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Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015: “A Shtetl in the Caribbean”and “Poetry is an Island”
From Repeating Islands The 4th edition of the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (Curaçao IFFR) will take place from March 25-29. The list of Caribbean films will include A Shtetl in the Caribbean by Sherman de Jesus and Poetry is…
Cayman keeps beneficial ownership regime
From Solomon Harris The Cayman Islands Government (‘CIG’) has decided to keep its existing regime for gathering and maintaining legal and beneficial ownership information (‘BOI’). Having considered the issue and following consultation with the financial services industry by the Cayman…
Cartoon of the Week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Caribbean Perspectives on the Charlie Hebdo Free Speech vs. Intolerance Debate
By Flora Thomas From Global Voices The murder of 12 people, including police officers and journalists, earlier this month at the Paris offices of the irreverent satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is still resonating across the world. Two Caribbean bloggers, one…
Judge sides with Dish in Fox Copyright Ruling, says Aereo No ‘Game-changer’
By Scott Flaherty, From The Litigation Daily Dish Network LLC and its lawyers at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe have come out ahead in an important early test of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, largely…
[Jamaica] Gov’t prepared to facilitate investors’ interest in Cuba
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown, says the Government is prepared to assist, in whatever way possible, in facilitating local investors interested in exploring and tapping into business opportunities anticipated…
Motor vehicle accident Grand Cayman Tuesday (20)
These photographs were sent to us by a reader showing a motor vehicle accident. The accident occurred involving two vehicles on Tuesday 20th January at approx. 2pm. on Shamrock Road west of Northward Road. Although an ambulance arrived at the…
US High Court bolsters whistleblower protection
By Marcia Coyle, From Supreme Court Brief The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday strengthened legal protections for government whistleblowers in a decision involving a fired federal air marshal. The justices, in a 7-2 opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.,…
Paying the tab: Mishcon defeated as firm loses celebrity chef Ramsay’s High Court
By Tom Moore From Legal Business Mishcon de Reya client and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has lost a High Court battle over the £640,000 annual rent of a London pub. Ramsay argued that he was not liable for the rent…
