Oman

The recent announcement of the West Indies team for this month’s World T/20 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, has opened up a can of worms. More so, the personnel selected has reignited the issue of insularity which has long been a bug-bear in West Indies cricket.

However, it was welcoming that the release of the team stirred up discussion amongst a wide cross section of the West Indian cricket community.

The dawn of Brexit could find the Virgin Islands on the European Union blacklist of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions even though the territory passed economic substance legislation in 2018 specifically to avoid that censure.

The Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has elected Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon to serve as the next president of the multi-lateral institution.

Dr. Leon’s appointment will become effective on May 1, 2021. He will succeed Dr. Warren Smith who has been at the helm of the regional financial institution for the last 10 years.

Dr. Leon has over 30 years of experience in economic development and has directed macroeconomic and financial policy support to government authorities in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia and the Caribbean.

Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon was elected by the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to serve as the next president of the multi-lateral institution.

His appointment will become effective on May 1, 2021 and he will succeed Dr William Warren Smith who has been at the helm of the regional financial institution for the last ten years.