Table Top Exercise Concludes Successfully
A brief yet intense table-top exercise took place this morning (Thursday, 5 June 2014) at the Government Administration Building. Organised by the British Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the exercise tested the emergency preparedness of FCO representatives in the…
Watershed Distillery now available on Grand Cayman
By Dan Eaton, Staff reporter-Columbus Business First The next time you’re on Grand Cayman Island, you can order a nice, cool drink with Watershed Four Peel Gin. Columbus-based Watershed Distillery, in four years, has grown from a micro-distilling startup to…
Operators of small unmanned aircraft in Cayman warned
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI) is warning the general public about the unauthorised operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft (SUA), as it poses a threat to the safety of air transport and aerial work operations. Recent reports…
Cayman Islands Directors Registration and Licensing Law- Are you affected?
From Solomon Harris The Directors Registration and Licensing Law 2014 The Directors Registration and Licensing Law 2014 (the “Law”) has come into force with effect from June 4th. Individual directors of entities covered by the Law have until 21st August…
Cayman-incorporated IC designer seeks primary listing on TWSE
By Frances Huang From Focus Taiwan News Channel Taipei, June 7 (CNA) Alchip Technologies Ltd., a Cayman Islands incorporated integrated circuit designer, has filed an application with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) for a primary listing, the exchange said Saturday….
Sanctions and the Caribbean
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor Sanctions and large fines are becoming the weapon of choice for the United States and others as they seek ways to stop nations facilitating trade or financial transfers that touch countries they…
Cuba embargo under pressure as Obama urged to lower barriers
By Bill Faries and David Lerman, Bloomberg News MIAMI — A political consensus against trade with communist Cuba that has prevailed in Washington for half a century is showing signs of cracking. As the head of the U.S. Chamber of…
Caribbean InTransit and IDB host art exhibition
From Repeating Islands Caribbean InTransit is producing and partnering with significant and high impact entities in creating access to a chain of arts festivals. Join them for their first festival of the year, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Creatives of the…
The islands treasured by offshore tax avoiders
By Floyd Norris From New York Times Did you know that United States companies earned $129 billion in 2010 in three small groups of islands? That is what they told the Internal Revenue Service they earned in Bermuda, the Cayman…
“Life Needs the Caribbean Sea”
From Thunderclap It “Join Caribbean SeaFan Festival&Telethon Online #caribsea4life JUNE 8 World Ocean Day Logon to www.thecaribbeansea.org http://thndr.it/1iSXIsu In honor of UN World Oceans Day, June 8th, the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Washington DC is launching its “Life Needs the…
