Cayman Islands: Three victims robbed at gun point/Man injured in BT shooting
Man injured in Bodden Town shooting From RCIPS Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM A 43-year-old male resident of Bodden Town was shot in his left shoulder just after mid-night Sunday 15th December 2014 near the Everglo Bar in Bodden…
The Editor Speaks: When people can’t be helped
“You can’t help people who can’t help themselves” is a popular saying. And it is to a certain extent true. If statistics are proof then the saying is true. Cayman Islands Finance Minister, Marco Archer, gave us some statistics last…
iNews Briefs
Cayman Islands businessman pleads guilty to distributing narcotics Cayman Islands businessman, Bryce Merren (47), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs. Merren appeared in a US court in Puerto Rico on Thursday (11 December) and agreed to a plea…
New company to be formed from CWC/Columbus merger, will transform customer service experience
Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus International Inc. (Columbus) has announced a ground-breaking customer charter that will guide how the new company would operate following the approval and closing of their merger. In listing a suite of commitments, CWC’s…
Inversions are often last stop for companies avoiding U.S. taxes
From Reading Eagle The Associated Press (c) 2014, Bloomberg News. NEW YORK — The surge in U.S. companies avoiding taxes by taking a foreign address has been condemned by President Barack Obama and stirred a policy debate in Congress. What’s…
Immigration policy supports property investors in Cayman Islands
At the State of the Nation luncheon on 9th October 2014, Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin confirmed that a new immigration policy directive has been approved by Cabinet. Councillor Joey Hew confirmed this week that this new directive is in the…
Kudos to Cayman Islands MRCU
Minister for Health Hon. Osbourne V. Bodden, JP and Deputy Governor Franz Manderson paid a special visit to the staff of Mosquito Research & Control Unit (MRCU) last Friday, 5th December, 2014. During the tour the visitors praised staff for…
TO2015 Young Reporters Programme [available in Cayman Islands]
Overview The TO2015 Young Reporters Program is a sport management and journalism training program that will be held during the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games. The programme will run from July 9 to 20, 2015, with young reporters arriving…
Maryland nonprofits investing in offshore accounts [Cayman Islands]
By Doug Donovan, From The Baltimore Sun When the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Johns Hopkins University and other Maryland nonprofits want to maximize the money they can spend in pursuit of their missions, they do what many wealthy individuals and…
Cayman Islands launches Household Budget Survey
Press Briefing Remarks By Hon. Marco Archer, JP Minister for Finance and Economic Development Introduction Today, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development is launching the publicity campaign for the Household Budget Survey 2015 (HBS 2015). Next to a housing…