Cayman Heart Fund continues to support the HSA
Once again the Cayman Heart Fund has used donations to purchase lifesaving cardiac care equipment for the HSA. In helping to support improvements to the department, the Cayman based charity, has helped to donate a much desired neonatal cardiac probe,…
Jamaican mother gets complicated heart surgery pro bono
Cayman Islands (October 14, 2014) – A young woman from Jamaica is the latest beneficiary of life-enhancing surgery and care provided free of charge by the skilled team of cardiac surgeons at Health City Cayman Islands. “The young woman was…
All the world’s an island: Correspondent Carol-Ann covers the Globe with only a back pack Part 7
By Carol-Ann Rudy The Treasures and Pleasures of Antwerp and Bruges On the train from Switzerland through Germany overnight, I woke up to find myself traveling briefly through The Netherlands. Couldn’t see much from the train of the fabled windmills…
Guernsey: MiFID 2: Implications for BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey firms
By Ben Morgan (Guernsey) From Carey Olsen INTRODUCTION The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID”) is a European Union law that aims to harmonise the regulation of investment services across the member states of the European Economic Area and came…
10 Cayman Islands beauties visit the Brac
Fresh off the blur of an activity packed 72 hours, the PERFECT 10 are back on Grand Cayman, a little tired but a whole lot of happy for having spent some time in the Brac this past weekend. Arriving last…
Statement on Statistics Week 2014 (October 13-17) From Cayman Islands minister
By Hon. Marco Archer, JP, Minister for Finance and Economic Development This week (October 13-17, 2014) is Statistics Week in the Cayman Islands. This is being held in collaboration with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which is celebrating the region-wide Statistics…
McCallum swims to victory in annual CUC 800M
By Kathy Jackson From CIASA Competition in the 26th Annual CUC 800m Sea Swim saw Stingray’s Iain McCallum and CBAC Coach Chris Dart in a stroke for stroke swim all the way to end, with McCallum edging Dart out to…
Reform of the Cayman Islands Strata Titles Registration Law
In January 2013 the Law Reform Commission continued its reform of strata titles in the Islands by the publication of the Strata Titles Bill, 2013 and the related discussion paper. The deadline for submission of comments was extended several times…
25 confirmed cases of chikungunya in Cayman Islands says latest report
Chikungunya Update as of 13 October 2014 From Cayman Islands Public Health Department The total number of confirmed chikungunya cases reached 25 this week (13 October 2014). The distribution of confirmed cases (25) has been: George Town -nine; Cayman Brac…
Five U.S. Airports are enacting new screening measures to protect against Ebola
By David Hudson From Whitehouse The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have announced that the following five U.S. airports will soon begin enhanced Ebola screening for all travelers coming from Ebola-affected…