Archive for March 20th, 2019

Ethics board chair in dark over missing law

Ethics board chair in dark over missing law

| 20/03/2019 | 35 Comments

(CNS): Rosie Whittaker-Myles, chair of the Standards in Public Life Commission, said that neither she nor the members had been given any new information about the long missing law to underpin the work of that commission, which was passed by legislators almost six years ago but has never been implemented. Speaking to the Public Accounts […]

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Boeing commits to 737 Max software fix

Boeing commits to 737 Max software fix

| 20/03/2019 | 68 Comments

(CNS): Airlines and pilots who have been flying the now grounded Boeing 737 Max aircraft will see a software update before the end of the month, the manufacturers have said following two fatal crashes in what increasingly appear to be related circumstances. The BBC is reporting that it has seen documents that show the software […]

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Salmonella alert for popular flour brand

Salmonella alert for popular flour brand

| 20/03/2019 | 6 Comments

(CNS): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert after the company which makes Pillsbury baking products recalled its Unbleached All-Purpose 5 lb flour bags with ‘best by’ dates of 19 and 20 April 2020 because the product could be contaminated with the Salmonella bacteria. Local officials from the Department of Environmental […]

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Major risks found in Cayman’s finance sector

Major risks found in Cayman’s finance sector

| 20/03/2019 | 24 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is faced with a long ‘to do’ list to address “major deficiencies” inhibiting the jurisdiction’s “ability to analyse and understand its risks”, according to a new report. Well aware that the latest peer review on how Cayman combats money laundering and terrorist financing was likely to be damning, the premier […]

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