Miss Cayman Islands Committee begins recruitment for 2017-18 pageant
The first event of the pageant season starts with a bang, as Miss Cayman Islands meets Miss Universe. On Saturday, 25 June, potential contestants for the 2017-18 Pageant will have an opportunity to meet our own Miss Cayman Islands, Monyque…
Veteran civil servant is Cayman Islands’ new Chief Officer
Long time civil servant Wesley (Wes) Howell is the new Chief Officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Deputy Chief Officer responsible for public safety and security in that ministry since 2012, Mr Howell topped some nine applicants in an…
Taomee explains failure to file Form 20-F on a timely basis
From Taomee Holdings Limited SHANGHAI, May 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Taomee Holdings Limited (“Taomee” or the “Company”) (NYSE: TAOM), one of the leading children’s entertainment and media companies in China, today announced that the Company has received a notice of…
Cayman Islands tax haven holds more Japanese money than ever
By SHOHEI MAKIUCHI From The Asahi Shimbun Japanese investments in financial securities in the Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea known as a major tax haven, have hit a record high, according to the Bank of…
Telstra’s Autohome sale faces Cayman Islands court action
By Max Mason From Financial Review Telstra’s $2.1 billion sale of most of its majority stake in Autohome to insurer Ping An will face a court challenge after it emerged a group of executives from the Chinese car classifieds company…
Snap elections – A new style of Caribbean politics
By Jeffers Joseph From Caribbean News Now There is a new style of “last minute election announcement” date, which has been spreading across the Caribbean, and many countries in the region – predominantly the less developed ones – are seemingly…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Venezuela crisis – Caricom challenge
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News OUR CARICOM governments have managed to do well in maintaining their public silence in the face of the spreading crisis involving refugees from Syria and other Middle East states seeking asylum in Europe….
Top ten global accountancy firm becomes major sponsor of world’s largest expat survey
I-World Research, originators and distributors of the world’s largest annual study of those residing outside of their country of origin, has announced that Moore Stephens is now an official sponsor of The Expat Survey .com This is a major coup…
First Assessment of SLCPs for Latin America and the Caribbean released
BY CCAC SECRETARIAT Reducing dangerous air pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean will benefit health, eco-systems and the climate Efforts to reduce dangerous air and climate pollutants by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries could reap immediate and long-term…
Bahamas PM dismisses Chinese citizenship rumours
By Juan McCartney Nassau Guardian Broadcast Editor From caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Prime Minister Perry Christie on Monday dismissed as false, claims that the Bahamas government has agreed to the “sale or grant of 500 Bahamian citizenships to Chinese…