Cayman retains top spot in Banker rankings
For the fourth consecutive year the Cayman Islands has received the accolade as top jurisdiction as a Specialised Finance Centre in The Banker magazine’s 2012 survey of international financial centres, beating all other financial centres globally in this category. Cayman…
Ex- cop Welcome gets unwelcome jail sentence
Justice Alexander Henderson, in the Grand Court on Friday (19), gave Rabe Welcome a prison sentence of six months for wounding. Welome, a 38year old former Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officer, was found guilty by a jury last…
Beirut funeral for Wissam al-Hassan followed by clashes
Clashes have erupted outside government offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut after thousands attended the funeral of security chief Wissam al-Hassan who was killed by a car bomb on Friday. A group of protesters tried to storm the HQ, after…
China energy demand to stay strong
By Terrence Murray, The Financialist Though headlines suggest the Chinese economy is slowing, a recent Credit Suisse report predicts the country’s appetite for energy will continue to grow in the coming decade. Before the great recession of 2008, China’s nearly…
Cuba’s Fidel Castro in first public appearance in months
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, refuting persistent rumours that he was gravely ill. Staff at a top hotel in the capital, Havana, said Mr Castro had dropped off a Venezuelan…
HBO announces its November Movie Lineup in the Caribbean
HBO Latin America is pleased to present the Caribbean’s cinematic lineup for NOVEMBER 2012. Next month’s movies include Horrible Bosses, Final Destination 5, Warrior and Dolphin Tale. Horrible Bosses <http://www.hbomax.tv/horrible-bosses/> (Warner Bros. Pictures) – Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman), Dale Arbus…
MRCU doing its part to control dengue outbreak
While the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) carries out routine control operations against the mosquito vector (Aedes aegypti) in the West Bay and George Town areas it has intensified its control effort after learning of the first locally contracted…
Democratically speaking: ones own right to choose
Joyce Pursley All women from High School to College, black or white, single or married, young or old at sometime in your life when sexually active you have been late. When you are late, even just a little, your mind wonders if your…
Jamaican cops finding life better in the Cayman Islands
By Kimone Thompson, Features editor, Jamaica Observer THE Cayman Islands is apparently lapping up former members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who ostensibly go there in search of better wages and conditions of work. Human resource officer at the…
