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Jesus got angry – Colin Wilson has gotten furious

Ash Wednesday is a holiday here in the Cayman Islands. It is a RELIGIOUS DAY!! Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent in the Western Christian calendar. Occurring 46 days before Easter, it is a moveable fast that can…

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Butterfield Appoints Bruce John Head of Private Banking in Cayman

Hamilton, Bermuda and George Town, Grand Cayman—11 February 2013: Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Limited (“Butterfield”) today announced that it has appointed Bruce John Senior Manager and Head of Private Banking in the Cayman Islands.  In this role, Mr. John will have…

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Obama’s Cayman Island attacks come back to bite him

By Andrew Kaczynski BuzzFeed Staf After spending 2012 hammering Romney for his investments in the Caymans, Obama has a Treasury Secretary nominee that’s now on defense for the same problem. Is Jack Lew “betting against America”? President Barack Obama’s reelection…

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Goat Thongs to Roses: A History of Valentine’s Day

by Ann G Care2 Valentine’s Day is a lot of things. Romantic. Consumerist. Depressing. Annoying. Sweet. But what most people don’t know is that it’s also pagan, rather gory, and was originally related to… goats? Valentine’s Day started out as…

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Butterfield Establishes Cayman Trust Company

Hamilton, Bermuda and George Town, Grand Cayman: The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (“Butterfield”) today (11) announced that it has established a separately incorporated trust company in the Cayman Islands—Butterfield Trust (Cayman) Limited (“BTCL”)—through which it will continue…

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The other Cayman GIS

The Cayman Islands Government has two GIS’s and this is where using abbreviations without first stating the name in full can become misleading. GIS, especially in Cayman’s media, normally refers to Government Information Services who do an excellent job sending…

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Gender Gaps in Education

From Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing The gender disparity in educational participation and achievement is not a new phenomenon, and it certainly is not unique to Cayman. This complex and often emotive issue is one that has been…

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Deciphering Labels

Your health is in your hands, to a large extent. To help civil servants succeed in their quest for good health the Civil Service College began its second Health and Wellness Week on Monday, 11 February. Health Services Authority Community…

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Caribbean Series may return to Miami

Puello Herrera would like to see the Caribbean Series return to Miami and is in talks with the Marlins about utilizing their new stadium in Little Havana, Puello confirmed to MLB.com on Thursday. Talks, however, are still in the infancy…

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Maples and Calder Promotes Six

Six persons within the Maples and Calder Corporate Services Group were recently promoted as part of the firm’s annual review process. Allan Webb, Renita Ebanks, Jessica Jackson and Tiffany Myles advanced to the position of Jr. Corporate Administrator, and Kesherra…