Comments on: ‘We Will Be Aggressive In Defending Reputation’

By: Holden Magroin Phd

Holden Magroin Phd — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:32:44 +0000

Don’t get upset… Roll with it.. Tell thank you for the exposure publicly…

By: Holden M

Holden M — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:27:17 +0000

This is exposure worldwide good or bad let us make use offit and just embrace the free advertising…. Make lemonade.

By: spider

spider — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:23:40 +0000

If Appleby can’t do business here they too will be moving offshore.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:24:22 +0000

I agree that the effect of the “Paradise Papers” (a label intended to remind people of the “Panama Papers”) will be perception and not fact. There is no way Bermuda can escape unscathed, but we can and should try to minimise the damage to our reputation.

But still, I cannot help but wonder what would happen if I were to steal millions of documents from a leading law firm in Delaware (a US state of questionable regulatory standards). I suspect that the full force of US intelligence services would be used to find me and the full force of the US military used to eliminate me. Heaven forbid that secrets about US politicians and businesses should be “leaked” from a US law firm!

By: Realist

Realist — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:59:59 +0000

We need the wisdom, experience, maturity and track record of Bob Richards back at the helm.

By: Caveat E

Caveat E — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:44:48 +0000

Our buses are run utilising tax money… but there cancellations erry day.
Taxation without representation, when you need investigation there is no one to represent you… Only when it suits them.

By: Commoncents

Commoncents — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:49:35 +0000

Bermuda Appleyby’s were hacked.

You need to support the Premier who has done a great job in defending Bermuda’s integrity on the BBC

We have received many emails from contacts around the World. One said is the Queen in touble.

We have to get together and support a Bermuda Icon (formerly ASK).

They have done nothing wrong.

This is serious.

By: ConcernedBermudian

ConcernedBermudian — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:49:53 +0000

Tax structures are created by each country to make money to run their countries. The UK gov (who are causing a ruckus) created their own tax structure that they feel is best for them. Bermuda, completely legal, has a different tax structure so don’t get mad that Bermuda’s tax structure is not the same at the UK. There is nothing illegal to this. Its called good business.

By: Warwick West

Warwick West — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:36:22 +0000

hacked or leaked…………..makes no difference to anyone except Appleby!

The rest of the world’s braying crowds could care less.

Only that it exists. Not how it got there.

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:52:10 +0000

“Our reputation” would be so much better if we didn’t have a a certain someone who ran a ponzi scheme.

By: Truths

Truths — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:29:41 +0000

Does that really matter at this point?

By: alistair

alistair — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:46:10 +0000

the problem is that the Paradise papers allege that the BMA fined Appleby and kept it secret – that undermines any effort at transparency and if the Premier is for real, and if it is true, then the Premier needs to instruct the BMA to put that fine and its reasons into the public domain now

By: Ignaorance

Ignaorance — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:30:23 +0000

Oh man, give me an illegal swizzle, I need one.

By: Rada Gast

Rada Gast — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:24:53 +0000

I hope the Premier and any other government official talking about this refers to the Paradise Papers as “hacked” information, rather than “leaked” information.

This information was obtained by a criminal act, that of hacking into the IT system of Appleby. It was not leaked by some employee who thought this was information that the public needed to know.