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Joel Walton, Cayman Islands MACI CEO, arrested and charged with assault on female The Chief Executive Officer of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI) Shipping Registry, Joel Walton, was arrested just after midnight on Wednesday 25th February by…
The Editor Speaks: Defending my opinion
I wasn’t sure what to write about today – that actually happens a lot by the way – and then I read one of the posts I subscribe to from Paul McGowan. Paul, like myself, is an Audiophile – we…
[Jamaica & Cayman Islands] Sacrificing for the environment this Lenten Season
By Petre Williams-Raynor From The Jamaica Gleaner From living Styrofoam-free for a day to reducing bottled-water consumption, Jamaicans have been challenged this Lenten season to make a sacrifice for the environment, in the interest of, among other things, a secure…
Cayman Islands Commonwealth Day celebrations to focus on the youth
GEORGE TOWN (Friday, 27 February 2015) – The Cayman Islands Branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society is preparing to celebrate Commonwealth Day, which will be observed and celebrated on Monday, 9 March 2015. The theme is “A Young Commonwealth”, and…
Shock U turn on Weavering [Cayman Islands Macro Fund]
By The Ned From Chris Johnson Directors Stefan Peterson and Hans Ekstrom no longer have to pay damages of $111 million each for being in breach of their duty of supervision of the Weavering Macro Fund. On 12 February 2015…
FATCA Update: Investment Fund Registration and Reporting with the Cayman Islands Government
From Schulte Roth & Zabel Pursuant to the Cayman Islands regulations issued under the Intergovernmental Agreement between the United States and the Cayman Islands for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), Cayman Islands financial institutions, including…
Remembering Leonard Nimoy’s Mr. Spock, one of history’s greatest tv characters
By Matt Zoller Seitz From Vulture Leonard Nimoy, who died [Fri 27] at 83, had a long, prodigious career as an actor, writer, and director. Despite all his other achievements, he will always be known as Mr. Spock, the half-human, half-Vulcan…
Highest results in four years for CIBC FirstCaribbean
Bridgetown, Barbados 26th February 2015. CIBC FirstCaribbean has announced its best quarterly financial performance in four years. For the three months ended January 31, 2015, the Bank recorded net income of $26.6 million, which is its best performance since 2010….
Alibaba, Tencent spark battle for virtual red envelopes during ‘China’s Super Bowl’
By George Chen From South China Morning Post Hundreds of millions of Chinese, especially the younger generation, were all busy with just one thing on Lunar New Year’s eve: trying to grab as many virtual “red envelopes” online as they…
Surgeon to offer ideas on a way to do human head transplants
By Bob Yirka From Medical Press Surgeon to offer ideas on a way to do human head transplants Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group has made it known that he intends to announce at this summer’s American Academy…
