Patent office recommended
Caribbean ministers have agreed to recommend one office for the region for issuing patents.
The decision was made at a meeting of Caricom legal affairs ministers in Grenada.
There are two fully functioning patent offices in the region – in Belize and Trinidad and Tobago – but they serve the individual countries only.
Skerrit aims for the world
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he wants the country to become a net exporter of talents and services.
Skerrit told a rally of his governing Dominica Labour Party that he was educating Dominicans for the region and the world.
Skerrit alerted his supporters, yet again, to prepare for general elections.
He named no date but invited his audience to stay tuned.
UK probes Cayman hedge fund
British fraud investigators have opened an inquiry into the activities of a hedge fund based in the Cayman Islands.
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office said it will examine the books of Dynamic Decisions Capital Management.
The move follows a flood of complaints about the company and a formal referral by the regulatory Financial Services Authority.
According to several reports the fund was valued at $550 million at the end of last year.
The firm’s founder and Chief Executive, Alberto Micalizzi, has denied there was any fraud and said investors will be paid back their money.
The Cayman Islands is home to most of the world’s hedge funds but faces questions over transparency and regulation.
The sandman needs help
Sandals Resorts is offering what it says is the job of a lifetime for a beach apprentice.
