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Month: February 2013

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The Editor Speaks: Bush probe deepens and John Grisham has no part in it

Ex Cayman Islands premier McKeeva Bush was not unsurprisingly re-bailed yesterday (5) along with “another local man” as the police still refer to him. This, despite, being widely reported in the local press as being local businessman Suresh Prasad, but…

Cayman Heart Fund Red Dress Luncheon

The Cayman Heart Fund and Baptist Health International are presenting the 4th Annual RED DRESS Learn and Live Luncheon at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman on Friday March 15 2013. Tickets are only $55 per person and corporate tables of 10…

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Real Border Control Has to Come First in Any Immigration Deal

A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports A bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators has proposed an immigration reform plan that appears to broadly reflect what voters would like to see. But there’s a catch. Most Americans (56 percent) want…

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Gender gaps and income

Posted on Tue, 01/29/2013 – 08:12 in Viewpoint Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender & Housing In the Cayman Islands, between 1989 and 1999 females’ mean income almost doubled, compared with a 74.6% increase for males. However, the absolute value of…

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Stefan Baraud announces for George Town as an Independent

Stefan Baraud announced on Monday (4) he will be standing as an Independent in the District of George Town in the May 2013 General Election. This is what he has to say about himself. I come from a family of…

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Cubans land on Little Cayman

Six of the 21 Cuban migrants who departed Cayman Brac waters last Monday (4) landed the same night on Little Cayman. Immigration officials arranged for the five males and one female to be transported to Grand Cayman for processing. The…

A storm brewed at Cayman Rugby Ground

(CRFU): Whilst most of Cayman was buzzing with super bowl fever Rugby fans island wide were more interested in the kick off to the RBS 6 Nations followed by local rugby action in the afternoon at the South Sound Rugby…

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Bush re-bailed

Further to all our previous articles concerning the December 2012 arrest of the former Premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush MLA, and another local man in connection with corruption allegations, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) issued the…

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Letter to the Editor

It is time for a Federation of States in the Caribbean [and] a Declaration of Independence from the UK By Dr. Florence Goring-Nozza, DD As I read the article recently on Lord Blencathra’s removal from the post of Cayman’s Representative…

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Julius Baer’s Assets Under Management Rise To Record High, Buoyed By Inflows, Markets

Tom Burroughes, Group Editor, Wealth Briefing Julius Baer said today that assets under management at the end of 2012 hit a record of SFr189 billion ($296.8 billion), a rise of 11 per cent over the previous 12 months as a…