The Editor speaks: Deputy Governor says despite answering FOI requests a lot has been achieved
Local lawyer Peter Polack has I believe made the most Freedom of Information Requests than anyone else in the Cayman Islands. He is often ignored but this does not stop him asking again and again and again. One such request…
La Nación: tax havens and money laundering [and the Cayman Islands]
From Buenos Aires Herald The Saguier family, majority shareholder in the La Nación newspaper since the 1990s, is the subject of numerous court cases which are trying to determine the legality of the origin of those funds used in the…
Rebuild man Victor Cattermole to quit NZ [Cayman Islands business]
By Martin Van Beynen From stuff.co.nz Prominent Christchurch rebuild figure Victor Cattermole says he is leaving the city and the country because of continued challenges to his credibility. After being questioned about his latest business ventures, Cattermole said, “Screw NZ.”…
Commentary: Freedom of information in the Caribbean: Twenty years and beyond
By Aylair Livingstone From Caribbean News Now The Caribbean has caught up with the global trend that now counts more than 100 countries with Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. Over the past 20 years, the majority of the 20 member…
How massive canal projects threaten the Caribbean
From Worldcrunch With the Panama Canal set to expand and Nicaragua planning its own huge canal, the Caribbean is bracing for big shifts in shipping traffic. On the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, hard questions from both fishermen and…
New Yorkers march in solidarity with Selma
By Tequila Minsky From Caribbean Life Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, civil rights activist Norman Siegel, Karen Daughtry and State Senator Jesse Hamilton walked arm in arm over the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday along with hundreds of others. Those who…
Change in the Caribbean?
By Howard J. Silver From Social Science Space December 17, 2014, was a day of surprise to both the American and Cuban people. On that day presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced that the United States would move toward…
In home stretch, the president [US] shifts gears
By Les Slater From Caribbean Life The political calculus always made a GOP-dominated Congress an even possibility following the 2014 mid-term elections. Republicans saw where tapping into the historic pattern of malaise among the Democratic base in off-year elections could…
The Editor Speaks: Is Cayman’s Deputy Governor right that our Cuban migrant policy saves lives?
According to Cayman Islands Deputy Governor, Franz Manderson, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the international protection agency for refugees, has advised our government that approx. 3,000 migrants died in the Caribbean in 2014. Manderson poses these questions:…
Bitt secures $1.5 million to service the Caribbean’s underbanked
Justin Harrington From Coin Buzz Thanks to a $1.5 million seed round, Barbados-based Bitt has launched its latest service, the Bitt Exchange. The Bitt Exchange is powered by AlphaPoint, a platform that serves as the backbone of exchanges including Bitfinex,…