CCJ creating Caribbean law
Consistent with its vision to foster a unique Caribbean jurisprudence, the CCJ has taken another step in its journey to creating this indigenous body of law. This time it did so in the Guyanese case of Rosemarie Ramdehol v Haimwant…
Jamaica hosts CMOU Port State Control Committee
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, MP, gave the opening address at the 19th annual meeting of the Caribbean Port State Control Committee (CPSCC 19), put on by the Secretariat of the Caribbean Memorandum of…
TTPBA expresses concern over Cybercrime bill
By Julien Neaves From T&T NewsDay The Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) has joined the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) in expressing concern about the Cybercrime bill, with the TTPBA noting that if the legislation is…
United States slams Guyana’s efforts to curb human trafficking
From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday June 23, 2014, CMC – The United States government has again listed Guyana among countries not doing enough to curb trafficking in persons, and suggested it was an unwilling partner in the effort. “Guyana is…
Trinidad & Tobago lost 79% of tertiary educated labour force via emigration to developed countries
By AleemKhan From Breaking News Trinidad & Tobago T&T has lost more than 70 per cent of its tertiary level educated labour force through emigration to developed countries, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report released Tuesday (June 17)….
BBQ and Gospel Country Hoedown Fri June 27/Men’s Breakfast Meet Sat 28
If you love Gospel, and you love Country and you love GREAT food then come to THE HOEDOWN!!! St George’s Anglican (Episcopal) Church is having their Annual 2014 Fund Raiser in the Church Grounds, Courts Road, (behind Cox Lumber) off…
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Germany seizes documents [Coutts, Cayman] that may contain info on tax evasion (Reuters) – German customs authorities in the Port of Hamburg have confiscated documents that may contain information about the accounts of suspected tax evaders, German media reported on…
Early years curriculum ratified by education council
After two and a half years of drafting, piloting and consultation, the Cayman Islands Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (CIEYCF) was unanimously approved by the Education Council on April 24, 2014 to be recognized as the national curriculum for early childhood…
Ocean swim in Cayman Islands earns Zakala trip to junior worlds
By Warren Henderson From Kelowna Capital News Josh Zakala wasn’t sure what to expect from his first open water swims in the ocean. As it turns out, the 16-year-old from Kelowna is equally proficient in salt water as he is…
Cayman issues FATCA guidance notes, awaits industry feedback
By Avia Collinder, Business Reporter From Jamaica Gleaner Cayman Islands’ Ministry of Financial Services, Commerce and the Environment is now collecting industry feedback on guidance notes circulated to the financial sector regarding tax compliance under separate inter-governmental agreements, or IGAs,…
