Margaret Ramsay-Hale appointed first female Chief Justice for the Turks and Caicos Islands
From Turks & Caicos Sun His Excellency the Governor Peter Beckingham has accepted the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission to appoint Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale as the next Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Ramsay-Hale was previously appointed…
LIVE EXPLOSION: A mountain top is about to get blown off to make way for a giant telescope
By Leslie Baehr From Business Insider PHOTO: Artist’s rendering of the future telescope which will be the ‘largest eye on the sky.’ On Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET, the top of Cerro Armazones, a 10,000-foot mountain in northern Chile’s Atacama…
Cayman minor charged with burglary
From RCIPS Thu June 19 2014 at 9:15 AM A 12-year-old boy from West Bay, Grand Cayman, has been charged with burglary following an incident in the West Bay area last month. He is due to appear in court this…
The Editor Speaks: Mosquitoes pleased with Cayman’s decision to cut back on mosquito control
There is an agreeable buzz in Cayman’s mosquito population at the government’s decision to cut back funding to its mosquito control budget by $74,000. Whilst many other countries are increasing their budgets to curb the pests government has deemed otherwise….
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Cayman Islands serves up ice cream in NYC From Travel Weekly The timing could not be better. With temperatures soaring into the high 80s this week, turning New York into a true melting pot, the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism…
DMS Offshore Investment Services – Best Offshore Regulatory Advisory Firm – joint winner
From hedgeweek Download the special report Hedgeweek USA Awards 2014 at: http://www.hedgeweek.com/sites/default/files/HW_US_Awards_14.pdf DMS Offshore Investment Services (‘DMS’) was established in the Cayman Islands by Don Seymour in 2000. Over the past 14 years it has grown into one of the…
OTs Comment on Schengen Visa Change
Nearly a year of negotiations with the European Union Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) preceded the recent change to EU Regulation 539/2001, which allowed British Overseas Territories Citizens and all other categories of British Nationals visa-free…
Cayman Islands Deputy Governor reports travel loopholes are being closed
The Deputy Governor endorses the Auditor General’s recommendations arising from the recent audit on travel expenditures. The audit contains some eleven distinct recommendations aimed at increasing accountability and transparency, many of which have either already been implemented or are in…
World Sickle Cell Day in Cayman Islands
World Sickle Cell Day is observed on June 19 each year to raise awareness of Sickle Cell disease as it is a public health concern. In Cayman, there are 46 persons with sickle cell disease. The Public Health Department has…
Chikungunya virus reaches USVI
From Caribbean Business A nasty mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading rapidly in the Caribbean has made its way to the U.S. Virgin Islands, authorities said Wednesday. Health officials in the U.S. Caribbean territory said they confirmed the islands’ first…
