The Editor Speaks: Should civil servants have outside employment?
The Caymanian Compass reported recently they had now received answers to a Freedom of Information Law request they made “to ministries and portfolios seeking information about public servants who declared having private gainful employment or business interests, how many public…
Al Pacino featured speaker at SALT Conference that starts Tues May 7th
SALT Las Vegas will take place from May 7th – 10th, 2013 at: Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, NV 89109 The SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference is committed to facilitating balanced discussions and debates on macro-economic trends, geo-political…
Child readings kick off Child Month
To launch Child Month 2013 “celebrity readings” took place at dozens of pre-schools and primary schools throughout the Cayman Islands this morning (Wednesday, 1 May). Readers included Community Affairs Minister Dwayne Seymour and Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)…
Golden Frog Launches VyprVPN Server Cluster in Luxembourg
New Location Marks the 14th VyprVPN Server Cluster GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, May 02, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Golden Frog, a global software and Internet application development company, announced today that it has added a new VyprVPN server cluster…
Jon Moulton named CISX chairman
From UK National Adviser, By Helen Burggraf Jon Moulton, one of the UK’s best-known and most outspoken venture capitalists, has been named chairman of Guernsey’s Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX). Moulton, a Guernsey resident, takes over from Graham Hall, a…
SA message washes up in Caymans
By Kevin Lancaster, The mercury, From iol news Durban – On October 29, 2008, a message in a bottle was thrown off the container ship Atlantic Runner by its captain, Alexey Sotnikov, while on a voyage to Canada. The message,…
Del Monte secures USDA approval for GM pineapple
Del Monte Fresh Produce has won approval from the USDA to ship genetically engineered pineapple into the US. The Del Monte Fresh Produce Co., based in the Cayman Islands, has developed a transgenic pineapple that has tissue of a “novel…
United front at Offshore Alert
The Miami-based Offshore Alert Conference has become a regular draw for representatives of Cayman’s financial services industry in recent years, and this year’s event is no exception with the Cayman Islands lending strong support through the provision of speakers from…
Toughturtle LLC releases Dive Cayman – An interactive iOS app for divers
[prMac.com] New York, New York – Toughturtle LLC today is proud to announce the release of Dive Cayman, the first interactive dive site App for iOS. Tailored specifically for the scuba diver while either on, or off, the Cayman Islands,…
Cayman Islands $31M short of budget
According to the latest Cayman Islands Government Pre-Election Economic and Financial Update there will be a $31M shortfall in its projected operating surplus in the current 2012/13 budget. Originally budgeted as a surplus of $82.3M, the surplus has plummeted to…
