Maples and Calder Global Managing Partner Appointed to AIMA Council
Maples and Calder is pleased to announce the appointment of its Global Managing Partner, Henry Smith, to the global Council of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) following a membership vote at the association’s AGM in London on 20 September…
NOAA satellite turned off due to signal noise
By Max Mayfield, Hurricane Specialist, Local10.com Atlantic hurricane coverage is decreased MIAMI – The NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) turned off the GOES-East satellite Sunday night at 9:22 p.m. due to excessive signal noise. The United…
Libya Threatens Clinton’s Legacy — And State Does Damage Control
By Michael Hastings BuzzFeed After a catastrophic security failure in Benghazi, Hillary Clinton’s team tries to scapegoat CNN — for finding a diary the State Department now admits it didn’t even know existed. Why Foggy Bottom deserves the blame. On…
Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman’s balance sheet shows insolvency of $340M
Offshore Alert has announced on their website that: “The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman development appears to be insolvent by at least US$340 million, developer Michael Ryan and related firms took out more than US$44 million from 2005 to 2012 in circumstances…
Rubis donates $5,000 to Grand Turk Wellness Centre
by Richard Green/[email protected] French multinational company Rubis, which recently acquired Chevron businesses in Cayman, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, has donated $5,000 to the Wellness Centre on Grand Turk and plans to adopt a school on Providenciales….
Little Cayman Command Centre operational
Acting Premier Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and other members from the Ministry of District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture (DAWL&A), along with Little Cayman residents and the children of that island’s Education Services, opened the extension to the Little Cayman Command…
Government recruitment requests being tied to budget
At the Deputy Governor and Chief Officer’s meeting held on 17th Sep. the recruitment moratorium as required by the budget was discussed. The minutes of the meeting said: “Every request is being looked at in light of the budget for…
Bush in Greenland for OCTA conference highlights “harmful” document
Cayman Islands premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush, at 13th meeting of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA) in Greenland, presented on behalf of the Cayman Islands and other territories, the pressing need to change Article 70 of the draft Overseas…
Cayman Stingray ‘photobomb’ goes viral
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | A photo of three seemingly terrified women being greeted by a giant stingray is making the rounds online. The “photobomb,” posted to Reddit.com on Wednesday, appears to show a man in the water behind…
