CBP’s Fiscal Year 2019 Border Enforcement in Review for the Caribbean
Release Date: November 4, 2019 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a summary today of fiscal year (FY) 2019 border enforcement efforts in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. This Caribbean area effort is possible…
Cayman Islands General Registry extends hours for resident companies filing annual returns
General Registry, which includes the Registrar of Companies, has extended its operating hours on Thursdays to better accommodate resident companies needing to sign up on its online portal, the Cayman Business Portal (CBP), to file their annual returns and pay…
The Editor Speaks: Strange timing
Last Friday whilst Premier Alden McLaughlin was threatening to oppose the UK’s order to disclose beneficial ownership, Registrar of Companies Cindy Jefferson-Bulgin, was sending out this missive: From: CIGENREG Friday, May 04, 2018 2:03 PM [https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/ewEXNrLlTneFGtlB5ryy] Beneficial Ownership Information Filing…
General Registry to promote online system, beneficial ownership, and NPO filing requirements on Cayman Brac
Business owners and charitable organisations in the Sister Islands have another opportunity to learn how the Cayman Business Portal (CBP) online system can make their lives easier – including by helping them to comply with legal obligations, and therefore avoid…
US Customs and Border Protection Agency steps up activities in the Caribbean
From RJR The US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) has reported that its Air and Marine Operations as well as task force partners have intercepted drug-laden vessels packed with thousands of pounds of cocaine and marijuana during targeted operations…
Cayman Islands business portal ready for local businesses
Local businesses have access to an efficient online tool for doing business with the General Registry. The Cayman Business Portal (CBP), launched at last October’s Small Business Expo, allows small businesses the flexibility of transacting business with the Registry from…
US customs agents intercept thousands of pounds of cocaine in Caribbean Sea
From Jamaica Observer MIAMI, United States (CMC) — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) detected multiple drug-smuggling vessels with 4,735 pounds of cocaine as part of Operation Full Court Press…
CBP advises on summer travel to the US and the Caribbean
From Caribbean News Now SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Memorial Day weekend kick starts the summer travel season. US Customs and Border Protection has invited travelers to learn the guidelines concerning international arrival at any port of entry, particularly…
Colombian citizens nabbed with heroin In whiskey box
From NAN News Americas, JAMAICA, N.Y., Mon. Mar. 3, 2017: Two Colombian citizens now face narcotics smuggling charges and are being prosecuted by the New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office after being busted by U. S. Customs and Border…
Arriving passenger from Suriname arrested at JFK carrying cocaine in suitcase
From Caribbean News Now NEW YORK, USA — An arriving passenger from Suriname had more than clothes in his suitcase when encountered by US Customs and Border Protection Officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. On Sunday,…