Panama Papers: Secret offshores trace back to Brickell condo ...
To set up secret offshore companies, members of Latin America’s elite turn to a two-bedroom condo at a Brickell high-rise once featured on Miami Vice.Olga Santini, the Miami representative for Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, works out of an 18th-floor unit at the Palace, a waterfront tower on Brickell Avenue.Mossack Fonseca specializes in setting up offshores for the world’s rich and powerful. The Miami Herald and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists received a massi..>> view originalPanama Papers: Miami Beach fraudsters hid loot in offshore ...
Among the many questionable customers of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were a Miami Beach father and son convicted of a $49 million tax fraud in ...>> view originalFive things to watch before Miami-Dade's vote on Frost Museum ...
A $48 million bailout package for the Frost Science Museum faces a showdown vote Tuesday in the Miami-Dade County Commission, and the tax-funded rescue seems likely to pass. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be surprises. Mayor Carlos Gimenez wants Miami-Dade to borrow up to $48 million and use the money to finish construction on the $305 million new home for the Frost on Miami’s waterfront. Miami-Dade has already borrowed $165 million against county property taxes for the project, part of a vo..>> view originalBrothers injured during home invasion in southwest Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - A home invasion was reported Monday morning in southwest Miami-Dade, police said.Miami-Dade police spokesman Detective Daniel Ferrin said officers were called to a home in the area of Southwest 281st Terrace and 141st Place about 8:30 a.m.According to detectives, a family of five lives in the home, but only two were home at the time of the invasion.Police said two brothers, ages 15 and 19, were home alone sleeping when one of them heard a commotion in the living room.T..>> view originalMiami firefighter helps save dog from bay
MIAMI - A Miami firefighter helped save a dog who was spotted on a piling Monday morning at the Rickenbacker Causeway near the William Powell Bridge.Miami Department of Fire-Rescue spokesman Capt. Ignatius Carroll Jr. said Lt. Jose Almeida jumped into the bay and swam toward the dog, who appeared to be a pregnant pit bull mix."Just like any human rescue, we don our equipment and went in the water to get (her)," Almeida said.Almeida freed the dog, who had gotten caught on a rope. The dog jumped ..>> view originalManny Diaz still sees 'fatal flaw' in 2016 Miami Hurricanes
The new doctor of defense, Manny Diaz, continues to see troubling signs as he assesses the health of his Hurricanes. In reviewing the team’s first of three spring scrimmages and the recent weeks of practice, the defensive coordinator said his unit still lacks the mental toughness needed to win this fall. In this image from a UM-produced video, cornerback Sheldrick Redwine (22) defends receiver Malcolm Lewis. “We want to be defined by that word, and we’re still quite a ways from that,” he said...>> view originalMiami named top 10 compassionate city in US
MIAMI - Sure, many believe Miami is filled with road rage, heinous crime and other selfish acts by residents that would make more conservative cities blush.But let the haters hate because when it comes to generosity, the Magic City contains some of the most giving people in the country.That's why Miami was named the fifth Most Compassionate City in the entire United States of America. The Top 10 rankings were put out by YouCaring.com which based their list on which cities created the most fund..>> view originalEverything You Need to Know About the 2016 Miami Marlins
EXPAND photo courtesy of @Marlins The Miami Marlins kick off their 2016 season tomorrow, making this as good a time as any to brush up on our hometown baseball team. It's like when your iPhone asks you to update. You put it off until you're sick of seeing the alert and just give in. That's what the Marlins are like: an annoying computer update that we just accept isn't going anywhere and that we know we'll barely understand. So here are the CliffsNotes of all the Marlins questions you should..>> view originalMeet the 2016 Miami Marlins
Can the Miami Heat survive the first round of the NBA playoffs?
Cole Elsasser-USA TODAY Sports The two West Coast losses highlighted the difference in professional effort between the Miami Heat and Sioux Falls Skyforce. On the same evening the Miami Heat mailed in a game versus the Portland Trail Blazers, the Sioux Falls Skyforce became the only team to ever win 40 games in the NBA D-league. Kudos to Dan Craig's team for making NBADL history. Professionals do not whine about how tough life is or deserve pity when they collect multi-million-dollar p..>> view original
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