Opinion

Explainer: Where the global minimum corporate tax deal stands now

Global tax pact revised to exempt US multinationals

Archive·Jan 6

Polack Post: Caribbean Indigenous Connection

I was once married to a Canadian woman from an indigenous background referred to in Canada as a Métis or mixed blood. Her youngest brother has spent his life in and out of jail.

Archive·Jan 6

Africa’s Upstream Future: Momentum Builds, but Investment Discipline Remains a Hurdle (By NJ Ayuk)

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 5, 2026/ -- By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org).

Archive·Jan 5

The unprecedented kidnapping of Maduro

The unprecedented kidnapping in the world annals, in the manner in which it took place, of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro constitutes not only a military intervention in a sovereign and independe...

Archive·Jan 5

Polack Post: Jamaicans And The Cayman Assets

For decades, well to do Jamaicans have been hiding their assets in land, apartments, bank accounts, trusts and company shares in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens.

Archive·Jan 4

Polack Post: Cayman Islands Becoming Unsafe

The Cayman Islands has been the subject of two mass shooting events in 2021 and 2024.

Archive·Jan 3

Polack Post: Caribbean Boycott Of Trinidad ?

In the world outside Trinidad and Tobago, which is closer to South America than the Caribbean, the leader of Trinidad has been promoting the American intervention in the Caribbean and providing materi...

Archive·Dec 31

No ceasefire: Israeli genocide continues

Author Biography: This article was produced for Globetrotter . Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a staff member and chief correspondent for Globetrotter.

Archive·Dec 30

Data Centers Could Be the Spark Africa’s Power Sector Needs (By NJ Ayuk)

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 30, 2025/ -- By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/).

Archive·Dec 30

Polack Post: Caribbean Sanctions - The US Treasuries

The European Union in a brave, but belated move, indefinitely seized $210 Billion of Russian assets held in a Belgian financial clearing facility, frozen there since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Archive·Dec 29

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Sister Islands

Two Men Arrested in Cayman Brac After Police Search Recovered Suspected Drugs

Two men were arrested in Cayman Brac on Thursday after police said they found suspected drugs and drug paraphernalia during a search on West End Road.

The Caymanian Journal.Jul 10

News

Premier: "The Status Quo Cannot Continue," Vows New Development Plan

The Cayman Islands Government has published the findings of the Cayman Forward Initiative, setting out nine recommendations for planning reform and environmental decision-making.

The Caymanian Journal.Jul 10

News

U.S. cruise visitor dies after snorkelling in the sea off George Town

A 71-year-old cruise visitor from the United States died on Thursday morning after getting into difficulty while snorkelling off South Church Street in George Town, police said. Members of the public pulled him from the water, and emergency responders took him to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Police said the man became unconscious while snorkelling. People nearby pulled him from the sea and began chest compressions before EMS arrived. He was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead.

The Caymanian Journal.Jul 10

News

Policymakers at home and abroad find digital ID a difficult sell

My eID is also intended to underpin future digital government services, offering a more streamlined way for residents to interact with public authorities and participating organisations. Applicants undergo identity verification and enrolment processes, including photograph capture, as part of obtaining the card. Officials continue to encourage eligible individuals to apply as the programme expands. In contrast, the Efforts in both the Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom to expand or reform digital identity systems highlight a shared ambition to modernise identification processes, but also reveal differing public responses, policy challenges, and implementation strategies, ranging from steady phased adoption in Cayman to political backlash and policy reversal in the UK. United Kingdom’s attempt to introduce a more comprehensive digital identity system has encountered significant political resistance and public scepticism. The government has abandoned plans to make it mandatory for workers to register for a new digital ID to prove their right to work, following criticism, declining public support, and concerns among Members of Parliament. Instead, ministers have confirmed that existing right-to-work checks will be made fully digital by 2029 using current documentation systems such as biometric passports. This shift marks a recalibration rather than a complete withdrawal from digital identity ambitions. Employers already conduct right-to-work checks, and digital verification services have been available since 2022 for certain passport holders, alongside Home Office systems for some non-UK citizens. The revised approach retains mandatory digital checks but removes the requirement for a new standalone ID.

The Caymanian Journal.Jul 10

News

Saharan dust plume expected to reach Cayman Islands on Friday evening

The Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability (MHES), in conjunction with the Public Health Department (PHD), has issued a precautionary advisory, with the Cayman Islands National Weather Service (CINWS) expected to formally issue a Dust Alert on Friday, July 10.

The Caymanian Journal.Jul 10