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Cayman Islands earnings better than expected Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin said the Government’s Operating Bank account balances at September 30th 2014 totalled $67.1 million. This equates to over $2.5 million more than expected and spending was also down $5.5million,…
The Editor Speaks: Peter Polack highlights slowness to FOI requests in the very place it should not happen – the Judiciary.
Cayman lawyer Peter Polack has been making a number of Freedom of Information Requests with some success but it has largely been a battle. I must commend his perseverance. The main area Polack has met resistance and incredible slowness is…
Cayman Islands: DCI encourages investors to compete for ‘Green Economy’ Awards
The Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) invites local and foreign persons who have invested in the Cayman Islands to compete in the Regional Investor of the Year Awards (RIYA). The entry deadline is 11pm Friday, 31 October. RIYA is…
The Great Escape: The Turtle Hatchlings of Little Cayman
BY DIVER EDITORIAL Volunteer payoff as turtle hatchlings high tail it for the sea On a quiet Little Cayman beach this July 5th, a small group of excited – and lucky – turtle watch volunteers witnessed the hatching of the…
Oscar Pistorius given five years for Reeva Steenkamp death
From BBC South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been given five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa also gave Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge. The parents of Reeva Steenkamp told…
Cayman Islands Chamber Pension Plan appoints new acting Chairman
The Chamber Pension Plan is pleased to announce the appointment of experienced financial services professional Eduardo D’Angelo Silva as its acting Chairman, following the recent resignation of Chair, Ashita Shenoy. Ms Shenoy said it was a privilege to serve as…
Cayman Islands: Liquor Licensing Board to meet on 28 October
An extraordinary meeting of the Liquor Licensing Board will be held at 10am Tuesday, 28 October, in the Government Administration Building’s large conference room. The agenda includes one variation, and six deferred variations. Variation: Mr Prentice E. Panton, Block…
OPINION: Farrakhan talking rubbish!
By Michael A Dingwall It has proven very hard to make much sense of the speech (if one can call that a speech) that Dr. Louis Farrakhan made in Jamaica recently. It is riddled with so many factual errors and…
Carnival Magic cruise ship confirmed safe from Ebola
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a public advisory confirming that the Carnival Magic cruise ship is safe to continue its normal operations cruising the Caribbean. Following its review of all of the evidence pertaining…
Imbalanced media reports: Ebola vs ChikV
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life It might be irresponsible to describe the incessant media coverage about the Ebola virus in Shakespearean terms — much ado about nothing. However, every day Americans die from cancer, influenza, heat-stroke, freezing temperatures,…
