International
NEW OVERSEAS TERRITORIES MINISTER
A new Minister has been assigned to the Overseas Territories in the British government.
A new Minister has been assigned to the Overseas Territories in the British government.
A series of articles in Bermuda’s Royal Gazette newspaper over the past week focusing on the Cayman Islands makes for an illuminating read and is an encouraging indicator of shared interest in each other’s development.
Efforts are being stepped up in some segments of the United Kingdom’s political establishment to give the Overseas Territories(OTs) a direct voice in the British parliament.
The Cayman Islands government says it’s awaiting confirmation from the European Union following international media reports that the territory has been placed on the European Union’s (EU) tax blacklist.
The UK Home Office has proceeded with a planned deportation flight to Jamaica of detainees who have committed crimes despite some serving their sentences many years ago and not breaking the law since.
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov visited Caracas last Friday in a show of support for Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.
Cuba’s cash-strapped government will start selling cars in tradeable currencies rather than in convertible Cuban pesos from Feb. 24 as it continues to introduce the American dollar in swathes of its retail sector.
The Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras (ICLH) is sustaining its campaign to denounce the corruption, poverty and injustice that has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee north towards Mexico and the United States in search of peace and security.
The Philippines announced the first death outside China from the coronavirus on Feb. 2 which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
Canada has seen protestors block access to road shipping ports and commuter rail lines in support of indigenous groups fighting the construction of a pipeline on their traditional territory.