New arrangements for online filing with CIMA from January 2015
Grand Cayman: Entities regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) will soon have access to a new online, automated method for submissions of mandatory financial returns, change requests and new licence applications. While this will be phased in slowly,…
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Canadian banks in the Caribbean atrocious behaviour
By Jeffrey Butler – Freeport, Bahamas From Barbados Underground At the expense of we the Caribbean people, their clients, and small businesses throughout the region, CIBC, Canada’s fifth largest banking institution, is using deplorable tactics to reduce losses and/or build…
Obama provides a Year-End present for a Cuba fund
By Richard Teitelbaum From Institutional Investor Thomas Herzfeld has positioned his Caribbean Basin Fund to take advantage of the easing of U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba. Thomas Herzfeld was back from his morning jog, having toast and coffee, when his…
The worst social media brand blunders of 2014
By Erin Carson From Tech Republic Sometimes social media goes awry. Here are 2014’s top 5 brand mistakes to learn Mistakes on social media play out like bad horror movies. You cringe, cover your eyes, and thank your lucky stars…
The joy of winning: the Caribbean Tourism Journalism Award
By Zoë Dawes From the Quirky Traveveller When I was about eight years old I won the Egg and Spoon race. I only won because I ran so slowly the white ceramic egg precariously balanced on a large stainless steel…
Tethys Petroleum Limited: Kazakhstan – 2015 Gas sales contract signed
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS — (Marketwired) — 12/31/14 — Tethys Petroleum Limited (TSX: TPL) (LSE: TPL) (“Tethys” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that TethysAralGas LLP, its 100% owned Kazakhstan subsidiary, has signed a gas sales contract for 2015…
Autopsy: LA police shot Ezell Ford, a mentally ill black man, 3 times, including once in back
By The Associated Press From Mashable LOS ANGELES — An autopsy report released Monday shows that a 25-year-old mentally ill black man killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles police this summer was shot three times, including in his right…
Boy, 4, in critical condition after nearly drowning in cruise ship wave pool
By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com Youngster was ‘swept under’ on the Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas Vessel was an hour into its journey from Florida when incident took place A passenger on the deck alerted another swimmer when she…
Jeffrey Epstein profile: the billionaire paedophile with links to Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, Robert Maxwell – and Prince Andrew
By Andrew Buncombe From The Independent Many A-list celebrities broke off links with the businessman after he was conviction of having sex with an underage girl A list of people who have associated with Jeffrey Epstein over the years would…
Major League Soccer announces 19 players invited to Caribbean Combine
FromMLSsoccer.com Major League Soccer on Thursday announced the 19 players who have been invited to participate in the 2015 Caribbean Combine from Jan. 2-5 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Players will compete in front of league scouts for the opportunity to…
