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8 hrs ago | Sys-Con Media

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Declares Third Quarter Cash Dividend

Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share.

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20 hrs ago | Jamaica Observer

'The power of love'

Seventy ministers and their spouses recently participated in a weekend retreat at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort and Spa in Ocho Rios aimed at underscoring the significance of a strong relationship to the health of a church.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

AlertNet

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at the 'G8 Open for Growth - Trade, Tax and Transparency' conference at Lancaster House in central London June 15, 2013 REUTERS/Steve Parsons/Pool LONDON, June 15 - Britain turned up the pressure on other rich economies to clamp down on secretive money flows at a summit next week by pressing its ... (more)

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WebCPA

Journalist Group Sets up Database of Offshore Tax Haven Users

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists created a database of users of international tax havens over the weekend, and the group reported Monday that database received 2 million page views in its first 24 hours of operation.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Xinhuanet

U.S., Canadian nationals rescued from sinking boat in Pacific

Two U.S. and a Canadian nationals have been rescued from a Cayman Islands-registered long range fishing support vessel that began taking on water in the south Pacific early Monday, according to New Zealand's maritime rescue service.

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Andover Advertiser

PM urged to forge global tax deal

Prime Minister David Cameron hosts a meeting with the Heads of the Overseas Territories and the Chief Ministers of the Crown Dependencies Anti-poverty campaigners have urged David Cameron to build on his agreement with Britain's network of Crown dependencies and overseas territories to forge a global deal on tackling tax evasion.

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The Gleaner

Montego Bay's Rotaract Club tops regional awards

Vice-President of the Rotaract Club of Montego Bay Rayon Reid and Director Alwyn Taylor pose with the five awards received by the club at the District Rotaract Conference in the Cayman Islands.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Indian Express

Govt gets data on investments by Indians in tax havens

The Indian government has obtained data of investments made by hundreds of Indians in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands and Cayman Islands, some of which was part of a global media expose on offshore investments and secret financial transactions two months ago.

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Deutsche Welle

Britain urges overseas territories to tackle tax evasion

In the run up to the G8 summit in Belfast, British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged British crown dependencies to get tough on tax evasion.

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MindaNews

'ICIJ Leaks Database' now online: BIR chief ready to investigate Pinoys with offshore accounts

THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE says it will investigate leads from the interactive database that reveals names of people from more than 170 countries, including the Philippines, associated with secret offshore tax havens released today by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists based in Washington, DC.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Ekklesia Daily News

UK-linked tax havens 'encourage crime, corruption and avoidance', says new report

It highlights for the first time the huge scale of foreign investment routed through the UK's tax havens to poor countries - and the potential for abuse this causes.

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Forbes.com

Nicaragua Announces It Will Build Its Own Panama Canal. Is It Serious?

Yesterday Nicaragua's Congress voted 61 to 28 to grant a Chinese company a 50-year license to "design, develop, engineer, finance, construct, possess, operate, maintain and administer" a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, to compete with the Panama Canal.

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Examiner.com

Police: Deer Park man dies while vacationing in Cayman Islands

An elderly Deer Park man died Thursday after becoming distressed in the water during a cruise ship vacation in the Cayman Islands , a spokesman for the Royal Cayman Island Police Service said in a statement.

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Townhall

Trust My Government? Are You Kidding?

There I've said it. I love my country, but I don't love our politicians or government bureaucrats.

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Caribbean News Now!

Election challenge filed in Cayman Islands

By Caribbean News Now contributor GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- A petition filed in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has challenged the election of Tara Rivers as a member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of West Bay.

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Caribbean News Now!

New indictment details charges against former Cayman premier

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

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The Guardian

David Cameron could make Bermuda open up on taxes - if he wanted to | Jack Blum

If Bermuda succeeds in undermining an attempted crackdown on tax havens, it's because our PM allowed it to happen Bermuda: its premier, Craig Cannonier, said on Wednesday that the island was not ready to sign an international transparency convention.

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Bloomberg

Paradise Lost Facing Expats in Cayman Work Visa Crackdown

Jennifer Smith was so taken by the mix of white sand, blue waters and modern offices when her cruise ship called at the Cayman Islands that the New Jersey accountant found a job and moved to what she calls paradise.

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New Statesman

It is in the UK's power to end tax havens

Tomorrow, David Cameron will be welcoming senior ministers from some of the UK's tropical isles to London for a high level summit.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Bajan Reporter

Hbo Latin America's Warning for Weststar TV Subscribers:...

HBO Latin America, the exclusive distributor and licensee of HBO and Cinemax programming in the Caribbean, advises WestStar TV Limited subscribers in the Cayman Islands that WestStar is neither licensed nor authorized by the copyright owners to distribute or rebroadcast HBO and Cinemax programming in the Cayman Islands.

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