Bell buoyant over Island's reputation

Bell boggoil kyndagh rish goo-mie yn Ellan

Ta'n ard-shirveishagh gra dy vel goo yn Ellan myr ynnyd argidoil har-mooir ny stroshey nish na v'eh ec traa erbee ayns ny queig bleeaney jeig jerrinagh.

S'feer shen, ga dy deayshil Pabyryn Phanama noidys eddyrashoonagh rish reillyssyn beggey bentyn da baghtallys-keesh.

Ta Allan Bell gra dy ghow eh aggle dy jinnagh broo er ny h-ynnydyn har-mooir roshtyn gys staydyn gaueagh ec co-whaiyl Ghavid Cameron noi kimmeeys, hie er cummal er y gherrid ayns Lunnin.

Agh hie ny boiraghyn shen magh ass, tra ghow eh greim ec y çhaglym-mullee dy loayrt magh reesht mychione ny reddyn jeant ec ny Neuchrogheydyssyn Crooin dy roshtyn gys stundayrtyn eddyrashoonagh.
Ghow Mnr Bell ymmyd jeh'n chaa dy hoilshaghey yn genney aghtey liorish lughtyn-reill ny Steatyn Unnaneyssit bentyn da reillyssyn beggey fo'n smaght oc.


Bell buoyant over Island's reputation

The chief minister says the Island's reputation as an offshore financial centre is stronger now than at any time in the past 15 years.

That despite the Panama Papers unleashing international hostility towards small jurisdictions over tax transparency.

Allan Bell says he feared pressure on the offshores would reach critical levels at David Cameron's recent anti-corruption conference in London.

But those concerns evaporated when he grasped an opportunity at the summit to re-iterate action by the Crown Dependencies to meet international standards.

Mr Bell used the opportunity to expose lack of action by the US authorities on small jurisdictions under their own control.