Bringing Breast Cancer Awareness to the Cayman Islands every month
With Breast Cancer Awareness Month having come to a close, health experts are reminding the Cayman community to continue to take active steps towards assessing and lowering their risk of breast cancer rather than waiting until next October. Although healthcare…
Cayman Islands CUC PFL: Primary Schools battle for spots in the Playoffs
Primary Schools battle for spots in the Playoffs This past Saturday featured the final regular season games in the 2016/2017 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) and Girls’ Primary Football League (GPFL) and the chance for schools to qualify for either…
Cayman Islands’ children under a spell
Children across the Cayman Islands are under a spell, of the vocabulary kind, preparing for the national Spellings Bees competitions. The highly anticipated two-day event is being held next week, with the 33rd Annual Lion’s Club of Grand Cayman Secondary…
The Editor Speaks: Gang violence.
Our new Police Commissioner Derek Patrick Byrne is now being bloodied on our own little gang violence that must seem small fry to him. He comes from Ireland’s National Police Service where he held the operational, strategic and business lead…
New vehicle registration system being launched in Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands Government is currently in the process of switching to an electronic vehicle registration system which will include enhanced security features. The new system is slated to be launched in late January or early February 2017 and will…
Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival sponsors Gimistory Fish Fry Cook-Off
Taste of Cayman Food and Drink Festival 2017 has partnered with the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) for the annual Gimistory Fish Fry Competition, which begins on Monday November 28. The Fish Fry Competitions will take place at each of…
Cayman Islands youth workers tell their stories, public nominations now sought
The contributions of local youth workers and youth organisations were celebrated recently, when the Youth Services Unit hosted a series of radio interviews where participants shared their efforts and hopes for the future of their youth programmes. The interviews were…
RBC completes sale of Caribbean trust business
From Offshore Bankers SMP Partners Group has completed the acquisition of Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) trust and fund administration business in the Bahamas, expanding its operations into the Caribbean. It will operate from offices in Lyford Cay, with Stephen…
Rural women benefit from ECLAC sensitization seminar on gender-based violence
Women in rural communities in Trinidad and Tobago benefitted from a sensitization seminar on gender-based violence, held in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, celebrated each year on 25 November. Organized jointly by the…
Fund structuring: responding to users’ needs – Conyers, Dill & Pearman
From Offshore Bankers With economic headwinds affecting some performance, investors want to see their interests aligned with the managers. Not only have Asian managers been pressurised to reduce periodic management and performance fees, but they are also having to come…