disappearance in 1937 right? In case you haven’t, here’s the tale. She was the first female aviator to…
More than 600 foreign buyers at Expo Jamaica 2014
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica – A record number of over 600 buyers from 28 countries are participating in Expo Jamaica 2014, the Caribbean’s largest trade show, which got under way on April 3, at the National Arena in Kingston….
MOA to participate in Caribbean ‘One Health’ initiative
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 08, 2014 (SKNIS) — “One Health, One Caribbean, One Love” an initiative designed to impact the agriculture, public health and environment sectors, is one of the newest projects in which St Kitts-Nevis is becoming involved. Permanent…
