OPINION: Cayman Islands port, hope or hindrance
By Darveson Pinoy From Changed Journey Build it and they will come. Build a concrete monstrosity of a cruise berthing facility that dwarfs George Town (and Cayman) and the volume of tourists that come will guarantee Cayman prospers and guarantee…
Wall Street’s House of Cards
By Ted Bauman From Value Walk I’ve always disliked gambling. I tell myself I have enough vices already, but the truth is that I’m just conservative with money. Informed investment is one thing; shooting craps is another. It seems silly…
The View from Europe: Climate change, the Pope and the Caribbean
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now In a little over a month’s time, negotiators from around the world will gather in Paris to try to reach a final and globally binding agreement on a new treaty on climate change….
Common rules (not rates) should be the answer to tax competition in the EU
By Peter Dietsch From Social Europe Tax avoidance is a key problem for European countries, with the EU taking several steps to try and limit the ability of businesses to shift their profits to low-tax jurisdictions. Peter Dietsch writes on…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Pope, Cuba, US and Caricom
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News When the first Latin American pope holds his first meeting today at the White House with the first African-American president of sole superpower United States, the quartet of visionary leaders of the Caribbean…
Church of God (Chapel) in the Cayman Islands releases statement affirming heterosexual marriage
AFFIRMATION OF TRADITIONAL, ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE The Position of the Church of God (Chapel) in the Cayman Islands The Church of God (Chapel) in the Cayman Islands affirms the traditional, orthodox Christian understanding of sexuality, family and marriage, founded on…
The View from Europe: Little time left to act on US tax bill
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now The Caribbean has just 18 congressional working days from Sunday September 20 to try to have the US Congress or the District of Colombia address an act naming 17 Caribbean nations as “tax…
Amazon, UPenn contest liability for student suicide/Persad-Bissessar and Warner fall hard
Amazon, UPenn contest liability for student suicide By Max Mitchell, From The Legal Intelligencer Amazon and the University of Pennsylvania have argued in court papers that they cannot be held liable for a student’s death by suicide using chemicals she…
The Queen’s history-making reign
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now On September 9, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in British history. Her record also applies to her 15 realms other than Britain, the majority of them in the Caribbean…
Assassination in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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