HSBC blasted for ‘stunning failures over oversight’
The US says “dangerous practices” at HSBC allowed the bank to pass money to “drug kingpins and rogue nations”, fining it $1.9bn (£1.2bn). HSBC agreed the fine, the largest of its kind, earlier on Tuesday. A US Senate investigation said…
Caribbean Broilers exporting meat to Cayman Islands
Corporate Affairs Manager at Caribbean Broilers, Dr Keith Amiel announced that the company exported a container of chicken to that country this week and plans are also being made to export pork. He however said, with the company’s facilities up…
Nelson Mandela has lung infection
South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela is being treated for a lung infection, the president’s office has said. This is the first time officials have revealed why Mr Mandela, 94, was rushed to a military hospital in the capital,…
HBO announces its January movie lineup premieres in the Caribbean
The Girl (HBO Films) – Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones), the iconic English director, becomes obsessed with Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller), his leading lady during the making of “The Birds” and “Marnie.” As he attempted to sculpt Hedren into the perfect…
Egypt crisis: Morsi supporters and opponents rally
Thousands of demonstrators are on the streets of the Egyptian capital Cairo for rival rallies as emotions run high ahead of a planned referendum. The opposition have breached a barrier outside the presidential palace but there has been no violence….
China bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin stripped of title
China’s state-run Catholic Church has stripped a bishop of his title, five months after he announced he was quitting the Church’s oversight body. Thaddeus Ma Daqin, an auxiliary bishop in Shanghai, announced his resignation from China’s Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA)…
Earthquake Tremors felt on Grand Cayman Tuesday morning (11)
911 and Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) received reports from residents of George Town and Bodden Town who felt earthquake tremors at around 10.40 am on Tuesday morning. The event was mild and of short duration, and has not yet…
Cayman Insurance Industry Has Best Year Says CIMA
Speaking at the 2012 Insurance Managers Association Cayman (IMAC) http://www.caymancaptive.ky/ annual general meeting, Head of Insurance Supervision at the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), Gordon Rowell underscored the reasons why the Cayman Islands’ insurance industry has been successful, why it…
Closure Notices for Post Office and CB Dept. of Labour & Pensions
5 Postal staff retire – offices close on Thu (13)The Cayman Islands Postal Service will be closing district post offices on Grand Cayman at various times during the afternoon of Thursday, 13 December to celebrate the retirement of five long-serving…
