Frasers stepped up and promise more
By Ronald Shillingford DOUBLE CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE Shaune and Brett Fraser deserve heroes welcomes when they return to the Cayman Islands in a couple of weeks after superb swims at the London Olympics which confirmed them as…
The Editor Speaks: A sad day for Cayman
If you were in the audience at the Bush Show or watching it, as I was last night, on local television, you should have been saddened. At the Sir John Cumber School hall in Bush Country of West Bay, where…
Sook expects Frasers to improve
by Ronald Shillingford Doctor Sook Yin-Eccles is the swimming manager for the Fraser brothers, Shaune and Brett at the London Olympics and she believes that they can only improve in the world rankings. Brett is now 12th fastest 200 metres…
Major Networks Shut Out of Best Drama Category in Emmy Nominations
From Brian Stelter and Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times The winner of the Emmy Award for outstanding drama won’t be announced until September. But the category’s losers were all identified on Thursday: the big broadcast networks that televise the…
Press Release from CIREBA Board of Directors: “Fiscal Suicide”
August 1, 2012 There are so many bad things about this proposed tax that it is hard to know where to start! The foundation of the lunacy surrounding this approach lies in the fact that this attempt to tax and…
TD 5 is now Tropical Storm Ernesto and forecast to visit us as a hurricane
Hazard Management says “be prepared” Hazard Management Cayman Islands and the National Weather Service are currently monitoring Tropical Depression number 5 (now TS Ernesto) which is located east of the Windward Islands. TS Ernesto 5 does not pose an immediate…
Five elite athletes honoured on 2012 Olympic stamps
There is no doubt that Olympic fever is in the air and to celebrate the participating Cayman Islands athletes, the Cayman Islands Postal Service will be releasing five stamps depicting the islands’ elite athletes: Cydonie Mothersill, Ronald Forbes, Kemar Hyman,…
CEOs in the firing line
A recent report conducted by management consultancy firm Booz & Company shows companies worldwide have started to appoint new CEOs at a level not seen since before the recession. Of the world’s top 2,500 companies, 14.2 percent had employed new…
Man Utd counts on investors behaving like fanatics
By Jeffrey Goldfarb The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. “the company’s Cayman Islands home will make keeping official tabs on the board difficult.” Manchester United is counting on investors to behave like soccer…
Grand Court of the Cayman Islands Issues $2.5 Billion Payment Order Against Maan Al Sanea in Algosaibi Fraud Case
The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands issued an order in favor of Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers (AHAB) directing Maan Al Sanea to pay AHAB $2.5 billion. The Order follows an interim ruling, issued last month by the same…
