Medical marijuana in Minnesota: To toke or not to toke?
By Rosy Bray Volunteer Writer From MENAFIN.COM University of Minnesota – Duluth, Duluth, MN November 13, 2013 (UMD Statesman, provided by UWIRE, a division of Uloop via Comtex) On Monday, Nov. 11, Minnesota House Representatives held a panel discussion on…
Weekly News | National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
NGCI Members Christmas Party | 11 December 6:00 – 8:00 PM Artwork (attached) by Courtney Platt ‘Tis the season! Come and join us 11 December at 6:00 PM for our annual Members Christmas Party and celebrate the holidays…
UK FATCA: Additional Automatic Exchange Of Information Agreement signed
Article by Chris Tragheim Deloitte The UK government has announced that four overseas territories have signed intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) to improve international tax compliance. On 5 November the UK and the Cayman Islands signed the first IGA between the UK…
Director of troubled state health exchange took break for tropical vacation [in Cayman]
By Erin Cox, The Baltimore Sun As legislators pressed for answers about troubled web site, Pearce was in Cayman Islands As lawmakers grilled Maryland’s health secretary last week on why the state’s troubled health exchange was still broken, the official…
Advantage Insurance completes recapitalization and expands board of directors
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, December 3, 2013: Advantage Insurance Holdings Ltd. (“Advantage”), a leader in customized insurance solutions for businesses and individuals, announced today that it has completed a recapitalization transaction and that Tom Hutton, Bruce Shewmaker and Gary Witherspoon…
Cutting the cost of the tuna catch
CFRM states explore Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) as cost-cutting emergent technology Belize City, Belize—For several years, the Caribbean region has been exploring the use of an emergent technology for increasing catch of deep sea fishes such as tunas at a…
2014 Fifa World Cup finals draw: England to play Italy [USA to play Germany]
BBC England will play Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in a tough Group D at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Roy Hodgson’s men open their campaign against Italy in the Amazonian city of Manaus on 15 June in the…
CUBA is # 1 Traveller’s Choice in the World
In Travellers’ Choice 2013 10 destinations on the rise in the world Havana, Cuba was rated top. 1. Havana, Cuba Once a magnet for Americans who wanted a quick weekend getaway, Cuba’s capital city saw a drastic drop in…
HMRC to improve systems to cope with information exchanges
by Calum Fuller From Accountancy Age HM Revenue & Customs is to upgrade its offshore evasion strategy, in order to cope with data it receives from overseas territories and Crown dependencies signed up to tax information exchange deals. The government…
Barbados most transparent and least corrupt country in Caribbean – Transparency International
From The Habarinetwork Barbados is among the least corrupt countries in the world according to the latest figures released by the German-based Transparency International (TI) on Tuesday. According to Transparency International, Barbados heads the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on the…
