The agreement makes the young music star the new face–and voice–of the country’s only triple play telecommunications company, providing cable TV, telephone and broadband Internet services.
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The focus of the CRCA Conference is to offer best practices for managing an organization’s overall anti-money laundering programme, tackle emerging compliance threats in the region, look at regulatory changes in a variety of Caribbean jurisdictions and focus on a wide range of topics as they relate to outsourcing, risk assessment, corruption and corporate social responsibility.

With an exceptional networking opportunity for professionals in the compliance, regulatory, and anti-money laundering sectors of the financial services industry, delegates from across the globe meet, discuss, share and grow as leaders in their profession.

This is an excerpt from CRCA as it appeared on September 17, 2013. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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Okyanos Heart Institute, whose mission it is to bring a new standard of care and better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease using cardiac stem cell therapy, has announced that it is a gold sponsor of the International Stem Cell Society(STEMSO) Global Conference to be held at the Grand Lucayan Resort in Freeport, Grand Bahamas, February 19-22, 2014.

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bestofluxury.com has announced the 10 best Caribbean hotels providing resorts in the luxurious living industry for the month of September 2013. Businesses searching for competent Caribbean resorts turn to the rankings offered online in order to identify Caribbean hotels which have been investigated by an independent third party. The rankings are reassessed monthly to account for the latest achievements of top contesting luxurious living hotels and to showcase the top providers of competent resorts.

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The Voyage Channel takes a tour of the historic and cultural sites of The Bahamas’ capital city, Nassau.
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Domestic economic conditions remained challenging during the review month, reflecting continued weakness in the major tourism sector, which offset steady gains in capital formation provided by various foreign investment-led construction activities. However, with the spill-over effects remaining narrowly based, the impact on employment conditions was minimal. Price developments exhibited a slowing in inflation over the twelve-months to July, reflecting the pass-through effects of lower global oil prices. On the fiscal side, mildness in economic activity and the normalization of collections contributed to a downturn in tax revenues which, together with a rise in current spending, fostered a widening in the fiscal deficit during the eleven months of FY2012/13. In the monetary sector, both liquidity and external reserves trended moderately lower in July, amid some gains in private sector credit, with credit quality indicators registering mild improvement.

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The Bahamas will host the Caribbean Economic Policy Forum on Sustainable Growth September 19-20 at Atlantis Paradise Island.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Michael Halkitis announced at a press briefing September 12 that the high level forum will allow Ministers of Finance and Central Bank governors and other officials from throughout the Caribbean to discuss ways that they can work together with international financial institutions to address pressing economic and financial matters, which confront the region.

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Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder announced September 11, 2013, the establishment of the National Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit, headed by acting director of trade and industry Keva Bain, with dedicated officers from his Ministry, including Rita Kauffman, Karla Wells and Tia Hanna.

“The National EPA Implementation Unit’s objective is to provide technical support and education resources to intergovernmental agencies and the private sector to facilitate trade under the EPA and overall coordination of the implementation EPA obligations,” Minister Pinder said.

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Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has expanded its meetings and incentives offering in the Caribbean and launched its new ALHI Caribbean Collection specialty segment.

The ALHI Global Sales Organization (GSO) now has 22 luxury Caribbean meeting and incentive options in 11 countries and territories.

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This is an excerpt from International Meetings Review as it appeared on September 12, 2013. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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