Little Cayman at #1
Caribbean Journal’s 21 Best Dive Resorts in the Caribbean lists Little Cayman at #1 From Caribbean Journal Grand Cayman (Sunset House) listed at #8 We have long said that “you don’t need a dive resort to go diving in the…
Belize: First Caribbean Bank closing its doors! Employees still have no exit package
By Benjamin Flowers From The Reporter Newspaper First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB) has officially announced the date it will cease its operations in Belize. FCIB issued a statement saying it had received formal approval from the Central Bank of Belize to…
Panamanian lawyer linked to $450m Cayman Islands fraud
By Kenneth Rijock From Caribbean News Now MIAMI, USA — Ismael Gerli, a Panamanian attorney who has been identified as a participant in a number of money laundering and fraudulent schemes, has been linked to a $450 million trading scam…
Guyana backs Antigua-Barbuda nominee for top Commonwealth post
From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Guyana government has indicated that it will give its full support to Antigua and Barbuda nominee, Sir Ronald Sanders, for the post of Commonwealth secretary-general when leaders of the 53-member association meet…
U.S. banks blacklist Belize – PM Barrow cries into the wind, claims “damnation by innuendo”
From The Belize Times Belize’s economy which is already on life-support and barely kept alive by the slew of loans made by the Barrow Administration has received another heavy blow with the announcement that United States’ banks could soon end…
iNews Briefs
Cayman Islands police ‘Christmas Crackdown’ nets many offenders on first day From RCIPS The first day of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Services (RCIPS) holiday crack down on bad driving saw 39 persons prosecuted Island wide for various traffic offences,…
Caribbean agricultural institute creates revenue generating unit
From Caribbean News Now ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad — With a focus on increasing crop and small ruminant productivity by equipping the region’s agribusiness sector to deal with the challenges of climate change, increasing incidence of invasive pests, low productivity and…
iNews Briefs
Burglary Cayman Brac Liquor Store – Cayman police appeal for information From RCIPS Tue July 29 2014 Cayman Islands police are carrying out investigations in relation to a burglary early Tuesday morning at Coral Isle Bar, Southside Road West, Cayman…
High energy costs slow export-oriented Caribbean manufacturing
By AleemKhan From Breaking News Trinidad and Tobago Export-oriented manufacturing activities in the Caribbean are very limited due to high energy costs in all countries except Trinidad and Tobago, according to a study by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for…
June 2014 funerals
Victorine Annie Terry Bodden – 1 Jun 2014 Pease Bay Simone Tomkins …