iNews Briefs & Community Events
Thousands attend Cayman Islands Batabano It was a beautiful day last Saturday (7) and thousand s of people took to the streets to watch beauty. And there was much beauty in the costumes and people walking the streets of…
Cayman Islands: Isy B. & Sand Angels: Looking good & doing good
Cayman-based womenswear brand Isy B. and Sand Angels, the premier boutique in the Cayman Islands for luxury resortwear have come together to host a runway event on June 2nd, 2016 which will raise funds and awareness for the NCVO Caring…
Treasure Islands: Britain’s offshore hubs
AFP From Bangkok Post LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to demand greater transparency from Britain’s overseas tax havens, which critics say help promote and support corruption. The leak of documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca…
The Cayman Islands’ Public Sector Pension Plans provide stable pensions
On 9th May 2016, the Cayman Compass published an article entitled “Possible 2024 ‘depletion’ of gov’t retirement fund.” The article discusses funding levels of pension plans administered by the Public Service Pensions Board (the PSPB), and the above-mentioned article concentrates…
The Editor Speaks: Solar power – a first small step
I am a little surprised at some of the hoopla regarding the new 5 megawatt (MW) solar project that broke ground last Monday (9) in Bodden Town. 5 megawatts is small but a small step in the right direction is…
Cayman Islands: Sunrise Centre Holds Annual Spring Concert
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – The Sunrise Adult Training Centre is putting on its annual free spring concert on Wednesday, 18 May at the Harquail Theatre. This year, the clients from the Centre will be presenting “Mummeh Mia: The Barcadere…
Cayman Islands University students to Attend Summer Academy in Spain
Thanks to the generosity of the Honorary Consulate of Spain, two Caymanian students from the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) are heading to Malaga, Spain in July for a three-week language programme at the eSPEAK Academy. Lacey Quesada…
Dozens of big firms to appear in New ‘Panama Papers’ Database
By Brian Baxter, From The Am Law Daily Update: For a revised list of major firms that appear in the ‘Panama Papers’ (excluding those that appeared in an earlier investigation by the ICIJ), please see related story below main article)…
JFSC action taken re Mossack Fonseca
From Offshore Bankers Since the initial publication of the Panama Papers, the JFSC) has been closely monitoring developments and any relevant connections between Jersey financial services practitioners and the PanJersey Financial Services Commission (amanian firm Mossack Fonseca or any other…
Health City Cayman Islands adds robotic assisted orthopedic surgery
CAYMAN ISLANDS – Health City Cayman Islands has joined an elite group of hospitals around the world that can perform robotic assisted orthopedic surgery on knees and other joints. “This technology has really changed the way surgeries are performed,” asserted…