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Members of the Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme join the 10th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
NDRM participates in the 10th CDM Caribbean Conference in Nassau 4-9 December Nassau, December 5th of 2017 – Representatives of the Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme for the Caribbean Region (NDRM) are participating today in the 10th edition of the…
Cayman Islands: JMC meetings continue in London
LONDON – On Wednesday Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs Hon. Tara Rivers and the Cayman delegation attended the second day of the Joint Ministerial Council meeting at Lancaster House in London. In the morning…
Cayman Islands delegation travels to Joint Ministerial Council meeting
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin along with Hon. Tara Rivers, Minister for Financial Services & Home Affairs will leave the Cayman Islands on Friday to travel to London to attend the annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial…
How Apple uses the Channel Island of Jersey in tax strategy
By Aaron Pressman From Fortune When Apple’s efforts to reduce its taxes around the world came under fire in Congress a few years ago, CEO Tim Cook fired back. “We do not depend on tax gimmicks,” Cook said. “We do…
Towards the establishment of the “Haiti-Dominican Republic Binational Arbitration Platform”
Port-au-Princ, Haiti, November 6, 2017: The Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of Haiti (CCAH) and El Centro de Resolución Alternativa de Controversias (CRC) of the Dominican Republic, signed on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve…
World wine output set to fall to lowest since 1961 -OIV
Reuters From This Is Money UK By Gus Trompiz PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Global wine production this year is set to fall to its lowest level since 1961 after harsh weather in western Europe damaged vineyards in the world’s…
Amazon must pay $295 million in back taxes, EU says
The Associated Press From AJC BRUSSELS Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoiding taxes through sweetheart deals…
Europe hits Ireland over $15B in unpaid Apple taxes; Luxembourg liable for $294M in Amazon taxes
By Ingrid Lunden From TechCronch The European Commission under Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager definitely means business. Today it issued not one but two notices related to ongoing investigations of tech giants Apple and Amazon and how they are not paying what is…
Bomb blast in southeast Turkey kills four soldiers, wounds four
Reuters, Diyarbakir (Turkey) From Hindustan Times More than 40,000 have been killed since the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) launched its separatist insurgency in 1984. It is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and European Union. A bomb planted…
The view from Europe: rethinking the relationship with Europe
BY: DAVID JESSOP From Barbados Advocate Today, October 1, the European Union’s sugar regime, which has for decades sustained the production of cane and raw sugar in the Caribbean, comes to an end. This is scarcely news. As a long-planned…
