Maples and Calder’s Krista-Lynn Wight Called to the Bar
The Hon. Justice Charles Quin QC admitted Krista-Lynn Wight to the bar as an attorney-at-law in the Grand Court on 25 April, before a large audience of Ms Wight’s family, friends and colleagues (resulting in a last minute move to…
CDB to assist with CSME capacity building
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is to administer funds equivalent to €3.45 million to help enhance the capacity of countries in the Region to further implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The beneficiaries will be CARICOM member…
Cayman Islands mentioned in BBC TV programme on tax avoidance
A recent BBC “Panorama” TV programme showed how giant multinationals, like Glaxo SmithKline are using overseas subsidiaries to avoid paying millions in pounds in tax. And instead of clamping down on it, British Chancellor George Osborne is relaxing the rules…
Top employer SteppingStones Co-Sponsors annual HR Conference
SteppingStones Recruitment, who recently captured a Cayman Islands Society of Human Resource Professionals (CISHRP) 2012 Top Employer Award, hosted a dynamic energiser session and cocktail reception at the CISHRP’s 9th Annual Conference held at the Ritz Carlton on Thursday, May…
Cayman Islands youth urged to be agents of change
Minister of Education, Training and Employment in the Cayman Islands, the Hon. Rolston Anglin, has challenged young people to take the title of future leaders seriously, telling them they need to become agents of change in their community and ultimately…
CUC announces declaration of dividend on Class A Ordinary Shares
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. Class A Ordinary Shares are listed for trading In United States Funds on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) announced on Thu (17) that the Board of Directors has declared a dividend of…
Cayman Islands mentioned in India’s White paper on dealing with black money*
The government on Monday (21) tabled the much-awaited white paper on black money in Parliament, which did not disclose any name but made a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with the menace. The white paper,…
Cayman Islands blamed again for US “tax millions only for suckers”
This editorial appeared in the Concord Monitor concerning Facebook’s co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s decision to renounce his American citizenship. It is “fair game” for the Cayman Islands to be ridiculously linked to this but we are the flavor of the month(s)…
Senior Cayman officials now more conversant with CDB procurement rules
Senior officials of Government ministries and agencies in the Cayman Islands who are involved in implementation of projects undertaken by the Government now know much more about how they can comply with the procurement regulations of the Caribbean Development Bank…
Some tips on how Cayman should do business with the Chinese
With the China Harbour Engineering Company deal still on the table and awaiting the report from KPMG (one of the big four auditors) I thought I would share with you an article I read that contained comments from Janet Carmosky,…
