Drug traffickers are making millions shipping Colorado marijuana to other states
By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press From Business Insider Seeking a safe haven in Colorado’s legal marijuana marketplace, illegal drug traffickers are growing weed among the state’s sanctioned pot warehouses and farms, then covertly shipping it elsewhere and pocketing millions of dollars…
Could the US deploy ‘cyborg’ troops?
By Allison Barrie FoxNews.com From BGR The U.S. military is working to develop a new chip technology that, when implanted, will connect human brains to computers – making cyborgs. Should the chip succeed, it could have nearly limitless possibilities. The U.S. military’s…
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Cayman Islands: One way traffic flow at ORIA The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) would like to advise motorists that the lane leading to the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) will soon be one way only. This latest change…
Cayman Islands: John Gray students in mock interviews
Year 11 students at John Gray High School took part in mock interviews on Wednesday, 16th February as part of Career Activities Week. The interviews are intended to help the students prepare for future careers when they leave school. A…
Cayman Islands: Getting up to date on FATCA – a recap and update
By Tim Dawson Cayman Finance From Mondaq What is FATCA? FATCA refers to US legislation more fully known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and includes the US Treasury regulations implementing it. It was enacted as part of the Hiring…
Cayman Islands trade officers receive training on enforcement procedures
Trade officers with the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) are getting further instruction on what it takes to enforce local laws, with training from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS). Created under the Trade and Business Licensing Law…
Seafarers’ House to honor
Feb. 18, 2016 – FORT LAUDERDALE, FL –Guy Harvey – artist, conservationist and entrepreneur – has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Seafarers’ House International Golden Compass Award. The award is given each year to those who have…
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America is enabling tax evasion
From Cayman Finance The combination of increasing inequality and anemic economic growth has thrown a political spotlight on tax havens. Research has shown that governments are losing at least $200 billion in potential tax dollars every year because of them….
BOB is bound for the Cayman Islands
From Envision Networks ZFMX-FM Switches to Envision Networks® Adult Hits Format Envision Networks® and Kroeger Media Inc. are excited to welcome Hurley’s Media Group’s ZFMX-FM/Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands as the latest station to join the BOB FM™ family. With their…
Milbank changes course on $1M Harvard Law School gift after Pro-Palestine event
By Nell Gluckman, From The Am Law Daily A student group at Harvard Law School claimed this week that its stance on free speech and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict drove Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy to withdraw generous annual funding for…
