Cayman Islands: New Operations Manager at The Security Centre Ltd
The Security Centre Limited announces the appointment of former Detective Sergeant Steve Thomas as Operations Manager. Hired on the strength of his 33 years in the Police and Security Industry, Mr. Thomas brings proven expertise having worked both in the…
President Obama and Caribbean leaders to meet in Jamaica
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 18, 2015, CMC – United States President Barack Obama is to visit Jamaica on April 9 for talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has said. “The Government of Jamaica…
OBA giving Bermuda airport away to Canadians [Comparison to Cayman Islands]
By Christopher Famous From Caribbean News Now On November 10, 2014, MP Bob Richards announced that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) for the re-development of the LF Wade International Airport in Bermuda….
“Scrubbers” to cut cruise ship pollution
By Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau From Alaska Public Media Cruise lines that sail Alaska waters are installing new pollution-control equipment. It’s aimed at clearing the air — and meeting new regulations. But it’s also dodging some stronger, more expensive…
Updated: EXPOSED: Belvedere Management’s massive criminal enterprise [operates in Cayman Islands]
By David Marchant From OffshoreAlert $130 million Cayman Ponzi scheme under Brighton SPC umbrella fund City of London police investigating £100 m-plus Ponzi scheme by CWM FX Both schemes part of rampant fraud by Belvedere Management Group Group headed by…
Hard-right shift delivers upset election win for Netanyahu
By Luke Baker and Jeffrey Heller Reuters From Yahoo news JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday to form a new governing coalition quickly after an upset election victory that was built on a shift to…
External public debt plummets in Caribbean – ECLAC
From Guyana Times In its annual fiscal report on Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlights that in the last 25 years, external public debt has fallen from 70…
British Virgin Islands: Sea change
By Ross Munro From Harneys The ongoing global initiatives around exchange of tax information and publication of beneficial ownership information, while ostensibly in pursuit of transparency, have their origins in the need for the larger, richer countries to increase tax…
Pao lawyers slap Facebook with discrimination suit
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — A former Facebook employee is suing the company for gender discrimination and harassment, claiming her supervisor belittled her at work and asked why she “did not just stay home and take…
CARICOM on the homestretch to customs harmony
[Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – March 17, 2015] Harmonised customs laws that aim to expand the CARICOM region’s trading potential and improve its economic performance are expected to be finalised at the closing meeting between customs officials, legal experts and CARICOM representatives…
