Bakr loses wrongful arrest lawsuit, must pay State
By Susan Mohammed From Trinidad Express YASIN Abu Bakr, leader of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen, was on Monday ordered by a High Court judge to pay the State after a lawsuit of wrongful arrest he filed was thrown out of…
[Jamaican] Man sentenced to 20 years for international lottery scam
From Valley News A Montego Bay, Jamaica man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, and ordered to pay more than $5 million in restitution, after having been convicted at trial in North Dakota on multiple fraud-related charges. Sanjay…
Jamaican drug mule arrested at US airport after swallowing cocaine pellets
From CARIBBEAN360 NOVEMBER 24, 2015 MARYLAND, United States, Tuesday November 24, 2015 – United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have arrested a 31-year-old Jamaican woman for allegedly smuggling more than four ounces of cocaine inside her body. The…
Trinidad: Government seeks to freeze assets of Trinidadian suspected of terrorism
From Caribbean360 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday November 25, 2015 – The Trinidad government has filed an application seeking the High Court’s permission to seize the assets of a national imprisoned overseas who is suspected of being involved in terrorism….
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Peter Binose: Are the ULP doing their best to steal the Elections at any price?
The greatest theft of government property by a political party is taking place right now, and its being done in an underhand way that is little more than a sham. Some of the remarks uttered by Gonsalves after the Constitution…
Cayman Islands spearheads Ship Registry
By William Mathieson From Superyacht News The PYC undergoes its five-year survey The Passenger Yacht Code (PYC) is five years in the making and appears to be very slowly gaining traction. Spearheaded by the Cayman Islands Ship Registry, the code…
Johnny Depp and George Clooney among biggest 2015 film flops
From BBC Films starring Bradley Cooper, Johnny Depp, Chris Hemsworth and George Clooney are among the biggest film flops of 2015. Rock the Kasbah starring Bill Murray is number one on the list by Forbes. Mortdecai starring Johnny Depp and…
Same sex marriage correspondence released by Cayman Islands Human Rights Commission
On 13 August 2015 a motion to retain the definition of marriage as articulated in s.2 of the Marriage Law (and s.14(1) of the Constitution) was debated in the Legislative Assembly. On 18 August 2015 the Human Rights Commission (“the…
Conyers’ Tania Dons speaks at inaugural Cayman Finance members briefing
From The Lawyer Tania Dons, partner at the Cayman Islands’ office spoke at the Cayman Finance inaugural members briefing as a director of Cayman Finance and the chair of the members committee thereof. Tania informed the audience that the membership…
Solomon Harris acts for SMP Partners as it extends its reach to the Caribbean
A Solomon Harris team lead by partner, Ian Jamieson, recently acted for Europe-based, SMP Partners Group, on its agreement to purchase RBC’s Trust Custody and Fund Administration businesses in the Caribbean. The SMP Partners Group is a leading independent trust…
