Inside the Alpha Course – British Christianity’s biggest success story
From Matthew Bell, The Independent What makes an Alpha male? They may not all clap happily and speak in tongues, but they are all part of an evangelical tide; a global Anglican phenomenon A small cloud hangs over the drab…
Ponzi Scheme used Tax Havens to shuffle investors’ money
ICIJ | By Marina Walker Guevara and Emilia Díaz-Struck Bribes for Venezuelan officials were funneled through tax havens, court filings claim. Francisco Illarramendi often called on Moris Beracha when he needed an infusion of cash. The Venezuelan-born Illarramendi was a…
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Pedal cyclist seriously injured in MVA
On Friday 5 April 2013 about 10:56 pm a pedal cyclist was injured along the West Bay Road* in the vicinity of Mandalay Condominiums. His condition is considered serious but stable. The cyclist was apparently riding home towards WB after…
NGO pushes G8 on company ownership transparency
From globalpost Transparency campaigners Global Witness (NGO) on Thursday urged the G8 to take the leak of records from offshore tax havens as a wake-up call and require the names of company owners to be made public. The London-based non-governmental…
Economic policy in Europe: Hypocrisy joins incompetence [Cayman is NOT blamed]
by Andrew Watt Sven Giegold (MEP for the German Greens) has an interesting comment piece in Handelsblatt: while focusing on Portugal, it is illustrative of much that is wrong with economic policymaking in Europe. He reports that 17 of the…
Tax dodging by corporations and the wealthy cost each US taxpayer $1,026 in 2012
By Travis Waldron From Think Progress America’s largest corporations have stashed nearly $1.5 trillion in offshore tax havens like Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and Ireland — countries where they do little business but claim massive profits due to low tax…
Offshore centres make good progress – [Cayman placed 4th]
By: Deborah Benn, International Investment, IFAonline Offshore centres continue to progress according to the latest Global Finance Centre Index (GFCI) 13 by research group, Long Finance. Offshore centres suffered significant reputational damage in 2008 and 2009, according to the report…
Bishop slams lottery scam and shed populist politics
Two stories concerning Jamaican and Cayman Islands Bishop Howard Gregory Bishop slams [Jamaican] government over lottery scam From Jamaica Observer Bishop Howard Gregory yesterday scolded the Jamaican Government’s response to the lottery scam, saying that it was slow to enact…
Bishop slams [Jamaican] government over lottery scam
From Jamaica Observer Bishop Howard Gregory yesterday scolded the Jamaican Government’s response to the lottery scam, saying that it was slow to enact legislation and suggested that tough talk against the deadly practice emerged only at the same time that…
Cayman Election nominees reminded to register their interests
The Registrar of Interests reminds all nominees contesting the 22 May General Election that they have to declare their Register of Interests on the official form. All nominees are required by the Register of Interests Law (1996) to fill, sign…
