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In memory of our dear sister Eulene Watler Blanche Eulene Watler (1919-2000) Happy birthday. Eulene was born on April 18th, 1919 and died August 4th, 2000. We remember and miss our beautiful Christian sister, Eulene, on this day – librarian,…
[Bahamas and Cayman Islands] insurer exceeds targets despite 6% top-line fall
By Neil Hartnell Tribune Business Editor From Tribune 242 Bahamas First yesterday said it beat its 2014 underwriting income targets by between 5-10 per cent, despite encountering margin pressures that cut top-line premium income by more than $9 million. Patrick…
The Editor speaks: Dave Martins and me
A friend who got a “real kick” out of it because I am mentioned in the writer’s blog sent the following to me: Only the English By Dave Martins Frankly speaking, as my columnist friend Alan Fenty would say, I…
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CONCACAF and CFU meetings gets underway in Nassau
At Atlantis Resorts Paradise Harbour in Nassau Bahamas, The XXX Ordinary Congress of the North and Central America and the Caribbean CONCACAF) sub-continental grouping got under way on Wednesday (15) with a glitzy Hall of Fame Dinner. The “progressive” theme…
AMEC Begins Environmental Testing Work
Multi-national engineering company AMEC Foster Wheeler is presently in the Cayman Islands conducting environmental testing work, for Government’s ongoing integrated solid waste management systems (ISWMS) project. Over the course of a two week visit, from 6-20 April 2015, AMEC Foster…
Cayman Islands: Nantucket Institutional Fund Cayman spc
BY OCTASTAFF Just Filed Form D Announcing $5.00 billion Financing Nantucket Institutional Fund Cayman spc, Corporation just filed form D regarding $5.00 billion financing. Nantucket Institutional Fund Cayman spc was able to sell $95.52 million. That is 1.91% of the…
Same-sex marriage foes send High Court 64 Amicus Briefs
By Marcia Coyle, From Supreme Court Brief From the personal to the legal to the religious, opponents of same-sex marriage offer the U.S. Supreme Court a potpourri of arguments in support of their belief that the court should uphold state…
Ex Cayman Islands lobbyist Lord Blencathra makes headlines in UK’s The Guardian
By David Pegg and James Ball From The Guardian Cameron crackdown on tax havens ‘purely political gesture’, says Tory peer David Maclean, Baron Blencathra, wrote to Cayman Islands in 2014 that transparency push was to head off G8 pressure and…
3rd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum opens in Jamaica
The 3rd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum opened in Montego Bay, Jamaica Wednesday (15) with calls for Caribbean countries to seize new opportunities offered by globalisation and improved access for the region to international markets. The mood of optimism about opportunities for…
Create Caribbean Inc. launched as primary research facility for Dominica
Students of the Dominica State College (DSC) now have an enabling environment to conduct research as well as academic work thanks to Create Caribbean Inc. Officially opened on Thursday April, 9th of Create Caribbean Inc. is the work of DSC…
