Cayman: Celebrate Dad for more than just a day with Camana Bay
Camana Bay is celebrating fathers all week in the lead up to Father’s Day on Sunday, 20 June. With feasts, fun and family-friendly photo opportunities, there’s something for everyone. Enter a contest to frame a special memory From 3 to…
Invitation to participate in Cayman Mangrove Festival
The Cayman Islands Mangrove Rangers invite young artists to participate in an art show and festival in honour of World Mangrove Week on 24 July at Parcel 110 in George Town.   Primary, secondary and university students are encouraged to submit…
Supporting an inclusive blue economy in the Caribbean
Members of KOOPA-3B honey-producers association in Haiti with their mentor, Josue Celiscar (far left) presenting their Local Green-Blue Enterprise Radar showing where they want to strengthen their business (Credit: FoProBiM) Port of Spain, June 8, 2021 – To celebrate World…
Cayman: BB -First Census 2021 Team Meeting this Thursday (10)
First Census 2021 Team Meeting this Thursday Persons who want to help with Census 2021 are invited to attend public information meetings beginning this week. The first of these meetings starts in Bodden Town on Thursday, 10 June 2021 from…
Fragmentation concerns raised over EU’s climate disclosure approach
Credit: VanderWolf Images on shutterstock By Ellesheva Kissin From GBRR Japanese and US banking industry bodies have warned that ambitious EU moves towards sustainability disclosures – including a newly-finalised taxonomy and new standards for Pillar 3 disclosures – risk creating…
Second Circuit dismisses New York’s “unripe†fintech charter suit
By Douglas Thomson From GBRR US appeals court has overturned a ruling that blocked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from issuing so-called “fintech charters†– but left open the question of its authority to issue such charters after…
Cayman Finance Statement on G7 Global Minimum Tax Announcement
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Cayman Finance issued the following statement by CEO Jude Scott following the announcement by G7 Finance Ministers that they have reached agreement on a global minimum corporate tax rate: “The Cayman Islands is a tax…
Cayman: Police investigate firearms incident on Seymour Drive, 7 June
Shortly after 1:30AM today, 7 June, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched officers to a report of a firearms incident outside a bar on Seymour Drive, George Town. It was reported that two males were at the location, with several other…
Cayman Islands Government Statement on G7 Global Tax Rate Announcement
The Cayman Islands Government is aware of the G7 announcement on 5 June 2021 regarding a global minimum corporate tax rate. The G7 announcement, which would predominately affect multinational enterprises, aligns with the Cayman Islands’ overall position that taxes should…
SVG recognises locally produced medicinal cannabis products
Media Release Courtesy the Ministry of Agriculture, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Monday, June 7, 2021 — St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Agriculture Minister, the Honourable Saboto Caesar, has commended locally owned and operated company “Medicinal†on the recent launch of an…