1MDB, Cayman Islands and our very own Kancil
From Apanama We have known more about 1MDB and the once notorious Cayman Islands in the last one week than in the last one year or so. We know now that the notorious Cayman Islands also boasts big names and…
Russia cracks down on offshore havens
By Svetlana Sukhova From Real Clear World MOSCOW – There is nothing new about offshore tax shelters. In ancient Athens, after the government decided to levy a 2% tax on all trade operations, merchants started avoiding the city, conducting business…
CIBC First Caribbean International informs customers its intention to vary terms of its present arrangement [in Barbados & Cayman Islands] – see Consumerism
By Jeff Cumberbatch From The Barbados Advocate Musings: The Consumerist Agenda I Even though there is much fodder for a columnist these days, the plain incongruity of some regional affairs forces me, in part, to revert to a theme I…
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EU judges, Maltese mysteries, and Christians in the Caribbean
PART IV By Nikolaj Nielsenn From EUobserver BRUSSELS – John Dalli, flanked by his lawyers, enters the blue-carpeted chamber of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and faces a panel of five black-robed judges. It is July 2014 –…
Caribbean private sector needs help
From Guardian TT Executive director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, says private sector organisations across the Caribbean are in urgent need of support as they continue to mitigate the negative effects of the global recession…
Brian Lenihan Snr and Haughey named in Ansbacher file – Former Tanaiste held Cayman Island
By Daniel McConnell From Sunday Independent THE late former Tanaiste Brian Lenihan Senior and former Taoiseach Charles Haughey are two of nine former leading politicians named in the controversial Ansbacher dossier as having Cayman Island accounts for the purpose of…
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Tourism matters: We have to get more involved
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now It seems almost inconceivable to accept that the dreaded APD (Advanced Passenger Duty) was implemented in the United Kingdom, or others would say thrust upon the industry, some twenty years ago. There has…
Taiwan’s ability to sign FTAs in doubt: US
By John Liu From The China Post TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s efforts to establish free trade agreements (FTA) with other countries have stalled, with the international community beginning to doubt Taiwan’s ability to ratify negotiated agreements following the public’s strong…
New York mayor signs bills that “drastically limit” deportation of Caribbean immigrants
From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States, Sunday November 16, 2014, CMC – With United States President Barack Obama vowing to proceed on immigration reform by executive order, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday signed two bills that…
CWC-Columbus heads East for talks over ECTEL concerns
From The Jamaica Gleaner Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus International say they have already initiated discussions with regulators in four of six markets and will head next to St Lucia and Grenada to meet with authorities there on…
