Cayman Islands: RUNDOWN 2016 – SOON COME!
Living in the Cayman Islands today is fascinating in every way, so once a year we have to sit down and laugh at all of it in RUNDOWN!” FRIENDS! In a blink of the eye, it will be RUNDOWN time!…
The curious case of Alan Grayson
By Geoff Dutton From Counter Punch No matter what your political persuasion or what you think of him, you must admit that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL9) is a piece of work. If you were on his mailing list, you’d be…
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Immigration and trade in politics – Part Two
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now In the first part of this commentary on immigration and trade in politics, the focus was on the present primaries of the US presidential election. Both issues have been hotly debated, particularly…
Water Corp success costs supplier $8.1m
By Neil Hartnell From Tribune 242 Consolidated Water’s Bahamian revenues have decreased by more than $8 million over the past two years, as the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s leak and loss reduction programme bears fruit. The BISX-listed water producer, in…
Most Gold! Lucky 13 as Red win most Gold ADDY awards in the Caribbean
The number 13 was lucky for Red advertising&marketing Ltd. as they won 13 Gold in the recently concluded American Advertising Federation 2016 ADDY Awards. Serendipitously, this was matched by the milestone of being the top agency in Barbados for a…
Canada: $48,000 spent on grounded flight crew during PM’s Caribbean vacation
From CTV News Taxpayers are on the hook for an estimated $48,000 spent so that the prime minister’s flight crew could sit on a tarmac during his family vacation to St. Kitts and Nevis, CTV News has learned. For security…
The Plan to Turn the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Into a Caribbean Ocean Research Laboratory
From The Daily Catch In December 2015, Julia Rodriguez travelled to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. Rodriguez, whose brother Gregory died in 9/11, was invited to the US military base, all expenses paid, by the Department of Defense, after her name…
Five French banks declared profits of €45 million in the Cayman Islands, despite having no employees there.
By Cécile Barbière | EurActiv.fr | Translated By Samuel White From EurActiv NGOs reveal extensive use of tax havens by French banks The public country-by-country reporting imposed by Paris on France’s big banks has revealed that they channel more than…
OECD Releases Tax Statistics For Latin America, Caribbean
By Mike Godfrey, From Tax-News.com, Washington Tax revenues in Latin American and Caribbean countries rose slightly in 2014, despite a slowdown in economic growth, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The average ratio of…
Caribbean countries not fully satisfied with EPA accord
From Antigua Observer Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries say they are yet to “meaningfully reap the potential benefits” of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with Europe in 2008. The issue was among matters discussed at the 23rd Meeting of the…
