Eric Ripert on Cayman Cookouts, the next kale, and the one food he won’t eat
By Nandini D’Souza Wolfe From Yahoo Food Compared to his peers, chef Eric Ripert is a minimalist. He has four restaurants, four books, and hasn’t launched his own line of spices, pots, or knives. The bio on his website is…
Cayman Islands Minimum Wage Advisory Committee submits their final report
History was made on Friday 6th March, 2015, with the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee (MWAC) submitting their final report to Hon. Tara Rivers, Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs. Established as required under Section 21 of the Labour Law,…
If any country has an anti-woman culture, it’s Canada
By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun From Canada.com It’s not the veil: Statistics indicate 5.6 million sexual assaults on Canadian women since 2001 Prime Minister Stephen Harper has disparaged the veil favoured by some Muslims as “rooted in a culture that…
Herbal supplements class actions piling up
By Amanda Bronstad, from The National Law Journal The plaintiffs bar has filed more than 50 class actions in the past month that accuse retailers like Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of widespread fraud through the sale of herbal…
Ex Machina director Alex Garland talks artificial intelligence and his unsettling robot Ava
From Techcrunch If you were looking for love in Austin this weekend, you might have run into Ava — a chatbot on Tinder created to promote the South by Southwest premiere of a new science fiction film called Ex Machina….
JetBlue to start offering mint class to the Caribbean
From One Mile At A Time Last year JetBlue did something pretty bold for an established low cost carrier by introducing a new premium cabin product between New York and Los Angeles/San Francisco. The new product is called Mint Class,…
Queensland Government investigates Adani
By Tony Moore From The Age Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt says it’s up to the Queensland Government to investigate the complex company structure of Adani, which proposes to operate in the Galilee Basin. Fairfax Media has found a complex…
Understanding the United States’ new Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy
By Pat DeQuattro The illegal trade in drugs, people and weapons is a $750 billion global criminal enterprise that undermines the governance and rule of law of those countries impacted by the cultivation, transportation and distribution of the illicit products…
What control does a Cayman Controller have?
From Solomon Harris A Cayman Islands Monetary Authority appointed Controller under Securities Investment Business Law (2011 Revision) and Banks and Trust Companies Law (2013 Revision) such as that appointed for Caledonian Securities Limited and Caledonian Bank Limited has the following…
Metropolitan Police to be investigated over claims of 14 separate child sex abuse cover-ups because MPs and officers were involved
By Chris Greenwood, Daily Mail Independent Police Complaints Commission launches corruption probe Complex allegations uncovered during probe into historical sex abuse Officers are accused of letting ‘untouchable’ senior politicians off the hook Also allegedly failed to charge Cyril Smith after…
