Protecting personal data in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands
By Peter Colegate From iapp As personal data develops into an increasingly valuable business asset, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda have responded by passing comprehensive data protection laws. Cayman’s Data Protection Law was passed in March 2017 and is due…
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Jamaican cleared in Bermuda court of drug charges
From The Jamaica Gleaner HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): Maurice Martin, a 34-year-old Jamaican national, who survived a 2010 shooting that killed his friend, has been cleared by a Supreme Court of a plot to import fentanyl into Bermuda with two Canadians….
Draw Reveals Groups and Schedule for the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship Nicaragua
The regional championship will qualify three teams to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 Miami (Wednesday, January 31, 2018) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) conducted the draw for the 2018 CONCACAF…
Andy” becomes longest tracked tiger shark ever
FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Not freezing temperatures or nor’easters or Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose or Maria can stop “Andy,” a tiger shark tagged in Bermuda by scientists from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) in 2014. Travelling…
Trump’s tax reforms won’t bring back offshore money – he is just creating another tax haven in the US
From Independent UK Trump’s comments on foreign offshore tax havens are hiding an agenda which the US has already successfully implemented: turning America into the largest offshore centre in the world When Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being a…
EU grey list must not let tax havens ‘off the hook’
By Tom Carnegie, From International Adviser Oxfam has warned that the EU grey list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes should not be treated as a way of letting tax havens “off the hook”, as those named try to get…
US: GOP tax bills could shield multinationals’ future overseas profits
By Carolyn Lochhead From San Francisco Chronicle WASHINGTON — Silicon Valley multinationals such as Apple and Google that are already sheltering hundreds of billions of dollars in overseas tax havens may pay little or no U.S. tax on future overseas…
London offshore conference: ‘Paradise Papers’ seen as latest of myriad challenges
By: Helen Burggraf From International Investment London offshore conference: ‘Paradise Papers’ seen as latest of myriad challenges It was inevitable, says Offshore Alert founder David Marchant, that the recent Paradise Papers scandal would be a major topic of conversation at…
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Cayman Islands’ Tony Travers says journalists who leaked the Paradise Papers should “be in prison”
Chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, Anthony Travers, speaking on the BBC’s “Newsnight” television programme said: “I have no idea what tax haven means and nor do you. What we are talking about is offshore financial centres that have…
Bermuda, Cayman Islands hit back at ‘systematic failure’ claims over Paradise Papers leak
By: Gary Robinson From International Investment Bermuda’s premier and the head of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange have hit out at allegations of “systematic failure” in the offshore reporting structure, claiming that both jurisdictions follow the rules of the OECD’s new Common Reporting…
