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Month: December 2012

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Cayman stock exchange to make listed catastrophe bonds & ILS tradable

From Artemis Here’s a fascinating development which could have significant ramifications for the market in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, particularly in the secondary market trade in Rule 144A securitized notes. The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) has told us…

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St. Luke’s cardiologists care for Cayman Islanders

Health officials from the Cayman Islands will visit St. Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute on Friday (7) to renew the Kansas City hospital’s contract as the island’s preferred provider for cardiac care. Since 2011, St. Luke’s has cared for 49…

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Immigration Holiday Hours and Reminders

The Department of Immigration wishes to advise clients of holiday hours for its public counters, as well as the dates for this year’s final board meetings. The public counters close at 11a.m. on Christmas Eve (Monday, December 24), and resume…

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The Editor Speaks: C4C secrecy issues*

 * See also C4C announcement at end of Editorial Now that the dust has settled on the Coalition4Cayman (C4C) inaugural meeting last month (Nov 19) that pushed all the right buttons the people behind this masterful stroke have not capitalized…

90 Years Banquet starts off celebrations

Elmslie Memorial United Church has had 19 pastors in charge of its church on Harbour Drive, George Town. Starting with the Rev. James Elmslie (the church is named after him) from 1846-1863 right up to the present Pastor, Dr. Dave…

Taylor Laser champion once again

The 2012 Compass Marine National Laser Championships were held in the North Sound by the Cayman Island Sailing Club (CISC) over the weekend of 24th and 25th November. The wind conditions remained strong throughout the regatta ensuring exciting fast sailing….

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Examining Gender Stats to Promote Equality

The Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing, in partnership with the Economic and Statistics Office (ESO), has been working hard to identify gender gaps in the Cayman Islands and to use this information to promote gender equality. Though Government…

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Grand Cayman is tops with the Monroe’s

“Grand Cayman beats everything. You have shipwrecks, the Cayman Trench” By Cherlene Willis, Gulfport Patch From Key Largo to the Cayman Islands, the Monroe’s have explored the ocean’s depths for the past four years as scuba divers. Just this year…

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UCC to confer honorary doctorate on Cayman premier

The University College of the Caribbean is to confer an honorary Doctor of Public Service Degree on Cayman Premier William McKeeva Bush at the institution’s Fall 2012 Commencement Ceremony, scheduled for this Thursday, December 13, at the Jamaica conference Centre…

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The best Parade of Lights ever!

On Saturday evening December 1st by 6pm it looked like everyone on the whole Grand Cayman Island were gathered at Camana Bay to watch CITN-Cayman27’s Parade of Lights. There were thousand packed down at the Crescent canal. The brainchild of…