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Posted By:  Scotland1
Posted On:  Nov 6, 2011

  My beautiful Scotland

Scotland is the most beautiful country on earth. There is something for everyone. Lochs, mountains, scenery, history, good food, things to do, culture, islands and wonderful people. If you are looking for peace and quiet, then the highlands are the place to be, if you are...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 13, 2009

  Turks and Caicos Premier calls for referendum on direct rule from London

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Galmo Williams has called for a referendum to be taken or a general poll held before the United Kingdom government proceeds to suspend the territory’s constitution and impose direct rule from London later this month....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 23, 2009

  The Summit and the lie

Reflections of Fidel SOME of the things that Daniel told me would be hard to believe if it was not him who told me them and it was not at a Summit of the Americas where they occurred. The unusual thing is that there was no such consensus on the final document. The ALBA group did not...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 20, 2009

  The Secret Summit

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) WHILE neither represented at nor excommunicated from the Port of Spain Summit we were able to find out what has been discussed there up until today. We were led to fully expect that the meeting would not be private, but the stage...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 6, 2009

  UK's Brown to call in banks on imposing G20 rules on tax havens

LONDON, England (Reuters): Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he would be calling in the heads of British banks to discuss how new international rules on supervision of tax havens agreed at the G20 will be implemented. He said this process would start on Monday with an initial meeting...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 2, 2009

  OECD names and shames tax havens

PARIS, France (AFP): The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Thursday named those tax havens it said had not made any commitment to respecting international standards on exchanging tax information. After the agreement at the G20 summit in London earlier Thursday to act...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 12, 2009

  More Questions Than Answers In CLICO Failure

By CANDIA DAMES, Guardian News Editor - candia@nasguard.com: The CLICO debacle has ensnared a wide range of countries across the region and has raised questions about whether regulators' early warning systems failed to detect the disastrous decision making that triggered a multi-nation...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 9, 2009

  CLICO fears shared by entire Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): On March 5, the shares of the great Citigroup, once one of the largest banks and companies in world, traded for only 97 US cents on the New York Stock Exchange. Unfortunately, this is not a unique situation. It has been repeated with many other financial institutions...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 7, 2009

  CLICO-Guyana problems not unique

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): The recent developments of the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) are not unique to Guyana as subsidiaries of four islands have also been affected by the recent financial troubles facing CLICO’s parent company, the Trinidad-based CL Financial. The governments...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 6, 2009

  Cayman orders CLICO to 'cease and desist'

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has instructed CLICO (Cayman) Ltd to stop its public investment business activity until company accounts are approved by the Authority. A CIMA media release stated that in an order issued on Tuesday (3 March), it told CLICO...... [view]

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