Former MLA and founding UDP member found guilty of theft
Lyndon Leathan Martin (42), was found guilty of stealing $926 from the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) of the Creek and Spot Bay Primary School at a fundraising food sale in 2011. In Summary Court on Cayman Brac, Martin was found…
Why US companies are drooling over Israel’s amazing startup scene
Julie Bort, provided by Business Insider from San Francisco Chronicle U.S. companies and investors are falling over themselves to get a piece of Israel’s startup action these days. There are at least two dozen accelerator programs in the Tel Aviv…
David Cameron urges EU crackdown on tax evasion
By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels From UK Daily Telegraph David Cameron has written to European Union leaders demanding measures to tackle “staggering” levels of tax evasion that are damaging the revenues of governments at time of economic recession. In the letter,…
3SBio Inc. announces Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
SHENYANG, China, May 2, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — 3SBio Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRX) (“3SBio” or the “Company”), a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing, and marketing biopharmaceutical products, today announced that its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the…
Elections Office: issuing of voter cards – UPDATE
The Elections Office is extending the hours during the weekday for Voter ID cards in order to ensure as many persons as possible have the opportunity to receive their ID. The last day to collect a voter’s card from the…
The Editor Speaks: Accidents do happen and stop vandalizing/stealing election posters
It is extremely unfortunate that an elector was accidentally struck off from the register of voters. Mistakes do happen and it always pays to check. The Elections Office admitted it was a mistake on the part of its staff. However,…
Documentary: Former POW living in remote Vietnam village
By Lisa Barron, newsmax A new documentary suggests that a former U.S. Army veteran is alive and living in a remote village in Vietnam more than four decades after he was shot down and presumed dead. According to “Unclaimed,” a…
New York ruling helps ComputerLand founder fend off tax collector
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tech mogul William Millard may have escaped the tax man once again. Millard, who built ComputerLand Corp into a retail giant in the 1970s and 1980s, is wanted by the Northern Mariana Islands…
SteppingStones win Top Employer award
Recruitment specialists SteppingStones were recently awarded one of the most coveted accolades within Cayman’s business community – the Top Employer Award for 2013 in the small/medium employer category. This is the company’s second time to be shortlisted as a finalist…
Art of Assemblage Exhibition opens on Friday (10)
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) have announced the “Art of Assemblage” Exhibition to commence at The National Gallery, Esterly Tibbetts Highway, Grand Cayman from Friday, May 10th until July 26th 2013. “Art of Assemblage” will be showing…