Caribbean leaders support government’s effort to pass AML/CTF Bill
From Guyana Chronicle SEVERAL regional leaders have written to President Donald Ramotar expressing their concerns about the failure of the local legislature to pass the critically needed Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLCFT) Amendment Bill. St Lucian…
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2013-14 CIFA Updates
From CIFA Please see the attached Women’s League updates week 8. Goal Scorers: Sunset FC 2 X 0 Elite SC Lesli Tathum, 32’ and Elena Testori, 53’ Future SC 0 X 1 Scholars ISC Suzane McLaughlin, 89’ Please also see…
Seven unmissable dive sites in the Cayman Islands
by SARAH REID From Lonely Planet Locals will tell you the Cayman Islands offer the best scuba diving in the Caribbean. Given the triumvirate of islands boasts a unique dive site for every single day of the year – and…
Heart Smart Week 2014 starts and child obesity highlighted
Cayman Islands Heart Smart Week 2014 started on Thursday (20) with a cardiac Symposium at St Matthew’s University, School of Medicine, Leeward Building 3, Hippocrates Hall. Other events are: 5th Annual Learn & Live Red Dress Affair and Women’s Heart…
CIREBA expel two members
From Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association The CIREBA Board of Directors recently made the difficult decision to expel two member companies, namely Cayman Realty Consultants (CRC) and Cayman Real Estate Company Ltd. (CARE). The decision to expel these two…
The Editor Speaks: Corruption and money laundering tarnishing Cayman’s image further
Our beautiful country, the Cayman Islands, has been tarnished and mainly unfairly, with the reports of corruption in high places, the ‘nefarious’ Cayman tax haven with US President Obama adding his voice to the mud slinging, and money laundering where…
Unusually Intense El Nino may lie ahead, scientists say
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable Since climate forecasters declared an “El Niño Watch” on March 6, the odds of such an event in the tropical Pacific Ocean have increased, and based on recent developments, some scientists think this event may…
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Cayman Islanders arrested in US for money laundering Documents on OffshoreAlert website show that Eric St-Cyr was arrested earlier this week along with his lawyer, Patrick Poulin, who is based in Turks and Caicos Islands, and Joshua Van Dyke. All…
Cayman Islands welcomes long lobbied reduction in APD for UK travellers
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (19 March 2014) The Cayman Islands is pleased to welcome the long anticipated news of reduced Air Passenger Duty (APD) for long haul visitors from the United Kingdom. APD is an excise duty which is charged…
