Tag: Cayman Islands

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 15:43 UTC

  Praise for British Overseas Territories minister at Pre-JMC meeting in Cayman Islands

  

  Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin said that Lord Ahmad had “done a stellar job” as the overseas territories minister over the last two years, as he addressed the opening of the Pre-JMC (Joint Ministerial Council) meeting which convened British Overseas Territories leaders, including the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, June 28th 2019 - 18:44 UTC

  Falklands attends pre-JMC meeting where Caribbean countries complained of UK “neo colonialism”

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman pointed out in Cayman Islands how Brexit and a no deal departure by the UK could totally destroy the economy of her country because the bulk of the Islands exports go to the European Union.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  RFA Mount Bay in the Caribbean, ahead of tropical storm Isaac

  

  The United Kingdom has deployed a team of specialists to the Caribbean to help mitigate the impact of impending storms threatening British Overseas territories. According to Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson, 87 engineers, medics, maritime experts and other specialists have joined the regular crew of RFA Mounts Bay, which is the mobile hub of the British relief effort.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 07:40 UTC

  Caribbean island and BOT Anguilla worries about Brexit

  

  Under the heading of 'The tiny British island of Anguilla worries about Brexit', The Economist addressed the issue of the impact of Brexit on its Overseas Territories, mainly in the Caribbean and particularly in Anguilla, an island whose connectivity is entirely dependent on neighboring territories from France and the Netherlands. There is also a mention to other BOTs, such as the Falkland Islands, and its main exports market, Spain, 'which has a taste for Argentine squid'. And 'it is not clear whether the Falklands will retain tariff-free access to this market once Britain leaves the EU'.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2016 - 07:39 UTC

  Labor leader Corbyn says UK should consider “direct rule” on overseas territories acting as tax havens

  

  Pressure mounted on Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday to impose “direct rule” on British overseas territories after several of them figured as tax havens in the leaked Panama Papers that have caused ripples around the world.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2015 - 06:11 UTC

  Maximo Kirchner rejects accusations; blames international media campaign

  

  Maximo Kirchner, son of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has strongly denied as “false and ridiculous” news published in Buenos Aires daily Clarin and Brazil's magazine Veja alleging he had secret accounts in the US and Cayman Islands holding millions of dollar.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2015 - 05:49 UTC

  Maximo Kirchner accused of having secret accounts in the US and Cayman Islands

  

  Maximo Kirchner, son of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez and former Defense and Security Minister Nilda Garre figure with secret bank accounts, stashed with millions of dollars, in the United States and in the Cayman Islands, according to reports in Buenos Aires daily Clarin and Brazil's Veja, the weekly magazine with the largest circulation in that country.

• Thursday, November 13th 2014 - 06:39 UTC

  UK Overseas Territories celebrates 20tt anniversary at Westminster

  

  A reception was held on the evening of November 4, in the Palace of Westminster to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA), as reported by the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 09:39 UTC

  BOT leaders, including Falklands, meet in Cayman Islands ahead of London's December council

  

  Several leaders from British Overseas Territories, BOT, including Falkland Islands, are meeting in Cayman Islands to discuss the agenda of the Joint Ministerial Council to be held in December in London.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 00:16 UTC

  PM Cameron warns 10 Overseas Territories on tax issues: ‘get your house in order’

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron has urged British overseas territories to “get their house in order” and sign up to international treaties on tax. He wrote to 10 territories and crown dependencies, including the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man, which operate low-tax regimes.