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You Can Now Island Hop Around the Caribbean From Barbados, With Flights to 5 Different Destinations

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Barbados has always functioned as a gateway. You feel it the moment you arrive at Grantley Adams International Airport — a steady flow of regional flights, short hops, and connections that stitch together a wide sweep of the Caribbean basin. Now, interCaribbean Airways is expanding that role with a set of new and strengthened routes […]

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Cayman, China Sign Tax Agreement

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands and China announced an agreement on the exchange of tax information, following a formal signing today. The agreement was signed by Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush and China’s Madame Song Lan, the State Administration of Taxation Deputy Commissioner and Vice Minister. “This is the 26th signed agreement for […]

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Cayman Passes Gender Equality Bill

By the Caribbean Journal staff Members of Cayman’s Legislative Assembly passed a new version of the island’s Gender Equality bill that incorporated feedback from community organisations and professional associations. The Ministry of Gender Affairs spent the month of August working with the Attorney General’s chambers to make amendments to address concerns by various groups. In […]

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Report: Cayman Economy Trending Up

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands’ economy is trending upwards, with positive growth of 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2011, according to a report from the government’s Economics and Statistics Office released Friday. The growth represented a 1.2 percent increase from the same period in 2010, when it actualy contracted by […]


Cayman Passes Gender Equality Bill

Caymanian legislators passed three laws yesterday aimed at bringing financial services in the Cayman Islands in line with international standards. The three laws were the Companies (Amendemnt) Bill 2011 and two companion bills — the Securities (Amendment) Bill and the Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill. “This is the first round of critical changes to the […]

Cayman to Enforce Libya Sanctions

Cayman Islands Attorney General Samuel Bulgin The Cayman Islands financial industry is preparing for restrictive measures to execute U.N. Security Council and European Union sanctions against a number of Libyan nationals and entities. Cayman’s Attorney General, Samuel Bulgin, who is chair of the Anti-Money Laundering Steering Group in the territory, is advising banks of the […]

Cayman, IRS Meet on U.S. Foreign Tax Compliance Statute

Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush led a Cayman delegation to meet with the United States Internal Revenue Service’s Deputy Commissioner, Michael Danilack, along with other senior officials to discuss implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. The meeting was a “fact-finding mission in order to gain a clearer understanding of […]

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