Cayman Islands Chamber not impressed with Government’s import duty reductions
From Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Import duties reduction to begin in August Businesses can expect to see the 2% reduction in import duties take effect from 1st August, the Premier has confirmed. He said the initiative aims to give…
TV contracts dictate daytime scheduling of Caribbean matches
By Tony Cozier From ESPN cricinfo Whether day-night Tests will be a success or not is yet to be seen, but it’s unlikely that fans in West Indies will ever get to enjoy five-day cricket in the evening It is…
Why join the Commonwealth?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 11, 2014 – The Institute of Commonwealth Studies at London University held a colloquium on Thursday July 10 on the subject of “Why join the Commonwealth?”. I was invited to…
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CARICOM: Arrest “bun-wuk” before it spreads
By Sir Ronald Sanders “BUN-WUK” TRANSLATES INTO “BURN WORK” AND IT IS AN EVENT, CREATED BY YOUNG PEOPLE, TO STOP WORK AT 1 PM ON FRIDAYS AND TO REVEL THEREAFTER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK-END. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday July 3, 2014 –…
Human trafficking: The US should help not hector
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday June 26, 2014 – Human trafficking is a despicable, dehumanising and exploitative practice that is rightly described as ‘modern day slavery’. That its principal victims are women and children, who are…
Who rules from financial services rules?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 FROM JULY 1 THE US FOREIGN ACCOUNTS TAX COMPLIANCE ACT (FATCA) WILL COMPEL FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL ENTITIES IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING IN THE CARIBBEAN, TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE AMERICAN INLAND REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)…
CARIBBEAN VIEW: Stop cursing CARICOM as Darkness; It is a light not yet fully turned-on
By Sir Ronald Sanders Dr Franklin Johnston, a strategist, project manager and advisor to the Jamaica Minister of Education, wrote a column in the Jamaica Observer of May 30, 2014 in which he basically contended that the Caribbean Common Market…
Sanctions and the Caribbean
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Sanctions and large fines are becoming the weapon of choice for the United States and others as they seek ways to stop nations facilitating trade or financial transfers that touch countries they…
Importing food is damaging the Caribbean: Why no action?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday June 5, 2014 – It is shameful that golden opportunities to produce more food in the Caribbean and significantly reduce the astronomically high annual food import bill of US$4.75 billion are…
Maya Angelou – an American messenger, a universal message
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 29, 2014 – A remarkable American voice has been stilled, but the entire world is poorer for it. Many of us – including me – never met Maya Angelou, yet…
