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EU removes Bermuda from tax grey list
Bermuda has been removed from the European Union’s “grey list” on tax matters and added to the “white list” of cooperative jurisdictions.
EU finance ministers...
Officials meeting in Bermuda to discuss unlocking n-tech’s benefits
Central bank officials will meet in Bermuda this week to agree on a framework that can help build robust fin-tech ecosystems in their countries....
Venezuela’s Guaido defies travel ban, heads to Colombia
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has defied a travel ban to head to Colombia, where he is expected to meet US Secretary of State Mike...
Tropical Storm Martin expected to become a hurricane today
Tropical Storm Martin is expected to become a hurricane today as it swirls in the central North Atlantic Ocean, the US National Hurricane Centre...
CARICOM congratulates St. Lucia’s gov’t on country’s 41st anniversary of independence
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Saint Lucia on the country’s Forty-First Anniversary of Independence was observed on 22...
Caribbean urged to strengthen surveillance activities as more deaths recorded from new virus
The Pan American Health Organization, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, is urging Caribbean Countries, to strengthen its surveillance activities, for the Novel...
PM Browne’s half-brother gets 13 years for rape
Less than half of the maximum sentence is what convicted rapist Addison Browne got for violating a 13-year-old girl in 2019.
Addison, the half-brother of...
Cuba confirms its first 3 COVID-19 cases
Cuba confirmed its first three cases of the novel coronavirus Wednesday.
Citing the Cuban Public Health Ministry, local media reported that three Italian tourists who...
Puerto Ricans Left Homeless After Biggest Quake in Century
Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in southwest Puerto Rico as a flurry of...
Final Efforts To Stop Deportation Of Jamaicans In UK Expected To Be Made
Advocates in the United Kingdom are expected to make a last effort tomorrow to convince the British government to reconsider its planned deportation of 50 Jamaicans.
According to...