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Caribbean-Earthquake-Region warned to be prepared for massive earthquake PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 13, CMC – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the region to “move expeditiously” towards building resilience amid…
Harneys Cayman Islands makes up new partner
Harneys has announced the promotion of four lawyers globally, who have become partners in the firm as of 1 January 2015, lifting the total number of partners to 35. In the Cayman office, head of the firm’s Cayman and British…
The Editor Speaks: Taking a break
IMAGE: mikemesserli.blogspot.com I shall be taking a small break over the next few weeks due to health reasons so this space will taken up by guest columnists who write a lot better than myself so you are in for a…
Qatar Airways plans to stream flight data from planes
By Jessica Plautz From Mashable Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said the airline is working on real-time streaming of flight data. As the tragedies with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and Flight 17, and AirAsia QZ8501 have shown, many questions…
Qunar to hold Annual General Meeting on February 12, 2015
BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (Nasdaq:QUNR) (“Qunar” or the “Company”), China’s leading search-based travel commerce platform, today announced that it will hold an annual general meeting of shareholders (“AGM”) at its headquarters on the…
Cayman Islands Food Handlers’ Certification Courses
Certification courses in basic food hygiene are being offered by the Department of Environmental Health (DEH), beginning in January. All persons working in the food industry who have not yet taken one of these training courses or those needing to…
How ISIS is training child recruits
By Megan Specia From Mashable Islamic State militants have been grooming children to join the ranks of the extremist group, and new footage posted on Monday offers insights into what this training looks like. The group is training young recruits…
1MDB woes ‘causing jitters’ in Mideast
From FMT News Appointment of new boss aimed at calming Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait says paper. KUALA LUMPUR: The problems of 1Malaysia Development Berhad and questions about Malaysia’s credit ratings have raised the alarm at two of its Middle…
Montserrat looking for help to rebuild the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean
By Pat Brennan From Canada.com Would you like to leave a legacy behind? How about as a nation builder? People today still talk about about nation builders Sir John A. MacDonald and George Washington. And you too can be a…
Agenda launch: OffshoreAlert Conference – Miami Beach, May 3-5, 2015
OffshoreAlert today released the agenda for our 13th Annual North American Conference on ‘Financial Intelligence & Investigations’, which will take place at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida on May 3-5, 2015. A limited number of Pre-Sale Tickets…