By Geoff Burrowes
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When the fire ignited that destroyed the downtown area in 1945 I was only 3 years old. My dad and my uncle who lived side by side rushed downtown to see if they could help fight the fire and I have a vague memory of all the wives and children gathered together in my Uncle Charlie’s house watching the red glow in the western sky as the fire raged unchecked.
Post Office in flames – 1945 fire in Georgetown
I remember an excitement in the air and a sense of fear but not much else.
TAX EVASION: Pandora papers: what has been revealed so far? – The Guardian
Key revelations from leaked files exposing an alternative financial world where the super-rich can hide their assets and pay little or no tax
What are the Pandora papers?
The Pandora papers are a leaked cache of 11.9m files from companies that specialise in creating offshore companies and trusts. They are the latest major data leak to expose an alternative financial world where the super-rich can hide their assets and pay little or no tax, following on from the Panama papers in 2016 and the Paradise papers in 2017.
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