UK: Hodge demands clean up of UK’s tax havens [Cayman Islands]
From economia Margaret Hodge has received the support of 80 MPs from eight different parties in calling on the government to enforce public registers of beneficial ownership in the UK’s tax havens in order to improve tax transparency The former…
Cayman Islands police reveal fifteenth firearm recovered this year
From RCIPS Last Friday, 16 December, detectives recovered a 9mm handgun and thirty rounds of ammunition during searches carried out as part of an ongoing investigation. This handgun is the fifteenth firearm recovered this year by police. No one has…
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Rotaract Grand Cayman and Rotaract Blue announced as official Taste of Cayman 2017 charities
Taste of Cayman Food and Drink Festival has announced that our local Rotaract clubs, The Rotaract Club of Grand Cayman and Rotaract Blue, have been selected as the official charities of the 29th annual festival which is taking place Saturday…
The 2016 Miss World is definitively Caribbean
From NAN News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. Dec. 20, 2016: The Caribbean region has another Miss World! Here are 5 things you should know about Miss World 2016. 1: She hails from Puerto Rico Stephanie Del Valle, Miss World 2016,…
The Editor Speaks: Conditions apply
The Editor Speaks: Conditions apply Have you noticed that every special offer that is thrown at us by companies has the words “conditions apply”? With the ads on the airwaves, especially the telecommunication companies, you get a voice, almost out…
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to US hails US-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act
By Derrick Scott From South Florida Caribbean News Washington, DC – Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has welcomed President Obama’s signing into law, the recently passed United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act (H.R. 4939), aimed at…
Scientists find bacteria resistant to last-ditch drug treatments
y Jon Fingas From engadget It’s a warning that medicine needs to find an alternative to current antibiotics. If there wasn’t already a reason to develop a solution to drug-resistant “superbugs,” there is now. Scientists have found bacteria on an…
Jamaica’s health sector gets boost from 82 PROMAC trained health professionals
From Jamaica Gleaner The local health sector has received a much-needed boost as Jamaica’s maternal and neonatal services will improve with an additional cohort of trained professionals. A total of 82 health-care personnel have completed specialised training in maternal and…
Adani’s Galilee Basin complex corporate web spreads to tax havens
Exclusive by Stephen Long From abc News Australia It is an intriguing corporate web that spreads from North Queensland, across Asia to the Caribbean. Giant Indian conglomerate Adani, which plans to build one of the world’s largest coal mines in…
This black woman from the Dominican Republic is the second most beautiful woman in the world
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. Dec. 20, 2016: In a Caribbean country where race and skin color is often a controversial issue, a black woman has emerged as the second most beautiful woman in the world. Yaritza…
