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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The View from Europe: China and global economic growth
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Should one believe the message of the financial markets that the global economy is on the edge of another downturn? The uncertainty that emerged in the last weeks of August began with reports…
Puerto Rico: The financial implications of dependency
By Emma Scully Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs From Caribbean News Now On Monday, August 3, Puerto Rico’s Public Finance Corporation defaulted on a $58 million USD bond payment, the island’s first debt nonpayment in its 117…
When it rains, it pours: going back to the beginning in Grand Cayman
From Alex in Wanderland (http://www.alexinwanderland.com/about/) I was a little nervous about returning to the Cayman Islands. First, I was nervous it might kill me a little to go back, because it’s such an emotionally charged spot for me. I spent…