Jamaican funeral home bearer robbed at gunpoint
Rasbert Turner, Jamaica Star Online Writer Investigators from the Linstead Police Station, St Catherine, were kept busy yesterday after criminals made off with more than $1 million. Police reports are that a bearer employed to a funeral home was on…
Pakistan blasts: ‘Dozens killed’ at Quetta snooker hall
Twin blasts at a snooker hall in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta have killed at least 56 people and injured more than 100, police say. Many of the casualties were caused by the second blast as police and media…
Butch’ Stewart’s advice to [Jamaican] Gov’t
From Jamaica Observer Big airlines itching to fly to Ian Fleming Airport JAMAICA’S most successful businessman has some common sense advice on how the Jamaican Government can stimulate the country’s economy, in a year expected to be one of the…
Hedge Funds Gain As Fiscal Cliff Averted
Sally Ling in London from Wealth Briefing Hedge funds rose in December as equities posted strong gains on the year’s final trading day in anticipation of the passage of legislation to avert the US fiscal cliff. The HFRI Fund Weighted…
Expert View: A Look At Securities Services In The Cayman Islands – Conyers Dill & Pearman
By Craig Fulton Attorney in Cayman Islands – Conyers Dill & Pearman As is the case with most jurisdictions, a licence is required to provide securities services to clients in and from the Cayman Islands. Thus, in the case of…
Britain to ask extradition of ex-Caribbean leader
Further to our story on jailed former premier of Turks & Caicos Islands in Brazil, Michael Misick, Associated Press have reported Britain is preparing a formal extradition request to Brazil for him. Michael Misick was detained early last month at…
On Wegelin Bank Pleading Guilty to Criminal Charges of Tax Evasion and What it Means
by Dan Reeves Retired Senior Advisor, IRS Offshore Compliance Initiatives There was a time when offshore financial secrecy was an absolute. It didn’t matter if you were a dictator plundering the wealth of your own nation, an illegal arms dealer,…
T&C AG says Misick will receive same level of treatment as other British prisoners in Brazil
Attorney General’s Chambers update re-Michael Misick Issued on behalf of the Attorney General’s Chambers, Turks and Caicos Islands. Update in relation to the extradition of former Premier Michael Misick –Issued Wed, 9 Jan 2013. “Michael Misick is the subject of…
Does the Cayman Islands really need ‘cramped, dirty and overcrowded’ turtle farm?
From The Ecologist If local people had the choice between eating a bowl of turtle stew, or having access to a new hospital, school or lower tax it’s hard to imagine they’d pick turtle stew, says Rachel Alcock When visitors…
Flu Outbreak Spreads Across U.S. as Media Drops the Ball
Daily Beast A major influenza epidemic is taking hold across much of the United States, but there’s a curious lack of coverage in the media. Dr. Kent Sepkowitz looks at the strain of flu hitting us and whether a vaccine…
