When O’Fallon detective isn’t solving cases, she’s exploring underwater oases [like Cayman Islands]
BY LYNN VENHAUS For the Progress From Belleville News Democrat Kathy Effan’s adventurous spirit is evident in her hobbies: scuba diving, skydiving, whitewater rafting, rock climbing and traveling. “I have a very high sense of adventure — I’m all for…
The Editor Speaks: Peace
In the Christian Church’s calendar we are in the week of Peace. If you read the news like I have to there is precious peace going on. In fact has the world ever seen complete peace? The answer is No…
Cayman Islands accountants welcomes arrival of new accountants law
The Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants (CIIPA) has welcomed the news that The Accountants Law, 2016 came into effect on November 28, 2016 and the accompanying regulations were passed and gazetted. This has been a priority for CIIPA, working…
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Inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Luncheon celebrates Cayman Islands’ women
The Cayman Islands celebrated Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) for the first time on Wednesday, November 30. The event was run by the partnership of the Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs; Cayman Islands Small Business Association; Ministry of Financial…
Prince Harry visits children’s home on Caribbean tour
From BBC Prince Harry has visited a children’s home founded by a religious sect known as the Moonies on the final day of his Caribbean tour. Joshua House Children’s Centre, in Guyana’s capital Georgetown, houses children at risk of poverty…
Cayman Islands attendees learn about finances during final SME workshops of 2016
The Chamber of Commerce brought an end to the 2016 series of Small-and-Micro Enterprise (SME) workshops on Wednesday, November 30. Over 50 attendees made it to the session, where they learned about Financial Planning for SMEs. Paul Muspratt facilitated the…
ICCI’s Class of 2016 achieves successful writing scores
Christmas has come early for ICCI’s Class of 2016 set to graduate in February. Many members of the prospective graduating class scored at or better than some of their international counterparts based on benchmarked exit writing exam scores received last…
Common reporting standard: Implementation in Asia
From DMS The Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) is an internationally agreed standard for automatic exchange of financial account information (“AEOI”) on financial account information, endorsed by the OECD and the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax…
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Changes to be made to Cayman Islands pensions withdrawal schedule
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – In addition to the legislative reform that was made with the passing of the National Pensions (Amendment) Law 2016, changes will also be made to the pensions withdrawal schedule and allowances for the Retirement Savings…
Surreal image of Saturn
This surreal image of Saturn is not a painting BY MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable Saturn is perhaps the most photogenic planet in our solar system, and a new photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows the world off in a…
