Topic: united kingdom
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The top article on the front page of the Caymanian Compass on 18 March 1976 was news from the United Kingdom on the nomination of ministers to take the place of Harold Wilson, Labour Party leader and prime minister of Great Britain.
New UK entry rules begin this week
Significant changes to the United Kingdom’s immigration system will come into force on 25 Feb., altering how millions of travellers – including some in Cayman – enter the country.
Premier leads London delegation for Joint Ministerial Council meetings
André Ebanks, the premier and minister for financial services and commerce, is heading up the Cayman delegation to London for the UK’s annual Joint Ministerial Council meetings.
Top lawyer welcomes US beneficial ownership policy
A US Treasury decision to sideline new legislation designed to make domestic company ownership details open to the public has been welcomed by a top Cayman lawyer.
Voter registration deadline nears for UK election
British citizens living abroad have less than a week to register to vote in the 4 July UK general election.
Cayman pays tribute to British lawmaker stabbed to death
The Governor's Office has led tributes today to Sir David Amess, a Conservative MP stabbed to death on Friday during a meeting with voters in his constituency.
UK to remove pre-test for vaccinated travellers
United Kingdom Transport Minister Grant Shapps has announced to the removal of Britain's traffic list travel list and the introduction of a new two-tier plan which will ease travel requirements for the vaccinated passengers.
UK scraps quarantine for fully vaccinated Britons in boost for airlines
Fully-vaccinated Britons returning from medium-risk amber list countries will no longer have to quarantine when they arrive home from July 19.
Airlines blast Britain’s travel restart plan, Jet2 cancels holidays until June
British travel company Jet2 said it was cancelling holidays until late June, blaming uncertainty in UK government plans for restarting international travel, which were condemned by airlines.
UK plans tough new border measures to combat coronavirus
Britain will announce new tougher border measures on Wednesday to stop new variants of COVID-19 getting into the country, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he promised to deliver a roadmap out of lockdowns that have shuttered much of the economy.
Johnson: English lockdown set to last until at least March
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated Wednesday the COVID-19 lockdown in England would last until 8 March when schools could start to reopen as the government announced new measures to clamp down on travel to and from Britain.
Cayman travellers to UK required to isolate
Those travelling from the Cayman Islands to the United Kingdom will now be required to isolate as Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the UK will be suspending its travel corridor initiative from Monday, 18 Jan.
UK confirmed COVID-19 deaths surge past 50,000
The United Kingdom passed 50,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday, with a recent rise in infections leading to a new grim milestone for the European country hit hardest by the pandemic.
UK eyes tougher COVID-19 restrictions for England as outbreak spreads
The British government is mulling tougher restrictions in England to tackle a swiftly accelerating second wave of the novel coronavirus outbreak, possibly outlawing more inter-household socialising, a junior health minister said on Monday.
Fact check: Sex education in Cayman
In Cayman’s social media groups, fear, anger and confusion have driven increasingly hostile discussions about gender and sexuality in recent weeks. With the newly enacted Civil Partnership Bill – passed by assent of Governor Martyn Roper – as the backdrop, debate has spiralled beyond same-sex partnerships and, at times, veered into the realm of misinformation.
EN ESPAÑOL: Caimán cerrará los aeropuertos durante 3 semanas
Los aeropuertos de las Islas Caimán cerrarán para los vuelos internacionales durante tres semanas en un esfuerzo para frenar la propagación del coronavirus. Los vuelos domésticos serán restringidos a viajes esenciales y con efecto inmediato, cualquier persona que llegue a las islas deberá aislarse durante 14 días.
Miller: Alternatives to changing Marriage Law needed
Legislator Ezzard Miller urges church leaders to consider alternatives to their hardline position on same-sex marriages.
UPDATED: UK, Cayman investigate gold smuggling scheme
The UK’s National Crime Agency is working with Cayman Islands authorities to investigate CI$4.1 million worth of gold seized at London’s Heathrow airport on 1 June.
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UK seeks to overhaul Companies House record verification
The UK is planning to give Companies House more power to check information and the identities of people who set up businesses, following a number of high-profile money laundering and fraud scandals involving UK companies and partnerships.
Reception planned for Cayman students in UK
Cayman students studying in the United Kingdom are invited to attend the Government Student Reception Dec. 8 at the Cayman Islands Government Office in London with Premier Alden McLaughlin.
UK committee opens inquiry into relationship with OTs
The United Kingdom’s Commons Select Committee is conducting an inquiry into the relationship between the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Overseas Territories.
Cayman gets support from Caricom on UK issues
Member states of the Caribbean Community, also called Caricom, have given full support to Cayman and the other British Overseas Territories in their ongoing battle against a move to force public company ownership registers upon those territories.
Financial services industry: Cayman’s ‘invisible’ giant
In 1960, the Cayman Islands could not have been further removed from its status today as a small but prominent global financial center. At the time, the Cayman economy still largely relied on seamen’s remittances, fishing, agriculture, shipbuilding and hand crafts. Airline services were limited and the tourism sector in its infancy.
EDITORIAL – Does the UK have the fortitude to fight the EU’s turpitude?
On Dec. 5, 2017 – just three weeks hence – our sovereign, the United Kingdom, will vote on whether to accede to the calumny of the European Union and blacklist in financial markets several of its own territories, most notably the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Channel Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
FIFA defendant Takkas agrees to deportation to UK
Former Cayman Islands resident Costas Takkas has agreed to be deported to the United Kingdom once he finishes serving a federal prison sentence in the U.S. for money laundering, according to court documents made public this week.
Wounded May vows to stay as UK PM; says Brexit will go on
Spectacularly punished by voters who took away her majority in Parliament, a politically wounded but defiant Theresa May soldiered on Friday as Britain's prime minister
Applications open for FCO grad degree scholarships
The United Kingdom government’s Chevening Scholarships program is accepting applications for students who want to study for a master’s degree in the U.K. in the 2017-2018 year.
Bloomberg: Moving UK, EU ever closer to Brexit
Nobody said quitting the European Union would be easy.
OT ministers gather in Turks and Caicos
Ministers from the Cayman Islands and seven other overseas territories will meet in Turks and Caicos this week to address issues ahead of the Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London this fall.
EDITORIAL – PM Theresa May: There’s a new lady in charge
From the Cayman Islands to the United Kingdom, we extend a hearty congratulations to new U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.
David Cameron to resign Wednesday; Theresa May to become British leader
Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday he would step down on Wednesday, clearing the way for Theresa May to become Britain’s next leader as the country plots its exit from the European Union.
EDITORIAL – Britain’s emissaries to Cayman
Over the decades, the people who have filled the “top executive” position in the Cayman Islands have left indelible marks on the fabric of the country.
Dixey: Brexit – ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’
It was not supposed to be this way. The script was for “Remain” to win with a narrow majority; the high “Leave” vote merely giving the European Union a bloody nose.
Krauthammer: Brexit – Sovereign Kingdom or little England?
Brexit was an assertion of national sovereignty and an attempt, in one fell swoop, to recover it. There is much to admire in that impulse. But at what cost?
EDITORIAL – Vote ‘yes’ for Brexit … Now what?
The people of the United Kingdom voted “Yes” to leave the European Union. But the more pressing question remains unanswered: Who will lead the U.K. out of the EU?
New jet brings added capacity
British Airways’ new Boeing 777 aircraft will offer increased luxury and added capacity into the Cayman Islands from the U.K., officials said Friday.
Have questions about Brexit? Government will seek answers
The Cayman Islands government will seek answers to residents’ questions regarding the pending departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, officials announced Thursday.
Morici: Britain’s economy after Brexit
This is no time to sell the United Kingdom short.
Post: The Brexit antidote is a strong NATO
How much further the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain will be devalued will depend on what now looks like a very unpredictable course of events in London.
EDITORIAL – ‘Let’s vote on it …’ No, let’s not!
The Brexit decision should have been made by the U.K.’s elected representatives, not by individual voters in polling booths throughout the nation.
Brexit response not robust enough
The government must take this issue of the U.K.’s exit from the EU as a very serious matter ….
UPDATE: Cameron to resign after Britain votes to leave EU
British voters have defied the will of their leaders, foreign allies, experts and much of the political establishment by opting to rupture this country's primary connection to Europe in a stunning result that will radiate vast economic, political and security uncertainty across the globe.
Mody: Drop the ‘Brexit’ panic talk
The doomsday narrative of British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Bank of England and their official friends around the world is setting a course for a self-fulfilling financial panic.
Hammond: Even if Cameron wins the Brexit vote, he loses
Andrew Hammond
Nobody doubts that a vote to leave the EU on June 23 could bring enormous change in Britain’s relationship with Europe and its...
Crook: How the EU pushed Britain to leave
Project Fear was a potentially fatal mistake. The positive case for a British future in Europe needed to be made as well.
Morici: UK should vote to leave EU
The EU suffers from chronic slow growth thanks to a smothering bureaucracy and single currency that fits the needs of the continental economy like stilettos on a ballerina.
EDITORIAL – Exit or Brexit, UK must leave
We here in the Cayman Islands aren’t being given a say in whether the U.K. remains with or leaves the EU. We’ll offer our advice anyway: Get out. Get out now.
Will: The United Kingdom at the crossroads
Sixty-five years ago, what has become the European Union was an embryo conceived in fear. It has been stealthily advanced from an economic to a political project, and it remains enveloped in a watery utopianism even as it becomes more dystopian.
EDITORIAL – Cayman’s upcoming brutal battle on beneficial ownership
In regard to the Cayman Islands’ stance on financial services transparency, there is no room for lack of clarity.
Cayman joins iniative for new ‘global standard’ on company ownership info
The Cayman Islands will join the United Kingdom’s effort to develop a new global standard for sharing information on the owners of companies and trusts, likely to include automatic exchange of ownership information, according to the Ministry of Financial Services.
EDITORIAL – Supporting our Cayman delegation in London
“Politics stops at the water’s edge” is the now-famous saying by Arthur Vandenburg, the former Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who called for a stop to partisan politics when international relations were concerned.
Bershidsky: EU could live without UK
There are two sides to any divorce, and the relatively passive partner – in this case the EU – must also consider the impact of losing Britain.
In honor of the Queen’s birthday
Her Majesty the Queen turns 90 and nominations open for Queen's New Year Honours.
UK Coastguard commander to review police response to missing boaters
A senior officer from the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency will conduct an independent review of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service’s response in a missing persons investigation at sea that occurred in early March.
UK opposition slams Cayman for beneficial ownership ‘victory’
Speaking in the United Kingdom’s House of Commons, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn Wednesday again criticized Prime Minister David Cameron and the new beneficial ownership agreement with Cayman announced this week.
Royal couple arrives in Cayman
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, made a brief visit to Grand Cayman on Sunday before boarding a Cayman Airways Express jet to Little Cayman.
Royal visitors making trip to Cayman
Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, will arrive in the Cayman Islands Sunday for a two-day visit.
Navy ship heading for Cayman
British Royal Navy ship the HMS Mersey, which assists with anti-drug trafficking operations and is on standby for disaster relief in the region, will call into Grand Cayman on Thursday.
