The Editor Speaks: Charities are again under the microscope
Charity begins at home and home here in the Cayman Islands we have many charitable institutions. It is a good thing because without them the whole country and its citizens would be the poorer. The question is how many of…
Slow food in Grand Cayman
By Emily Elyse Miller From Trends on Trends Don’t say I didn’t warn you because after reading this you’re going to end up packing your bags and moving to Grand Cayman. I mean I don’t even need to do that…
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Cayman EIA contract with Baird signed The Cayman Islands Government has signed a $2.5m agreement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the planned cruise port for George Town with W.F. Baird Coastal Engineers Limited. Cayman company, Bolas Engineering, will…
Cayman Court of Appeal clarifies the scope of the international cooperation provisions of the Companies Law
From Mourant Ozannes The Court of Appeal (Chadwick, Mottley and Campbell JJA) delivered its judgment in the case of Picard (Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC) v Primeo Fund (in official liquidation) on 16 April…
Charges over Cayman Islands tax haven dropped
By Ben Butler Business reporter From The Sydney Morning Herald Tax avoidance and money laundering charges against former CVC Limited chairman Vanda Gould, former Sunland chairman John Leaver and Swiss resident Peter Borgas have been dropped. The trio were arrested…
An alarming prediction about Antarctica made in 1978 is coming true
By Dina Spector From Business Insider Two new studies published on Monday report that the melting of the ice sheet in West Antarctica is unstoppable and could raise global sea levels by as much as 4 feet in the next…
Cayman Islands: Ministry, Department of Environment celebrate our ‘Paradise’
From Cayman Islands Government Earth Day 2014 was so good, that both the Ministry and the Department of Environment decided to celebrate it for a little while longer. On the morning of Friday, 2 May, they invited all civil servants…
The Bahamas tops region on royalty payments [Cayman mentioned but see NOTE]
By Neil Hartnell, From Tribune 242 The Obama administration has praised the Bahamas for being the only Caribbean nation to make royalties payments to TV programming rights holders in 2013, boosting this nation’s reputation as a “responsible trading” partner. Ryan…
Caribbean chikungunya originated recently in Asia
From croftsblogs Via Emerging Infectious Diseases, a remarkable report: Transcontinental Movement of Asian Genotype Chikungunya Virus. Excerpt: In agreement with findings in a recent report characterizing the 2013 CHIKV detected on St. Martin Island (6), the phylogenetic tree generated from…
Cayman Chamber says “Success of public sector review vital for Cayman’s future”
From Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce The rationalisation of the public service has been one of the top advocacy issues for the Chamber Council for several years. In his acceptance speech in December 2013, President Johann Moxam pledged that the…
