Archives for Wednesday, December 10, 2003:

UK says no direct rule for Cayman Islands over EU tax directive

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: According to a report by Cayman Net News, the British government will not resort to the drastic measure of imposing direct rule on the Cayman islands in order to force the jurisdiction to adopt the provisions of the European Savings Tax Directive... read more...

Two dead in Dominican landslide

ROSEAU, Dominica: Two out of the three people who went missing in a massive landslide in Dominica on Monday have been found dead. The two men were part of a four-man crew working in the area for a public utility company... read more...

Jamaican authorities bust alleged immigrant smuggling ring

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican authorities have made several arrests in connection with what they believe is an immigrant smuggling ring operating between China and Canada... read more...

Maxine Water's fiery speech still reverberating in the region

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Eleven months after speaking at St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister's New Year Gala last January, the fiery message of U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Water's message on the harsh realities of globalisation is still reverberating around the region... read more...

Dramatic increase in UK visa refusals for Jamaican visitors

LONDON, England: Visitors from Jamaica who want to enter Britain are much more likely to be refused a visa, according to new figures released by the UK Home Office... read more...

Grenada government consults with other sectors

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: In keeping with its commitment to wider consultations with the populace, the Government of Grenada is embarking on a series of meetings with various groups to discuss future developments in all aspects of nation building... read more...

New policy on use of force in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: According to the Gleaner, supervisors in the Jamaican Police Force are to be held responsible if they know or should have known that personnel under their command have used force in an unlawful way and did not take all measures in their power to prevent, suppress or report such use... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

US$600m can't be recovered from Cayman Islands fund

MILAN, Italy: During the last month, Parmalat, the highly indebted Italian dairy products group with sales of US$8.6 billion, has been struggling to contain a crisis of confidence after its auditors, Deloitte & Touche, raised doubts about the company's US$605 million investment in a Cayman Islands-based fund, Epicurum... read more...

JHTA president predicts good winter season for Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Godfrey Dyer, has joined other tourism experts in projecting a good winter tourism season this year... read more...

Two more accounting firms under fire over Enron's Cayman Islands partnerships

NEW YORK, USA: According to a report released last week by Enron bankruptcy examiner, Harrison J. Goldin, auditors at KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers turned a blind eye to problems at Enron on deals they helped set up in the Cayman Islands... read more...