National Contracts Commission Public Notice – NCC Contractor Registration
Kingston; September 21, 2012 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has been requested by the Chairman of the National Contracts Commission (NCC), Mr. Raymond McIntyre, to use its good offices to issue the following NCC notice, via an…
Esterley Tibbetts Highway Extension Update
Construction work on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway Extension continues to progress under the supervision of the NRA. This week Jairam Building Contractors will install arch units for a bridge on the section of highway between Raleigh Quay and Yacht Drive. …
Conservative party treasurer lobbies for UK to be like Cayman Islands : two opposing views
1. Tory treasurer wants UK to become more like a tax haven By Rajeev Syal and Martin Williams The Guardian Lord Fink calls for tax law changes as Guardian reveals 68 MPs and peers are directors of firms linked to…
Crime Prevention Expo – North Side
North Side residents will have access to some of the best crime prevention and security advice available next week, thanks to a joint initiative between the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service and North Side District Council. Building on the work…
Tech firms find havens [like Cayman Islands] from U.S. taxes
By Carolyn Lochhead SF Gate Washington — Silicon Valley multinationals aggressively exploit foreign tax havens in Bermuda, Grand Cayman and elsewhere to dodge U.S. taxes, according to a bipartisan Senate report issued Thursday. Hewlett-Packard, based in Palo Alto, and Microsoft, based…
Two stories on starting an offshore shell company
1. NBC’s I-Team: How We Started An Offshore Shell Company By Chris Glorioso and Tom Burke It doesn’t take a squadron of bankers or lawyers to set up one of these secretive shell corporations that dodge U.S. taxes It is…
CUC apologises
Customers in East End, North Side, Bodden Town, Prospect and parts of George Town were without power Friday (21) morning. All except North Side were due to lightning strikes. In North Side a broken limb came in contact with one…
Drugs without violence in Mexico?
By Mohamed Zayed, iNews Cayman special correspondent The Supreme Committee of the presidential election has declared Enrique Pena Nieto, Institutional Revolutionary Party’s candidate, president with 38 % against his closet leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado, with a wide margin…
DEH issues safety and course certification releases
1. Keeping Lunchbox Meals Safe After the long summer holiday, parents and students are now getting back into the school routine – which also means getting back into the daily lunch-making routine. Parents are therefore reminded by Department of Environmental…
Anti-Islam film: US condemns Pakistan minister’s bounty
The US state department has condemned a Pakistani minister’s offer of $100,000 (£61,600) for the death of the American maker of an anti-Islam film. It said the step was “inflammatory and inappropriate”. Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour made the offer…
