The US DEA wants your help to catch these “Bad Caribbean Hombres”
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Nov. 16, 2016: More than a dozen criminal men born in the Caribbean, or as the US President-elect would term them, “bad hombres,” are being sought by the U.S. DEA, News Americas…
Cayman’s chocolate elves
Chocolate Elves Stage Holiday Takeover of The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Marketwired Chocolate Elves Stage Holiday Takeover of The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman The exquisitely sculpted chocolate showpieces take 540 hours to bring to life in time for their December 5, 2016…
Cayman Islands: Sustainability 0f Offshore: Using Cayman for investment into Africa
Article by Lisa Akiri, Harneys From Mondaq The use of offshore is an integral part of African financing. Offshore vehicles are used for a variety of structures including bond issuances, listing, loan financing, JVs and PE structures. Investors in and…
Recipe of the week
Recipe: Muffin-Pan Shepherd’s Pie By Kelli Foster From The Kitchn Shepherd’s pie is a marvelous comfort food: hearty meat and veg under a mashed potato crust. This upside-down version, made in a muffin pan and baked in shredded potato cups,…
Barclays’ new ATMs let you withdraw money with your phone
By Matt Brian From engadget Contactless technology is, we’re told, destined to replace physical currency. In the meantime, you’ll soon be able to use your phone to withdraw cash from an ATM — if you’re with Barclays that is. The…
Marine General ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis got Trump to rethink his position on torture in under an hour
By Paul Szoldra From Business Insider While on the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump often asserted that “torture works.” But one meeting with legendary Marine Gen. James Mattis appears to have made him rethink that stance. On Saturday, Trump met…
Cayman Islands Finance Minister’s speech to Professional Development Week
Navigating the Future: Challenges Ahead By Honourable Marco Archer Minister for Finance and Economic Development 24 November 2016 Introduction Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed my pleasure to have been invited to speak this morning, Day 2 of…
Mexico reports no microcephaly case linked with Zika
Source: Xinhua From Shanghai Daily MEXICO has not recorded any cases of babies born with microcephaly due to their mothers being infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy, Mexican Health Minister Jose Narro said Friday. In a press conference, Narro…
Autonomous cars coming to Boston’s roads with Nutonomy starting trials there
By Victoria Hosingapore Fresh from kicking off driverless trials in Singapore, Nutonomy is headed home to Boston to test its autonomous vehicles there. The company has already obtained permission, and will run its cars at an unspecified date in the…
Pope Francis grieves, prays for atheist revolutionary Castro
From Newsmax Pope Francis said the death of Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was “sad news” and that he was grieving and praying for his repose. Francis expressed his condolences in a Spanish-language message to Fidel’s brother, President Raul Castro…
