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…
Rupert Christie hailed for generosity to ‘kith and kin’
It took a man the calibre of Rupert Lloyd Anderson Christie to spawn a one-time commercial airline pilot turned captain and flight instructor for one of the world’s leading five-star airlines; an international marketing communications and management consultant; an acclaimed…
CDB to host Procurement Workshop In the Cayman Islands
Approximately 30 public sector employees who are involved in implementation of projects undertaken by the Government of the Cayman Islands are expected to participate in a workshop to be hosted by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) later this month. Responsibility…
Does this fraud letter circulating abroad originate from the Cayman Islands?
We publish the following email that is circulating all over the globe – this was passed to us from a news media house in Nigeria. The reason we ask whether it originated in Cayman is because it mentions CIBC First…
QUEEN’S NEW YEAR HONOURS 2013
His Excellency the Governor Mr Duncan Taylor invites members of the public to submit nominations for Her Majesty The Queen’s New Year Honours 2013. Nominations must be received by Monday 14 May 2012. Final recommendations for OBEs and MBEs are…
KPMG helps George Town Primary School purchase a new playground
KPMG in the Cayman Islands has donated CI$5,000 towards helping the George Town Primary School, purchase a playground and to assist with their Sport programme. Since Hurricane Ivan, the students have found areas around the school to play because of…
Widespread condemnation of Cayman Islands’ premier’s attack on governor
It is not only Joan Wilson, publisher of iNews Cayman, who has condemned Premier McKeeva Bush’s astonishing attack on Cayman Islands governor, Duncan Taylor, in a press statement the premier released last Friday (6). “I am so disgusted and I…
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….
Batabano bounces beautiful
Despite threatening skies, the Batabano parade went ahead as scheduled on Saturday (5) Sounds of revellers reached more than a mile down the West Bay Road, from the Marquee Plaza where the massed bands gathered before the parade. First in…
