Designing plastic products ‘With Soul’
By Sam Dunne From Core77 We pay a visit to the Black+Blum studio in London to hear about the design process behind the new ‘Forminimal’ kitchenware range. When Dan Black—who recently bought out business partner Martin Blum to take on…
View of the Dead Sea
View of the Dead Sea From the Top of Masada, Israel By Gary Arndt From Everything Everywhere In March 2007 I sold my house and have been traveling, blogging and taking photos around the world ever since. So far I…
Destination of the week
Discover Martinique and experience paradise in the French Caribbean From Skyscanner By Judd Hall Martinique’s natural beauty is easier to reach with new flights routes taking you to this gem in the French Caribbean! With its crystal blue waters, natural…
Bahamas backs Antigua nominee for Commonwealth post
From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Prime Minister Perry Christie has indicated that The Bahamas will support Antigua and Barbuda’s nominee, Sir Ronald Sanders, for the post of Commonwealth secretary general at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)…
ESMA buys time on passporting
By Bailey McCann, New York From Opalesque Earlier this month, European regulators met to discuss passporting for private funds. Specifically at issue was whether to make the passport available to outside jurisdictions like Hong Kong, the US and Cayman. ESMA…
Look Loy: Caribbean back to pre-Jack Warner days
By Walter Alibey From T&T Guardian It’s back to the pre-Jack Warner days for T&T and Caribbean football, following the exclusion of ex-T&T midfielder and captain David Nakhid from the list of names for the Fifa presidency election in February….
Haitian officials look into new allegations against man who founded orphanage
By staff and wire reports From Portland Press Herald Michael Geilenfeld won a defamation case against a Freeport man in a federal civil trial in Portland this past summer. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —Haitian investigators are looking into new allegations of child…
Mexico battles an invasion force: Seaweed [and it’s in Cayman Islands, too]
From Santa Fe New Mexican CANCÚN, Mexico — Surrounded by a four-man camera crew, the Japanese honeymooners were ready to make memories. In their wedding whites against the turquoise Caribbean waters, the couple leapt off the beach and kicked their…
Third Party Costs Orders: Service out judgment puts
BVI Back in Business Authors: Richard G. Evans, Partner Tameka Davis, Counsel from Conyers Dill & Pearman On the 12 October 2015 the Court of Appeal delivered a judgment which undoubtedly clarified the law in the BVI on the service out of…
Cayman Islands likened to a medical institute as an island of unaccountability
From Kashmir Images Govt finally turns attention to Valley’s Cayman Islands (SKIMS) Director responsible for all mess in SKIMS: Health Min Srinagar, Nov 05: Having been sort of Cayman Islands, government finally seems to have woke up to divest Sher-e-Kashmir…