Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility end date brought forward
By Calum Fuller From Accountancy Age The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility will come to an end earlier than originally scheduled when HM Revenue & Customs ceases operating the regime on 31 December 2015. The LDF enables Britons to obtain a generous…
Prisons officer shot dead, thrown from speeding car
From The Guardian TT A prisons officer was shot dead and thrown out of a moving car at Red Hill, Morvant, yesterday, sparking fears among prisons officers across the country. The killing comes in the wake of death threats against…
party for pooches
Devoted dog owner spends £10,000 on party for pooches By CAROLINE MCGUIRE FOR MAILONLINE ‘I could never love a baby as much’: Devoted dog owner spends £10,000 on party for pooches that included canine cocktails, beauty treatments and a DJ…
Embryo case could break new ground
By Marisa Kendall, from The Recorder With her eyes scrunched closed, her voice so shaky that the judge at times checked the transcript to make sure the pivotal testimony was being recorded, Dr. Mimi Lee told the story of the…
Chinese bank could force incomplete Bahamas resort to cut 2,000 jobs
By Tim McLaughlin From Reuters The troubled $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort project in the Bahamas is preparing to wind down operations and cut more than 2,000 jobs if the developer fails to strike a deal quickly with its main…
The business case for the Carbon Tax
By Julie Fox Gorte from Caribbean Life History offers a great many examples of individuals, groups and societies that lived too much in the moment and compromised longer term prosperity — or in some cases (think Easter Island) even survival….
‘India has shared protocol to tackle black money abroad’
By IANS From The New Indian Express ADDIS ABABA: Following agreements with countries on automatic exchange of tax information, signing of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with the US and working with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has become a country in a government external debt crisis.
By Peter Binose No it hasn’t, yes it has, no it hasn’t, yes it has. Oh please Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves [REG] leader of the family dynasty owned Unity Labour Party, Vincentian Government and the plantation known as Saint Vincent,…
[US] Stalking law does not cover email addresses, Judge says
By Joel Stashenko, from New York Law Journal A woman’s work email address does not equate to a “place of employment or business,” and thus her ex-girlfriend could not have stalked her by sending unwanted messages to the account, a…
Destination of the week
Brazil’s see-through cave has water as clear as the Caribbean By Carly Ledbetter From The Huffington Post If you’re looking for water as clear as the Caribbean, you might want to book it to Brazil this summer. Hidden in a…
