Greek election impasse heralds lengthy instability
AP) — Greece sank deeper into a political and financial morass on Monday as initial efforts to form a new coalition government failed a day after angry voters punished parties backing the country’s international bailout. The result of Sunday’s parliamentary…
London re-elects Boris Johnson as mayor
AP) — London’s comic and outspoken mayor Boris Johnson won re-election Friday, triumphing in a closer-than-expected vote to secure a second term and his status as the unvarnished and unpredictable host of the 2012 Olympics Johnson’s victory, in election results…
France president-elect Hollande has full plate
(AP) — On his whirlwind first day since winning the French presidential election, Socialist Francois Hollande was set to embark on a crash course in international politics, with a critical visit to Berlin, an invite to the White House, and…
CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot
(AP) — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press…
Canadian Ethics czar says Cayman bank records are fake
From www.iPolitics.ca OTTAWA – The federal ethics commissioner will not investigate a Conservative cabinet minister after determining that documents purporting to show undisclosed bank accounts in the Cayman Islands are fakes. The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics…
Leaders fall in Europe crisis: Sarkozy was next
(AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy was kicked out of office in elections Sunday. He is in good company: Almost every crisis-hit European country that has held an election since disaster struck in 2009 has thrown out its leader. Here’s…
Whistleblowers needed to uncover offshore tax abuses like the Cayman Islands
Erika Kelton, www.forbes.com Senator Charles Grassley sent a strongly worded letter last week to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman criticizing the IRS for the way it is handling various aspects of its whistleblower programme….
Cayman Islands Deputy Commissioner Tony Ennis joins Montserrat Police Review team
A three-man review team, led by FCO Law Enforcement Adviser, Larry Covington is presently on island to undertake a comprehensive review of the Royal Montserrat Police Service (RMPS). His Excellency the Governor Adrian Davis, with the approval of the Cabinet,…
UK Conservatives punished in local elections
AP) — Britain’s governing Conservatives took a bruising Friday in local elections as voters punished them for biting austerity measures and a stalled economy, while the results of a much-closer-than-anticipated London mayoral race were delayed. Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives…
Cayman exhibits at RIMS 2012
A cross-section of Cayman’s insurance industry worked together to showcase Cayman’s integrity, intellect and innovation at the 50th Annual Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) conference and exhibition held from 15 – 18 April in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. RIMS is the…
