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Robbery outside ATM – George Town

From RCIPS Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:01 PM A Caymanian man has been arrested and is currently detained in police custody following a robbery in Fort Street earlier today. About noon today, Thursday 16 January, a 28-year-old woman had just…

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Another wounding in East End – Man arrested

From RCIPS Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:48 PM A man was arrested following an altercation at a house in the East End area last night. The altercation, involving two men, led to both being admitted to hospital for treatment to…

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The Editor Speaks: To be or not to be: that is the question

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles…… From Hamlet To be or not to be …. against a sea of troubles The sea…

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USA Today’ C’bean top ten: Tobago 9th best island [Cayman not in top 10]… BUT

By Elizabeth Williams From Trinidad Express United States-based media house USA Today has published a top ten “Best Caribbean Island” list comprised of votes from 10Best.com website readers, who listed Tobago as the ninth best island in the Caribbean. President…

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Cayman Islands Rum Festival | The Premier Rum Experience

6:30pm until 11:00pm Margaritaville, Island Plaza, George Town, Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands Rum Festival is the premier rum experience for rum drinkers, rum aficionados and rum lovers that have travelled to the tropics to sample the music, the food,…

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Update on wounding outside Kelly’s Bar Wounding, West Bay  – Man arrested Further to our previous story concerning a stabbing outside Kelly’s Bar on 11th January, 2014 where a 30 year old male was taken to hospital as a result…

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Tax Havens: Robbing From the Poor to Give to the Rich?

By David Starr From Daily Kos How legal are tax havens? Ethically-speaking, they are not. In a commentary by Daniel Mitchell published on the Cato Institute website, the author found amusement with President Obama’s hypocrisy, where Secretary of State John…

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The Cayman Institute and Branson’s “The Ten Island Renewable Challenge”

The Cayman Institute is an apolitical, privately funded, non profit organization established to consider the long term effects and implications of diverse technological, sociological, economical and cultural issues to the Cayman Islands. Its members work on a voluntary basis and…

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Government releases cost of JMC trip

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Government spent about $19,000 to send five representatives to the Overseas Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in London in November. The Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin was joined by Financial Services Minister Hon. Wayne Panton, Cabinet Secretary…

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US FATCA And Cayman Funds: Entity Classification

By Martin Livingston, Jon Fowler, Tim Frawley and Alasdair Robertson From MAPLES Last Updated: 15 January 2014 On 29 November 2013, the Cayman Islands government signed a Model 1B (i.e. non-reciprocal) intergovernmental agreement with the United States (the “US IGA”)….