EU small business grant scheme to be launched
COSME Representatives from the Boosting Caribbean OCT Enterprises (COSME) initiative for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) visited the Cayman Islands recently and met with small business owners in the Chamber of Commerce conference room to provide information to local…
Cayman Islands government announces new chair for University
Cabinet appoints UCCI Board Members On Tuesday 31 March 2015, Cabinet appointed the following persons to the UCCI Board of Governors: • Lemuel Hurlston, CVO, MBE, JP – Chair • Andrea Bryan – Deputy Chair • Stephen Watler—Member Mr Hurlston…
To Pao Judge, Jurors not ‘potted plants’
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — In the cast of characters that starred in the Ellen Pao gender bias trial, Judge Harold Kahn was relegated to a supporting role. The San Francisco Superior Court judge received nowhere…
Caribbean urged to reverse decline in aquaculture
St. George’s, Grenada, 1 April 2015 (CRFM): Fisheries officials who spoke at the 13th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum, held in St. George’s, Grenada, earlier this week, highlighted the need for collective action by the 17 member states of…
Police: DLA lawyer killed after Craigslist connection
By Zoe Tillman and Jenna Greene, from Legal Times Jamyra Gallmon went to a downtown Washington hotel on Feb. 9 to rob a man she’d met on Craigslist, according to charging documents. David Messerschmitt, a 30-year-old associate at DLA Piper,…
Jury to ‘Scott Rothstein’s biggest victim’: You’re liable for $157M
By Noreen Marcus, from Daily Business Review A Miami federal jury found George Levin, the former head of a top feeder fund for disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein, liable for more than $157 million in funds that fueled the ex-law firm…
Community assist Cayman Islands police to recover stolen vehicle
From RCIPS Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 8:55 AM Police were called by a member of the public who had previously seen the press release. The 1995 blue Honda Civic Ferio registration 123-596 which was reported stolen on Saturday March…
FURTHER UPDATE: Shooting GT 3 women shot – Man charged/Motor accident – bus overturned GT/
Further update: Suspect in George Town Shooting Incident Charged From RCIPS Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 5:05 PM Police have now charged a 34 year of old George Town man in relation to the shooting incident that occurred near McField Lane and…
iNews Briefs
Recent tsunami exercise exposes Cayman Islands to ‘significant’ flooding According to Simon Boxall of Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) had the recent tsunami exercise been the real thing the Cayman Islands would have suffered significant flooding. Although it was just…