Topic: Anguilla
Cayman police deployed to Anguilla amid rising gang violence
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has deployed eight of its officers to Anguilla to help police on that island with gang violence.
Dart acquires second hotel in Anguilla
Dart’s footprint in the wider Caribbean got bigger on Friday, with the announcement the group has purchased a second luxury resort in Anguilla.
Are ‘Cruisezilla’ ships crucial for the Cayman Islands?
Cruise executives warn if the Cayman Islands does not invest millions of dollars in building a cruise berthing facility, then the next generation of cruise ships would simply sail on by, taking their lucrative port fees and thousands of spending passengers with them.
Anguillan experience a boost for young Caymanian hospitality workers
Four young Caymanians who are building careers in hospitality have benefitted from an opportunity to enhance their skills and understanding of the industry during a work exchange at the luxurious Four Seasons Resort and Residences Anguilla.
Bouncing back: State of tourism across the Caribbean
Throughout the Caribbean, which is fighting to recover from the debilitating blow of the COVID-19 pandemic, new hotels are opening up and airports and cruise ports are getting multi-million-dollar makeovers as the region attempts to build back better.
Dart expands Caribbean portfolio with Anguilla resort purchase
The Dart group has continued its Caribbean expansion beyond Cayman’s borders with the purchase of a Four Seasons resort in Anguilla.
Caribbean economic growth increased in 2018
Gross domestic product grew by 1.8 percent in 2018, and is expected to grow another 2 percent this year, according to recently released statistics from the Caribbean Development Bank.
Netherlands puts Cayman on tax blacklist
The Netherlands has compiled a new list of 21 low-tax jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, to fight tax evasion, according to the Dutch ministry of finance.
Storm-hit islands suffer as Cayman tourism prospers
The extent to which Cayman’s recent tourism boom has come at the expense of its hurricane-hit neighbors is spelled out in a new regional hospitality market report.
UK to flout OECD to aid storm-hit territories
The United Kingdom is prepared to flout international aid guidelines and change its own legislation in order to use its foreign aid budget to assist hurricane-hit territories in the Caribbean, according to reports in the U.K.
Rotary International president chosen from Caribbean region
Barry Rassin of the Rotary Club of East Nassau in New Providence, Bahamas, became the president of the Rotary International, this month.
Ministry updates financial services industry on EU graylist commitments
The Ministry of Financial Services met with members of Cayman’s financial services industry associations to discuss several commitments made to the European Union Code of Conduct Group for Business Taxation (EU COCG) as part of its evaluation of jurisdictions for tax purposes.
Vistra: Offshore business moving ‘midshore’
The total number of active companies in the seven major offshore jurisdictions declined in 2017 for the first time in 25 years, according to research conducted by corporate service provider Vistra.
Bermuda controversy prompts calls for action on same-sex marriage
The U.K. government is facing a cross-party backlash for its failure to intervene as Bermuda became the first territory in the world to “repeal“ gay marriage rights.
International aid rules limit UK’s disaster relief to its territories
Rules governing international aid targets that prevented the U.K. from spending its foreign development aid budget on hurricane-hit territories in the Caribbean are being reviewed.
Anguilla is grateful for aid from Cayman
We are gradually recovering but it will take quite a while before we are fully recovered, but we would not be at this stage without your thoughtfulness, decisiveness and generosity.
87-year-old survives Hurricanes Irma and Maria
A battle with lung cancer, the destruction of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and a 1,700-mile trip from Anguilla to New Jersey – traveled part of the way on a U.S. military cargo plane – has not slowed down 87-year-old Audrey Rogers.
On humanitarian trip to Anguilla, Irma brings back memories of Ivan
When Premier Alden McLaughlin first stepped on the ground of hurricane-ravaged Anguilla on Tuesday afternoon, he said he had a flashback to September 2004. “It brought back in a rush the images, smells and feelings of the aftermath of Ivan."
In Caribbean, insured damage from Irma in billions, but economic damage worse
The devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Irma in parts of the Caribbean is expected to result in billions of dollars of insured losses, but the economic damage is likely to be much worse, analysts say.
