St. Lucia expects removal from EU Tax Haven Blacklist
From The St Kitts & Nevis Observer The St Lucia government stated it expects to join fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours, Barbados and Grenada, in being removed from a new list of global tax havens by the European Union. The…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: 2018 will test CARICOM’s collective resolve
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Kaieteur News In 2018, unless Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries eschew their tendency to pursue narrow ‘national interests’ in the conduct of their international relations, each of them individually, and all of them collectively, will be…
Petition filed by Colours Cayman to the EU Parliament – UPDATE
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, 17 December 2017: Colours Cayman filed a Petition with the EU Parliament in May 2017 in which it was requested that the following pre-conditions be imposed on the United Kingdom (“UK”) for the entry into negotiations…
Who will represent the region‘s private sector?
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, 13th December 2017: The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in collaboration with the world’s largest donor organization, the European Union, pulled together some of the region’s most influential business leaders and private sector representative organisations to answer…
The View from Europe: taxation, economic globalization and the Caribbean
BY DAVID JESSOP From Barbados Advocate No one likes to pay taxes. Despite this, there is widespread recognition that their imposition is necessary if citizens are to be provided with social services such as education, health care and pensions. For…
ACP condemns Europe over new tax haven list
CMC From Nation News BRUSSELS – The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group has “strongly condemned” the “unilateral and discriminatory practices” of the European Union in the publication of a list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. A statement following the 106th…
The Editor Speaks: The Blacklist
I am not talking about the excellent ‘Blacklist’ television network show but THE BLACKLIST. The one the Cayman Islands escaped by a whisker of not being included on by the EU. We are on the GREYLIST! In an excellent article…
Blacklist: Caribbean Nations caving-in to EU economic threats
From St Kitts & Nevis Observer A main reason why the UK voted to leave the European Union was its forced subservience to EU laws and regulations that were destroying national sovereignty. Today that EU bully boy pressure is being…
EU recognises Cayman Islands as a Cooperative Jurisdiction
The Cayman Islands is not on the EU’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The list is the outcome of the EU’s screening process to identify countries that it considers to be non-cooperative in working with EU Member States…
Barbados one of four Caribbean countries named in new tax havens EU list
CMC From Nation News BRUSSELS – Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were named Tuesday in a new list of global tax havens released by the European Union EU finance ministers said that the countries –Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, and Trinidad…
