Cayman Islands: DCI bolsters compliance and enforcement efforts with more staff
To improve business licensing in the Cayman Islands, the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) added four staff members within the last month. Claudia Brady took up her post as the Head of Compliance and Enforcement in late March. Her…
Conditional Release Law – Comparisons between Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom
By Peter Polack Similarly to the disparity between the UK and Cayman Rehabilitation of Offenders Law where rehabilitation periods for Caymanians are over 3 times higher in some cases the position in the UK is also less severe than the…
1938: Tips for single women
by Chris Wild From Mashable We’re not sure how helpful any woman would consider these tips to be, even in 1938. But this is how Click Photo-Parade magazine thought single women should act back then. “Never look bored, even if…
Pregnant women in Britain given £400 in shopping vouchers to quit smoking
BY BLATHNAID HEALY From Mashable LONDON — A trial where pregnant smokers were given £400 in shopping vouchers was deemed so successful at getting women to quit that it will likely be rolled out to other parts of the UK….
Jamaica: “I hear Cayman is about to sue us”. JET awards for Westwood High
Westwood High Wins Two JET Awards By Jason Cross From Jamaica Gleaner Westwood High School was selected winner in two separate categories of the Jamaica Environment Trust’s (JET) Clean Coasts, Tourism Action Club Research Day and Competition, held recently at the…
Cayman Islands mimic Delaware’s limited liability company
By Kirsten Hastings From International Adviser The Cayman Islands is to introduce a new type of business vehicle in the form of a limited liability company (LLC), inspired by similar legislation in the US state of Delaware. The Limited Liability…
Hong Kong urges greater AML and KYC effort after Panama leak
By Monira Matin From International Adviser Banks and financial institutions in Hong Kong must “strictly comply” with existing money laundering laws requiring them to disclose the identities of their customers and what they intend to do with their money. The…
EMED Enters into an Agreement with Northern Caribbean University for Medical Cannabis Research in Jamaica
Jamaica’s Northern Caribbean University (NCU), a Seventh Day Adventist conservative religious institution, has partnered with EMED Global Jamaica to research, cultivate, and process medicinal cannabis for the benefit of patients suffering from chronic illnesses. MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (PRWEB) APRIL 30,…
Afternoon tea at The Ritz
Afternoon Tea at The Ritz Carlton, Grand Cayman From The Wandering Eater The Ritz Carlton, Grand Cayman is currently considered the best luxury hotel in the Cayman Islands. It is a AAA Five Diamond property and occupies 144 acres across…
St Lucia signs six million euro agreement with European Commission
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — Ambassador Mikael Barfod, head of the delegation of the European Union to the Eastern Caribbean Countries, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) met with Dr Kenny Anthony, prime…