Cayman Islands News

By Caribbean News Now contributor GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- A team of six election observers from the Commonwealth began arriving in the Cayman Islands on Friday ahead of Wednesday's general election.

Prime Minister David Cameron has urged British overseas territories to "get their house in order" and sign up to international treaties on tax.

The former premier of the Cayman Islands who faces charges in a corruption probe is denying allegations that he donated $1 million to a Caribbean university to obtain an honorary PhD.

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N817NN performing flight AA-2173 from Miami,FL to Panama City with 147 passengers, was enroute near Grand Cayman Island when the crew reported a fuel bypass indication and diverted to Grand Cayman's Robert Owen International Airport for a safe landing.

Lawrence Middle School Model United Nations Club recently competed in the 8th Annual Middle School Model U.N. Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

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Aviation officials in the Cayman Islands say an American Airlines plane bound for Panama has made a safe emergency landing in the British Caribbean territory.

HM Revenue & Customs has announced that it is working with tax administrations from the United States and Australia on analysing data to reveal "extensive use of complex offshore structures to conceal assets by wealthy individuals and companies". HMRC is still analysing about 400GB of data, and it said that early results show the use of companies ... (more)

The head of the Cayman Islands financial services industry trade group rejected charges from economist Jeffrey Sachs that the Caribbean nation's oversight of hedge funds and banks is a "mortal threat" to the global economy.

This is the second in a series of Foley Advisers about FATCA, the new U.S. tax regime designed to combat offshore tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers that will go into effect on January 1, 2014.

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Finance ministers are watching Japan's reflation plan for signs it may set off a round of competitive devaluations.

Tortola, the capital of the British Virgin Islands, which in turn is the global capital of offshore finance - how many UK companies have subsidiaries there? Photograph: Neil Rabinowitz/ Neil Rabinowitz/CORBIS Which major UK corporations keep subsidiaries in tax havens? The short answer, according to updated research by development charity ... (more)

Failure tax? Is that what marketers continue to pay to TV broadcasters? Yes, according to Mel Berning, president of advertising sales for A+E Networks.

The G7 group of industrialised nations has agreed to take collective action to target tax avoidance while agreeing to press on with moves to ensure no bank is "too big to fail", said the UK chancellor, George Osborne.

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Joan was a member of the Christian Church of Unionport for 67 years where she taught Sunday school for 40 years and was a member of the Women's Christian Fellowship.