CSX launches new rules at Mines and Money
To promote the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange’s (CSX) new listing rules written specifically for mineral companies, the CSX will be exhibiting at the Mines and Money conference in London 3 -4 December 2013. The new Listing Rules for mineral companies…
Simmonds ignorant about the form and impact of British colonialism in Jamaica
By Earl Moxam From RJR News British minister’s comments on reparations for slavery dismissed by Jamaican academic One of the first responses from a British official to a renewed push for reparations for slavery has not gone over well with…
Caribbean public relations firm launches South Florida Office
Miami — Fresh Image Public Relations (WWW.FRESHIMAGEPR.COM ), a full-service Caribbean region public relations agency, announced [Monday 11] that it is expanding operations with the opening of a new office in Miami, Florida to support client development Fresh Image PR,…
A new system of an old slavery
From Beastrabban/’s Weblog George Osborne’s Workfare and 19th Century Negro ‘Apprenticeship’ Earlier this week I reblogged a piece from The Void, reporting @refuted’s uncovering of George Osborne’s proposals to expand workfare. Under this new scheme, compulsory workfare, directed by the…
More secret helicopter airfields discovered in Costa Rica
From Costa Rica News The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The authorities in Costa Rica have found three airfields for helicopters on a farm on the Caribbean side, which authorities suspect belong to drug traffickers. The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ)…
The Editor Speaks: We should remember but not celebrate
Never forget. “At the going down of the sun we shall remember them.” It started with the First World War, was embraced by the Second World War and with conflicts since. Many Caymanians lost their lives fighting with the British…
Government announces new immigration board
The Cayman Islands government has announced a new immigration board. Work Permit Board members are: Sheena Frederick Westerborg – Chairman Sarah Barnett – Deputy Chairperson Lavern Daykin Gary Rutty Irma Arch Judy-Ann Ebanks Edward Hessing Elizabeth Walton Christine Archer Solly…
Combating money laundering à la UK: tax evaders differ
By Artyom Kobzev From The Voice of Russia Combating money laundering is believed to be one of the key priorities of the UK as the current G-8 presidency holder. However, London failed to succeed in it, the Tax Justice Network,…
Recognition for cooperation: a taxing process
By Martin Livingston, Partner, Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands More so than most other International Financial Centres, the Cayman Islands has been the pick of opposition by the heavyweight onshore contenders, especially when it comes to deflecting blame for the…
UK FATCA: Cayman Islands Automatic Exchange of Information Agreement signed
By Chris Tragheim From Deloitte Financial Services UK On 5 November 2013 the Cayman Islands Government became the first Overseas Territory (OT) to sign an agreement on automatic information exchange with the UK. The Agreement is similar to the recently…
