US Supreme Court upholds healthcare
The US Supreme Court has said President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform act is constitutional. The court upheld a core requirement known as the “individual mandate” that Americans buy insurance or pay a fine. Of the nine justices on the…
Christina goes to the moon
By Christina Jackson (age 8), Red Bay Primary School, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands It all started when I was heading straight to class as soon as the bell rang. I walked in class and I spotted a visitor in our…
Legislating Common Sense: Canada’s Lesson on Managing Growth
By Donovon Kellyman Just this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney announced plans that make it harder for Canadians to own a home. The average Canadian might not like the government’s plans, but…
CTEX Datacenter construction in full gear
CTEX’s ‘CU-1’ the first of 4 high-end Tier-IV designed datacenters is coming out of the ground at record speed. Local and international companies are in a race to build the most advanced datacenter in the Caribbean and Latin America in…
Banco de la Nación Argentina New York selects Lombard Risk
Lombard Risk announces Banco de la Nación Argentina New York (BNA NY), a branch of Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA), Argentina’s leading financial institution, as its latest REG-Reporter regulatory compliance client BNA is the largest commercial bank in Argentina’s…
European Commission: new report “on concrete ways to reinforce the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion including in relation to third countries”
This story appeared in Tax Justice Network “Why tax havens cause poverty” A new report from the European Commission has just been published. It contains many things of interest, such as this clear statement of some of the harm that…
Creative Music Project- Summer Music Camp
Creative Music Project, Inc. (CMP) is a non-profit organisation, which looks to promote student-based musical creativity. Our mission is to provide communities with free music training to students and educators based on a balanced music curriculum that focuses on composing…
The Editor Speaks: Will proposed liquor fee hike help raise much needed government funds?
The Chamber of Commerce’s response to Premier Hon. McKeeva’s message to the liquor licence holders that he was going to increase their government fees for doing business in the Cayman Islands met with a typical response. “While it is acknowledged…
The Publisher Speaks: Why we should give thanks for living in the Cayman Islands
“FOR HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE WATERS” What a beautiful and fitting motto for us to adopt – Living in Cayman up to the present has meant that God has given me the…
Bush replies to Cayman Islands Budget Debate
This is the complete and unabridged Reply To Budget Motion Debate by The Honourable McKeeva Bush, OBE, JP Premier and Minister of Finance Tourism and Development 28 June 2012, as sent to us by the Office of the Premier. The…