The Largely Positive State of Global Solar
By Glen Martin, The Financialist While the solar industry is going through something of a rough patch in the United States, the sun still shines in other parts of the world – a strong indication that better days are ahead…
Exoplanet around Alpha Centauri is nearest-ever
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Astronomers have found the nearest planet outside our Solar System, circling one of the stars of Alpha Centauri just four light-years away. The planet has at minimum the same mass as…
Maples and Calder Breaks Own Record for Number of Summer Students Recruited
Maples and Calder (“Maples”) welcomed 23 summer student interns to its Cayman Islands office this year, breaking last year’s record number of 19. Each year, Maples invites applications from young adults who are in the last years of their secondary…
Cayman Outlines FATCA Progress at Compliance Conference
Meetings with the US Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service are some of the steps taken by the Cayman Islands Government to ensure compliance with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Deputy Chief Officer for the Ministry of…
Wednesday’s winners are the boat operators
Hon. Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, Anthony Smellie, ruled on Wednesday (17), that the injunction against Michael Ryan’s Dragon Bay Development Ltd. and the Port Authority should be extended until a possible trial. The temporary injunction was granted to…
Cayman National Sprint Meet:
“Swimmers make a splash in the pool, Fraser Brothers make a splash on deck.” Stingray Swim Club, Grand Cayman, 13 October 2012: The Cayman National Sprint Meet, hosted by the Stingray Swim Club (SSC) of Grand Cayman at the Lions…
Cayman’s blue iguanas moves to “endangered” from “critically endangered”
In the updated International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Cayman Islands blue iguanas have taken a step back from the brink of extinction through the efforts of Fred Burton and his team of hard…
CIMA to Host Risk Management and Internal Controls Seminar
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) will be hosting an upcoming seminar on Risk Management and Internal Controls. The event, which is scheduled for 29 October to 2 November at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort, is sponsored by the…
Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Bagios Barred From Leaving U.S.
From Bloomberg Christos Bagios, the former banker at UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) who was arrested in January 2011 amid a crackdown on offshore tax evasion, may not leave Florida to visit Switzerland and Greece, a U.S….
7 Cases of Dengue Fever reported in Cayman Islands
As a regional outbreak persists, Medical Officer of Health, Dr.Kiran Kumar has confirmed seven cases of dengue fever. Of the seven cases, three have reported a travel history to endemic countries and four have no travel history, suggesting the dengue…
