Record Arctic sea ice loss is an emergency requiring urgent attention says Jeff Masters
Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlog posted on Weather Underground, Sept 20th The extraordinary decline in Arctic sea ice during 2012 is finally over. Sea ice extent bottomed out on September 16, announced scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data…
Tax taskforce will hunt rich targets abroad [like the Cayman Islands]
‘Shady’ tax dodging millionaires who stash their wealth offshore will face a government crackdown, Vince Cable* said today (24) Tax havens such as Monaco and the Cayman Islands are simply ‘sunny places for shady people’ he said in his speech…
Discovery of tagged captive stingrays sparks DOE call for legislation
Gina Ebanks-Petrie, Director of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment (DOE), has called for amending the marine conservation law or passing the national conservation law and adding stingrays as a protected species to prevent people from taking these marine creatures,…
Chamber Pension Plan adopts new CFA Code of Conduct
The Chamber of Commerce’s Pension Plan has recently embraced the Code of Conduct developed by the CFA Institute for pension plan trustees, emphasising how transparency, integrity and strong governing principles are at the cornerstone of its operations. The Chamber Pension…
OffshoreAlert’s London Conference – Ticket Deadline
The deadline for the first wave of discounted tickets for OffshoreAlert’s upcoming conference in London expires this Wednesday. The OffshoreAlert Conference Europe, taking place at The May Fair hotel in London on 26-27 November 2012, will go beyond the clichés…
ICO Fourth Quarter Report says a criminal offence may have been committed
ICO Fourth Quarter Report says a criminal offence may have been committed and some public authorities fail to meet legal obligations. In the 2011/2012 FOURTH QUARTER REPORT 1 April – 30 June 2012 from the Cayman Islands Information Commissioner’s Office…
Tax Havens like the Cayman Islands Have Better Fiscal Policy……
Tax Havens like the Cayman Islands Have Better Fiscal Policy…and More Diligent Enforcement of Laws against Dirty Money and Terrorist Financing by Dan Mitchell International Liberty Since I’m probably the foremost defender of tax havens in the United States, I tend…
What people are saying about the Grand Cayman Marathon
Question: Has anyone run the Grand Cayman Marathon? My long term goal is to participate in that. I dig the Caymans and think it would be a nice place to run a marathon or half marathon. Asked by…
Mourant Ozannes expands offshore with BVI office opening
Following the opening of a Hong Kong office in January this year, leading offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has announced that it has opened an office in the British Virgin Islands. Mourant Ozannes advises on the laws of four of…
Syria conflict worsening, says UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi
The situation in Syria is “extremely bad and getting worse”, UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said. He spoke after briefing the Security Council about his first trip to Syria since taking the post on 1 September. Mr Brahimi said he…
