TV and radio ads launched on hospital CEO’s receiving excessive pay and storing public funds in Cayman Islands
Ads urge legislators to demand accountability and transparency BOSTON, June 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is being released by Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United: A TV and radio campaign has been launched to highlight spendthrift hospital CEOs stashing millions…
“Bitcoin Jesus” promises a virtual paradise
By Jason Clenfield and Pavel Alpeyev From The Washington Post He’s known as “Bitcoin Jesus” in the world of cyber-currencies. Though he can’t promise you heaven, he is offering a haven: a condo in the Caribbean that comes with a…
Drone Beat: 418 crashes worldwide, spying on a World Cup Team and more
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai From Mashable The U.S. government uses them to bomb alleged terrorists in far-away places, tech companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook are all toying with the idea of using them commercially and, in recent months, they’ve become…
CCJ creating Caribbean law
Consistent with its vision to foster a unique Caribbean jurisprudence, the CCJ has taken another step in its journey to creating this indigenous body of law. This time it did so in the Guyanese case of Rosemarie Ramdehol v Haimwant…
United Kingdom help for Caribbean countries
From Cana GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 21, CMC – The United Kingdom (UK) says it will provide technical assistance to the Caribbean as it seeks to develop its energy sector. London said it would it would also work with the Inter…
First Caribbean all-female drag racing team will represent Antigua in Grenada
Drag racers Renee ‘Buttaz’ Edwards-Ambrose and Lisa ‘Lisa Lis’ Abraham, along with mechanic Jodi-Ann Joseph travel this weekend to Grenada to participate in the Stag International Drags. The ladies are members of Lady Horsepower Farm (LHPF), the Caribbean’s first all-female…
Cayman Islands: The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Law, 2014
By Anthony Travers From Travers Thorp Alberga This law is now effective in the Cayman Islands. In all substantive respects the provisions of the law will be familiar to English lawyers as it follows, in the main, the Contracts (Rights…
Why has Cayman Airport employee being investigated for watching porn on government computer been reinstated?, queries Minister
Cayman Islands Opposition Leader, McKeeva Bush, said he was incredulous at the findings of an internal investigation into an employee at the Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) who allegedly watched pornography on a government computer. Bush said the employee was…
It’s a Boy! Student rescued
It’s a Boy! Student rescued from vagina sculpture in Germany BY Andrea Romano From Mashable Lesson of the day: Just because your friends are daring you to pose yourself inside a giant, marble vagina doesn’t mean you have to do…
Jamaica hosts CMOU Port State Control Committee
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, MP, gave the opening address at the 19th annual meeting of the Caribbean Port State Control Committee (CPSCC 19), put on by the Secretariat of the Caribbean Memorandum of…