All Party Parliamentary Group for Cayman Islands reconstituted
The All Party Parliamentary Group for the Cayman Islands was reconstituted in Westminster, London, on Tuesday night (12 September 2017), for the first time since the U.K. general election in June. The group, which promotes Cayman Islands interests in the…
Brexit: Theresa May’s landmark EU Withdrawal Bill passes first parliamentary hurdle
From Independent.ie Britain’s parliament backed a second reading of legislation to sever ties with the European Union early on Tuesday, a reprieve for British Prime Minister Theresa May who now faces demands by lawmakers for concessions before it becomes law….
BT to remove half of the UK’s remaining telephone boxes
By Matt Brian From engadget The company spends £6 million a year on phone box upkeep, which includes removing human waste. With the majority of Britons now carrying a smartphone in their pocket, demand for static, boring telephone boxes has…
Britain says EU is getting ‘quite cross’ over Brexit divorce bill
Reuters From Daily Star LONDON: Britain said Tuesday that the European Union’s chief negotiator was getting quite cross over the Brexit divorce bill that he thinks Britain should pay but that an agreement would be eventually made. Brexit Secretary David…
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Caribbean Export brings regional designers to CARIFESTA XIII
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, August 10, 2017. At this year’s CARIFESTA XIII hosted in Barbados, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) will be facilitating the participation of designers and artisans from across CARIFORUM within their Design Caribbean and Caribbean Essence export…
Best practices mission and exchange between Haiti and DR Customs and the Customs’ Administration of Morocco
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 3rd, 2017. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) joined forces with the customs administrations of Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Morocco with a view to promoting south-south cooperation in trade facilitation. The mission included,…
Cayman Islands Data Protection Law and Working Group announced
Data Protection Law commencement date set, and Working Group appointed to develop subsequent regulations Upon the recommendation of the Hon. Attorney General the Cabinet has approved the reconstitution of the Data Protection Working Group tasked with developing draft Regulations by…
United Kingdom discovers 2,529 products hit by grocery shrink ray, calls it ‘Shrinkflation’
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist The grocery shrink ray is a phenomenon that you may have noticed, where companies make their packaged products slightly smaller, charge the same price, and hope that no one notices. It’s not a new phenomenon,…
BVI: Cayman Islands’ tech expert Jones notes ‘weird’ split between two departments
From BVI News A technical expert from the Cayman Islands, Barry Jones, said he found it ‘weird’ that the government ministry responsible for town and country planning is not the same one responsible for natural resources. The Town and Country…
Cayman Islands: JMC meetings focus on Brexit
LONDON – Talks continued at Lancaster House in London as part of the special Joint Ministerial Council for Exiting the European Union. Also participating were Minister Roy McTaggart and Minister Tara Rivers. Governor Helen Kilpatrick attended as an observer, as…
