Ministry of Financial Services to host regional FATCA workshop
From bahamasislandsinfo Minister of Financial Services the Hon. L. Ryan Pinder announced on April 2, 2013, that his Ministry, in conjunction with the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO), will host a Regional Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Workshop,…
Serbia rejects EU-brokered deal on Kosovo
BBC Serbia has rejected a European Union-brokered deal on normalising ties with its breakaway province of Kosovo. Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in 2008. While many countries recognise it as an independent country, Serbia does not. The EU had given Serbia…
NGCI invites everyone to a lecture on Digital Art and Cayman panorama
The National Gallery invites all our readers to attend a lecture with Shane Aquart on the topic of Digital Art and The Cayman Panorama The Dart Auditorium at the NGCI on Wednesday, April 10th 2013 6-8pm Wine and soft drinks…
A shooting at Grand Cayman? Yes – but in TEXAS!
From KTRX-TV/DT Sugar Land officers shoot, kill man during confrontation By Sonia Azad SUGAR LAND, TX (KTRK) — An officer-involved shooting left a man dead last night in Sugar Land. Investigators believe the man was arguing with his parents moments…
The Editor Speaks: Some common sense
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Commissioner David Baines said on Radio Cayman’s “Talk Today” show last Thursday (4) “common sense” should rule the day. Mr. Baines was speaking about sodas, finger sandwiches and chicken wings at Cayman Islands political rallies…
Environment report labels Cayman as “weak”, “weak”, “weak” and “weak”.
We are weak in all four categories of “Species, Sites”, Development control” and “Accountability” in the first-ever analysis of environmental laws across all of the UK’s 14 Overseas Territories. The report, “Environmental Governance in the UK’s Overseas Territories”, was published…
More migrant boaters in Cayman waters
Immigration officials report that a vessel with 11 migrants arrived off Cayman Brac yesterday afternoon (Sunday 7 April, 2013). This group was comprised of eight males and three females. They said they had been at sea for six days. Two…
Philpott: What judge told couple who killed their children
BBC A judge has sentenced Mick Philpott to life for killing six of his children in a fire at his Derby house. He was convicted of manslaughter along with his wife, Mairead, and friend Paul Mosley, who were told they…
Caribbean officials seek to curb dirty money
From Guardian Media KINGSTON—Officials in the English-speaking Caribbean are meeting in Antigua to brainstorm ways of strengthening anti-money-laundering efforts. It’s an uphill battle in the Caribbean, which UN experts consider a top destination for the laundering of cocaine income. Yesterday,…
