Caribbean Economic Overview
From CIBC-FC Summary: The IMF notes that global economic growth accelerated to 3.8% y/y during 2017, as growth in both advanced and emerging markets picked up relative to one year earlier. Since then, economic activity in the US, Canada, and…
Destinations of the week
13 places to travel in July for every type of traveler By Mark Abadi From Business Insider The best places to visit in July are already on savvy travelers’ lists. Business Insider looked at airfare trends, climate data, and peak…
Baloy makes history for Panama in loss to England
From Concacaf Panama 24 Jun 2018 NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia – Felipe Baloy made history by scoring Panama’s first ever FIFA World Cup goal in a 6-1 defeat to England in Group G action on Sunday at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in…
Failed in the Field? New evidence of failures of Oxitec’s GM mosquito trials
GeneWatch UK today published a new briefing on Oxitec’s genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes (1), which have been released in open air experiments in the Cayman Islands, Panama and Brazil. The briefing includes new evidence recently released as a result of…
Dutch FIOD looks for black money at a bank in the Caribbean
From Curacao Chronicle THE HAGUE – From hundreds of Dutch customers of a bank in the Caribbean is suspected that they have deposited black money there. The Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) has started a criminal investigation through a…
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Connection between Barbados and Panama can be fruitful
From Barbados Advocate “WE have a lot to gain by building a relationship with Panama, but the first step is to understand the connection between Panama and Barbados.” This was the word coming from Filmmaker, Producer and Writer, Alison Saunders,…
UK: House of Lords rejects public beneficial ownership registers for six overseas territories
By: Helen Burggraf From International Investment House of Lords rejects public beneficial ownership registers for six overseas territories The UK’s House of Lords yesterday voted down a proposal that would have called for six overseas territories to implement a publicly-accessible…
World Bank: Results in the Latin America and the Caribbean region
By Mariana Kaipper Ceratti/World Bank Here are some of the highlights of the World Bank support in Latin America and the Caribbean. These results stories give a much deeper understanding of our commitment to a better future for the people…
Trump’s buyers may have laundered money: Investigation finds over a fifth of his US condominiums have been purchased by unidentified organizations in secret and in cash since the 1980s
By Michelle Ganney From Daily Mail UK More than a fifth of Trump’s condos in the US went to unidentified buyers who paid in secret and in cash, an investigation has found More than 1,300 Trump condominiums were bought by…
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The IAEA will assist Panama in the field of nuclear security during the visit of Pope Francis on the occasion of the World Youth Day
Vienna (Austria) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Government of Panama have signed an agreement to strengthen measures of nuclear security on the occasion of World Youth Day 2019, an event of weeklong for young Catholics who…
