UK FATCA: Additional Automatic Exchange Of Information Agreement signed
Article by Chris Tragheim Deloitte The UK government has announced that four overseas territories have signed intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) to improve international tax compliance. On 5 November the UK and the Cayman Islands signed the first IGA between the UK…
Director of troubled state health exchange took break for tropical vacation [in Cayman]
By Erin Cox, The Baltimore Sun As legislators pressed for answers about troubled web site, Pearce was in Cayman Islands As lawmakers grilled Maryland’s health secretary last week on why the state’s troubled health exchange was still broken, the official…
Advantage Insurance completes recapitalization and expands board of directors
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, December 3, 2013: Advantage Insurance Holdings Ltd. (“Advantage”), a leader in customized insurance solutions for businesses and individuals, announced today that it has completed a recapitalization transaction and that Tom Hutton, Bruce Shewmaker and Gary Witherspoon…
Cutting the cost of the tuna catch
CFRM states explore Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) as cost-cutting emergent technology Belize City, Belize—For several years, the Caribbean region has been exploring the use of an emergent technology for increasing catch of deep sea fishes such as tunas at a…
2014 Fifa World Cup finals draw: England to play Italy [USA to play Germany]
BBC England will play Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in a tough Group D at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Roy Hodgson’s men open their campaign against Italy in the Amazonian city of Manaus on 15 June in the…
CUBA is # 1 Traveller’s Choice in the World
In Travellers’ Choice 2013 10 destinations on the rise in the world Havana, Cuba was rated top. 1. Havana, Cuba Once a magnet for Americans who wanted a quick weekend getaway, Cuba’s capital city saw a drastic drop in…
HMRC to improve systems to cope with information exchanges
by Calum Fuller From Accountancy Age HM Revenue & Customs is to upgrade its offshore evasion strategy, in order to cope with data it receives from overseas territories and Crown dependencies signed up to tax information exchange deals. The government…
Barbados most transparent and least corrupt country in Caribbean – Transparency International
From The Habarinetwork Barbados is among the least corrupt countries in the world according to the latest figures released by the German-based Transparency International (TI) on Tuesday. According to Transparency International, Barbados heads the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on the…
Hsieh seeks $500M from Chinese data firm [in Cayman] – “main revenue is fraud”
By Cameron Langford From Courthouse News Service MARSHALL, Texas (CN) – The Chinese data security firm NQ Mobile concealed that its main product is “actually spyware,” and its market value fell by $500 million on the news, a shareholder claims…
The Cayman Island Sessions
From Work Drugs The Cayman Islands Sessions are a collection of acoustic interpretations of old and new Work Drugs songs. Recorded while in the Caymans with help from Mr. Kansas City. All words and music by Thomas Crystal and Benjamin…
