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Day: May 22, 2016

The Cayman Islands’: Foreign Trade Statistics Report 2015 & Consumer Price Index Report March 2016

Foreign Trade Statistics Report 2015 APRIL 2016 THE ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS OFFICE 1. INTRODUCTION The annual Foreign Trade Statistics Report is produced by the Balance of Payments Unit of the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO). The statistics on imports are…

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Cayman Islands Consumer Price Index falls & Merchandise Imports decline

Consumer Price Index Fell by 2.8% in First Quarter 2016 The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the first quarter of 2016 declined by 2.8 percent when compared to the same quarter in 2015. “This is the fifth consecutive quarter…

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The Editor speaks: HRC filed and I am not surprised

I have received a copy of a Human Rights Complaint (HRC) filed by John Evans re Aina (read Tempura) sent to the HRC, Cayman Islands. Whilst I am not surprised Evans filed it, I am surprised it took him so…

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Cable and Wireless Communications officially under new ownership

From Curacao Chronicle CEO Mike Fries says it will be business as usual, for at least the next few months, in Flow operations across the Caribbean. WILLEMSTAD – Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), which operates in the region as Flow,…

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Caribbean hotel occupancy falls again, but decline slows From Caribbean Journal Caribbean hotel occupancy fell in April for the sixth consecutive month, according to the latest report from hotel analytics firm STR. The region’s hotel occupancy dropped by 2.2 percent…

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Florence Allan to compete in Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Cayman Islands

“I’m still taking it in. It still feels really surreal,” Allen says.  Studying for A-Levels, graduating and perhaps going to college all seem like realistic goals for a 17-year old, but for sailor Florence Allen, those goals are small compared…

Focus on Cayman Brac Customs

Eleven (11) Cayman Brac Customs Officers received refresher training in various Customs and other related Laws, general procedures and techniques last month. The training was conducted by Deputy Collector of Customs Marlon Bodden and Assistant Collector of Customs Philip West…

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Committee formed in Cayman Islands to steer the development of the OBC for the new Sunrise Centre facility

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – A committee has been formed by the Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs to steer the development of the Outline Business Case (OBC) to review viable options for a new Sunrise Adult Training Facility….

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No black officers in four police forces and senior representation is ‘pitiful’

By Alan Travis From The Guardian UK Cheshire, North Yorkshire, Dyfed-Powys and Durham have no black officers and diversity champion needed, says inquiry by MPs Four police forces in England and Wales still do not have a single black or…

Participation by International Stakeholders in Cayman Islands Insolvencies

Peter McMaster QC, Partner, and Jeremy Snead, Senior Associate, Appleby (Cayman) Ltd, Cayman Islands Introduction Companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands usually conduct operations and hold assets elsewhere than in the Cayman Islands and Cayman Islands corporate insolvencies therefore commonly…