July 2015

US Requires Tax Payment From Permanent Residents in the Caribbean

July 13, 2015 in National

[caption id="attachment_6574" align="alignleft" width="300"] Attendees at the Foreign accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Workshop[/caption] Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 10, 2015 (SKNIS): Financial stakeholders from the federation, is presently attending a workshop to boost the compliance of the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) designed to increase...

Bangkok is sinking into the Earth

July 13, 2015 in International

BANGKOK — Thailand's capital is both glitzy and gritty, a city of glass towers and cement hovels teeming with nearly 10 million people. All that steel and concrete and humanity sits on what was once marshland. The ground beneath is spongy and moist. Imagine a brick...

Here’s Why Marijuana Probably Won’t Be Legalized by the Federal Government Before 2020

July 13, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_6568" align="alignleft" width="300"] PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RAND PAUL + PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHRIS CHRISTIE + PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA[/caption] From nearly all angles the marijuana movement looks unstoppable. Currently there are 23 states that have legalized marijuana use for medicinal purposes, from chronic conditions like glaucoma to terminal illnesses...

Father of two dies in motor cycle accident

July 13, 2015 in Regional

Hundreds of residents who all claimed they knew the country’s latest road fatality victim personally, gathered on the scene of his death on Sunday evening in shock and disbelief. Troy Periera, 35, died after he reportedly lost control of his Suzuki GSX motor cycle, license plate...