Senior promotions at Carey Olsen in the Cayman Islands
Jan Golaszewski, a dispute resolution and litigation specialist, has been promoted to partner in Carey Olsen’s Cayman Islands office bringing the total number of partners across the firm’s global litigation team to 12. Mr Golaszewski has a broad range of…
Cayman Islands riders come joint second place in Jamaica
The Kingston Polo Club and Equestrian Centre in Kingston, Jamaica played host to the final round of the Caribbean Equestrian Association’s Junior Show Jumping Competition last weekend. Eight riders from Barbados, Cayman, Trinidad and Tobago and hosts, Jamaica, met in…
Offshore special: Singapore focus
By Joanne Harris From The Lawyer Offshore players have high hopes of Singapore but for now the work is limited, so increased competition could stymie firms’ growth Compared with Hong Kong, Singapore has a small number of offshore firms. Although…
Developers for multi-million town centre/golf course in Cayman Islands announce confirmation of East-West Arterial Financing
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, 14 November 2014: East-West Arterial Financing Confirmed. Ironwood Mobilises Ironwood developers announce the appointment of a contracting partner and confirmed that financing is in place for the public-private-partnership with the Cayman Islands Government for the US$60…
Bodden Town battle back for draw with South Sound School
It was another exciting day of games this past Saturday, November 15 in the 2014/2015 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL). For the second week in a row, hosts Bodden Town Primary were again involved…
Black money probe gets trickier as trail goes beyond Switzerland [inc. Cayman Islands]
From Business Today The information collected by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money stashed abroad is throwing up cash trails that go beyond Swiss banks into various other financial centres like Dubai, Singapore and Luxembourg and tax haven…
A Caribbean lesson from Cuba
By Dennis Chung From Caribbean Journal Last month I was a member of the delegation that visited Cuba with Jamaica Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson to look at that country’s preparation for Ebola, and thus take back some lessons for…
Australia wanted the World Cup so bad it did a horrible thing
By Jenni Ryall From Mashable It is official, we are terrible humans that put football above humanity. Australians are obsessed with sport, but this has taken it to a new, depressing low. Australia attempted to use African aid money to…
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone doctor dies in US
From BBC A surgeon from Sierra Leone who was being treated for Ebola in the US has died, a Nebraska hospital announced. Martin Salia, who has US residency and is married to an American, arrived for treatment in the state…
Ansbacherman returns to haunt official Ireland
By Shane Ross From INDEPENDENT IE Give us a break. Stifle the phoney outrage. We all knew that certain Fianna Fail TDs were as crooked as bent nails in the Sixties and Seventies. If there was a few hot bob…