November 25, 2011
Sex workers say: ‘Tax Us’
It has been called the oldest profession in the world and now head of the Caribbean Association of Sex Workers, Miriam Edwards, says sex workers throughout the region would be willing to pay taxes if respective governments started recognising…
November 25, 2011
Britain and Cayman Islands sign new fiscal responsibility agreement
Britain’s Foreign Office Minister for the Overseas Territories, Henry Bellingham, and McKeeva Bush, premier of the Cayman Islands, signed a framework for fiscal responsibility for the Cayman Islands on Wednesday in London. The framework records…
November 25, 2011
Bahamas PM says Caribbean will follow demands from France
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham believes that Caribbean countries named by France as tax havens, will have no choice but to comply with the measures outlined by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF). “The reality is...the developed…
November 25, 2011
Haiti gets $50 million IDB grant for education
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced today the approval of a US$50 million grant to support the education reform Haiti launched in 2010, seeking to expand access to free, quality education for all Haitian children. “The IDB has…
November 25, 2011
France and Germany plan changes to EU treaties
Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy are to propose modifications to EU…
November 25, 2011
AT&T and T-Mobile USA withdraw merger application
US telecoms giant AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have cast doubt over the $39bn (£25bn) sale of T-Mobile USA by withdrawing their merger application to the industry regulator. AT&T also said it would include a $4bn charge in its fourth-quarter…
November 25, 2011
Barbados steps up business competitiveness with free Wi-Fi
The vision of Barbados as a 24-hour work hub has moved closer to reality as the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation (BEF) reports that almost 60 per cent of the island is now wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) accessible. This was the position achieved…
November 25, 2011
N&M CEO warns business sector: T&T in for ‘a storm’
Gervase Warner president and group chief executive officer of Neal and Massy Holdings Ltd is warning all businessmen to get their act together as the country is in for more troubled times. Describing the troubling time ahead as “a storm,” Warner…
November 25, 2011
Digicel’s 4G network goes live
DIGICEL’S 4G network officially went live on Wednesday night and by December 7 its customers will be able to access the Internet at faster speeds. The full range of benefits of the HSPA+ (4G) were revealed at the official launch of DIGICEL’s 4G…
November 24, 2011
CONFERENCE JOY FOR INTERHEALTH
A HUGE success! That’s how organisers have described one of the biggest medical conferences ever held in TCI. Infection Control in Paradise saw scores of delegates gather for the two-day event at Brayton Hall in Provo. Hosts InterHealth Canada put…