Search Result for: filing

27 results found.

New Legislation Would Simplify Jamaican Tax Filings

Above: Finance Minister Audley Shaw (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Cabinet has approved amendments to six pieces of legislation that would facilitate the use of a single form to file annual tax returns. The amendments would be […]

st barth real estate

Demand for St Barth Real Estate Keeps Rising

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. Join to access this and other great features, including our biweekly newsletter. Subscribe to […]

Grenada Kimpton

Grenada’s Kawana Bay Resort Project Is On Hold

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. Join to access this and other great features, including our biweekly newsletter. Subscribe to […]

mandarin oriental grand cayman

Mandarin Oriental Project Moving Forward in Grand Cayman

The Mandarin Oriental resort project is moving forward in Grand Cayman, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism business news. Join to access this and […]

How the Caribbean Court of Justice Is Going Digital

By GERARD BEST CJ Contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad—The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is hoping that a set of technological upgrades it recently adopted will trigger a digital revolution in courts across the region, and transform how justice is […]

Antigua Looking to Increase Foreign Direct Investment

Antigua and Barbuda has launched a major new effort to ramp up foreign direct investment to the twin-island country, specifically in the services sector, according to Investment and Tourism Minister Asot Michael. The announcement came during Michael’s recent presentation at […]

How The Caribbean’s Top Court Is Going High-Tech

Major changes for the CCJ By Gerard Best CJ Contributor A suite of new high-tech court management systems are to be adopted by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ will be one of the first adopters of a […]

caribbean-court-of-justice

The Caribbean Court of Justice — And What It Means For the Region

How the Caribbean Court of Justice benefits the Caribbean By Jeffrey H. Foreman Op-Ed Contributor In the decades-long debate over the establishment and adoption of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the final court of appeal for the English speaking […]

Southwest Airlines Expanding Cancun Service

Southwest Airlines will be filing an application with the US Department of Transportation to offer new daily flights to Cancun, the company announced. The daily flights will operate year-round between Los Angeles and Cancun. “We’re ready to go and if […]

A Baha Mar “Breakthrough”

“Much-anticipated breakthrough” By the Caribbean Journal staff Baha Mar contractor China Construction America has returned to the major project’s construction site, the development’s joint liquidators confirmed this week. The company has “returned to the site for analysis and assessment of […]

How to Move to St Thomas, US Virgin Islands

It’s a dream for many — picking up and moving to the Caribbean. And every year, many people do just that. Of course, moving to any island has its own benefits and challenges — and we’re here to help. Our new […]

Bahamian Court Denies Baha Mar’s Request for US Bankruptcy Recognition

Snag for Baha Mar’s US bankruptcy filing By the Caribbean Journal staff Baha Mar, Ltd’s US bankruptcy just hit a snag. A Bahamian Judge denied Baha Mar’s request for recognition of its bankrtupcy filing in Delaware Federal Court. The ruling […]

Baha Mar Resort Project Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Above: the Baha Mar in Nassau By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s largest resort project has hit a major hurdle. The $3.5 billion Nassau megaresort, which had already delayed its scheduled openings in December and March, has voluntarily filed […]

Op-Ed: The Caribbean’s Final Court

By J. Emile Ferdinand, QC Op-Ed Contributor THE RECENT decision of the Privy Council granting an interim injunction, which forced the 2015 general election in St. Kitts and Nevis to be held on the existing old constituency boundaries, has been […]

Creating Caribbean Futures

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor Many Caribbean livelihoods are made and lost around seasonal fluctuations in foreigners’ travel. For much of the region, tourism, an all-too-inefficient form of intraregional human traffic, is economic lifeblood. But for one group of Caribbean […]

Transforming Jamaica’s Public Sector

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor ANYONE WHO has been reading my articles will be aware that I have always been caught up with the need to transform the public sector into a more efficient and facilitative support for private sector […]

Dominican Republic President Signs Decree on New Citizenship Policy

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina signed a decree Friday establishing the terms and conditions for what he called the “regularization of foreigners in an irregular situation” in the country. […]

Colombia’s GHL to Manage Curacao’s Kura Hulanda Resorts

Above: the Kura Hulanda Resorts By the Caribbean Journal staff Colombia-based GHL Hoteles will be taking over operations at the recently-shuttered Kura Hulanda Resorts in Curacao. The Kura Hulanda, represented by Managing Director Peter Heinen, signed an agreement with GHL […]

United Nations Sued in US Federal Court For Role in Haiti Cholera Epidemic

Above: UN Headquarters in New York City By the Caribbean Journal staff Human rights groups have filed suit against the United Nations in federal court in the United States for its alleged role in bringing cholera to Haiti. The suit, […]

Bureaucracy and Jamaican Growth

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor FINALLY WE CAN celebrate that we have an IMF agreement again in Jamaica. The real importance of the agreement is that it will bring with it a certain amount of confidence and multilateral support for […]

Dennis Chung: The Cost of Cultural Habits in Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor IN 2011, I REMEMBER having a discussion with someone who questioned my continuous advice that people should look towards solar energy at home, and if necessary borrow the funds to install it. At the time […]

Former Grenada Tourism Minister Urges Government on New Approach

Above: Grenada MP Peter David By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Member of Parliament Peter David, who resigned as the country’s tourism minister at the end of April, is urging the country’s government on a new approach. David’s departure was […]

US Virgin Islands Hires Financial Firm to Navigate HOVENSA Closure

Above: US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh (right) By the Caribbean Journal staff The board of directors of the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority has approved funding for the territory’s government to hire a private financial firm to provide […]

Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño Releases Tax Return for 2011

Above: Governor Fortuño in a meeting in Puerto Rico last week (Photo: LFP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño released his tax returns Wednesday, with the Governor and his wife, Lucé Vela, reporting a taxable income […]

Congressman Alcee Hastings Talks Haiti

Above: US Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) By Alexander Britell IN DECEMBER, UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN Alcee Hastings, the Representative for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, re-introduced legislation calling for President Barack Obama to convene a White House Conference on Haiti in the […]

Jamaica Talks Flat Tax for Informal Sector

Above: Commerce Minister Dr Christopher Tufton and Finance Minister Audley Shaw By the Caribbean Journal staff The Chartered Accountants of Jamaica have proposed applying a flat tax rate for operators in the country’s informal sector, like taxi drivers and vendors, […]

U.S. Investors Get Olint Priority

Federal Court in Orlando, Fla. U.S.-based investors will receive first priority in the Olint case, according to the U.S. Government, and the deadline for filing claims to recover money from David Smith’s failed ponzi scheme has been extended. Victim-witness specialist Elizabeth […]

SUBSCRIBE!

Sign up for Caribbean Journal's free newsletter for a daily dose of beaches, hotels, rum and the best Caribbean travel information on the net.


No. Thank You