Venezuelan parliament rejects oil-backed cryptocurrency as problematic and dangerous
By Youri Kemp Caribbean News Now associate editor From Caribbean News Now CARACAS, Venezuela — The proposed oil-backed cryptocurrency, the “Petro”, set to launch in early 2018, has been challenged by the Venezuelan parliament on the grounds that it would…
BVI Gov’t launches ‘BVI Open for Business’ app
Reproduced courtesy of BVINEWS.COM From OECS Thursday, January 11, 2018 — At a time when visitors have been invited back to the British Virgin Islands, Government has launched a ‘BVI Open for Business’ app. The app is an interactive map…
Justices return dispute over documents for young, undocumented Caribbean immigrants to lower courts
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life The United States Supreme Court has returned a dispute over documents for young, undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants to the lower courts. The justices indicated earlier this week that U.S. federal courts in…
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Theological educational grants awarded for Episcopalians, Anglicans in Caribbean, Latin America
The Commission for Theological Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (CETALC) has awarded 25 grants in six categories plus administrative funding for $349,170 to support the educational, theological and formational needs of the church in Latin America and the…
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Cayman Islands Police Request Public Assistance to Locate Man reported Missing, 11 January From RCIPS Late Wednesday evening, 10 January, Police learned of a man who has not been seen by relatives for some time and are now seeking public…
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Cayman Islands: HMCI Statement on Tsunami Response
Following an earthquake north of Honduras late last night (Tuesday, 9 January 2018) the Cayman Islands was placed under a tsunami threat for around two hours. Just over a half-hour after the incident, sensors in the port of George Town…
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FDIC win against PwC could finally force auditors to look for fraud
By Francine McKenna From Market Watch Ruling could cost PwC more than $1 billion The story has been updated with a more recent statement from PwC. A federal judge has given the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. a big win against…
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Cayman Islands National Gallery Annual Outreach Exhibition
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) is currently exhibiting over 100 works of art by the 50+ participants who took part in the NGCI Outreach programmes in 2017. The NGCI Outreach programmes cater to a wide variety of…
Intertrust : Tick tock goes the Cayman Beneficial Ownership Regime clock
At the end of 2017 changes to the Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership Regime, established on 1 July 2017 were passed making substantive revisions to previous exemptions where certain categories of companies or limited liability companies do not need to maintain…
NRI Voice: Cayman Calling
By Keerthi Mohan From Little India When he moved to Cayman Islands, Sujith Kumar was surprised to see the number of Indians living in the British territory in the Caribbean. Sujith Kumar’s journey to Cayman Islands is nothing short of…
