Panama Papers: Labour and SNP launch joint tax transparency attack against David Cameron at PMQs
By Ian Silvera From International Business Times David Cameron faced sustained attacks from Labour and the SNP over the staffing levels of the UK’s tax watchdog during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), as the fallout from the explosive Panama Papers leak…
Malta: Labour MP urges Bartolo to ‘show prudence’ over MFSA head criticism
By Tim Diacono From maltatoday Charles Mangion warns education minister against critcism of MFSA head Joe Bannister, arguing that the financial services sector is ‘very delicate’ Labour MP Charles Mangion urged Evarist Bartolo to “show prudence”, after the education minister declared…
BVI-USVI visa waiver scheme remains in place
By Claire Hunter From Caribbean News Now ROAD TOWN, BVI — Following recent reports in the media surrounding the problems of British Virgin Islanders entering the US Virgin Islands on their British Overseas Territory passports, the Office of the Governor…
Approval to buy ‘sensitive’ NZ land, linked to Panama law firm, under review
By VERNON SMALL From Suff.co.nz Officials are reviewing an approval to buy sensitive New Zealand land linked to notorious Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca. The IRD has requested information from the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) regarding the application, approved in…
FIFA Bars Caribbean Football Union President from CONCACAF presidency race
From Jamaica Gleaner President of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Gordon Derrick says he has been barred by football’s world governing body FIFA from running for the post of CONCACAF president. Derrick says he received a letter from the FIFA…
How Malaysia’s 1MDB Fund scandal reaches around the world
By Shamim Adam and Cedric Sam From Bloomberg State investment company 1Malaysia Development Bhd., or 1MDB, has been making headlines in Malaysia and around the world in the past year, mainly for the wrong reasons. There are probes reported in…
St. Maarten: A delegation of the Senate visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, April 16-23 , 2016
From St. Maarten Island Time PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – On April 16th , 2016, a delegation consisting of twelve members of the Senate “First Chamber” will travel to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. The delegation, headed by the chairman…
Back door for cops in Cayman Islands
From Bizplus.ie State agrees private access to company records for UK agencies Police and tax authorities in Britain are to have ‘back door’ entry to company information held by the registration authority in the Cayman Islands, one of the better-known…
New financial control board proposed for Puerto Rico
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — As part of the ongoing attempts to resolve the dire financial crisis in Puerto Rico, House Republicans on Tuesday released compromise legislation that would create a tough new seven-member financial control board for the…
Media again under threat in St Lucia
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — In a virtual rerun of a threatened lawsuit against a local broadcaster in Saint Lucia in 2013, an attorney representing Claudius Francis, the president of the senate, has written to Clinton Reynolds of…
