Entertainment through the ages for Taste of Cayman 2017
The Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival organisers have announced a “decades” theme for the entertainment for the 2017 festival being held onSaturday January 28 at the Festival Green, Camana Bay. Headline acts include international tribute entertainers Paul McCartney,…
The Editor Speaks: The meaning of Christmas
I send you Christmas greetings and much happiness for the New Year. 2016 was a surprising year and one that will be mostly remembered for terrorism and Trump. Let us then remember what Christmas stands for. The child of Christmas…
Presidential ballot verification begins in Haiti amid controversy and delay
From Caribbean News Now PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Following the decision by the Office of National Electoral Litigation (BCEN) to authorize the verification of 1,560 Procès Verbaux (PV), the official voters lists (some 12 percent of the total) of…
AIFMD Consistent Regimes for the Cayman Islands
By Tim Clipstone, Jon Fowler, Jonathan Green, Philip Ireland, Barry McGrath, Peter Stapleton, Anthony Webster, Paul Govier, Harjit Kaur, Tom Katsaros From Maples and Calder The Mutual Funds (EU Connected Fund (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive)) Regulations, 2016 (“Fund Regulations”)…
A Christmas Cayman Nat. C&O
The Cayman National Choir and Orchestra (CNC&O) gave their annual Christmas concert at Elmslie Memorial Church on the waterfront at George Town last week. They gave two performances and the first one was so good on Tuesday and I went…
Domestic-murder spree clouds Christmas in Jamaica
By Emma Lewis Global Voices From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — As 2016 draws to a close, Jamaicans might agree that the year has yielded some progress on the economic front, holding some hope for 2017. But a dark…
Bahamas and Belize share Caribbean Mediathon win
By University of The Bahamas The Bahamas and Belize have collaboratively made history by winning the Compete Caribbean Mediathon held recently in Barbados, November 22nd-23rd, 2016. It was the Caribbean’s first mediathon. The winning proposal came from a team comprising…
Sir Ronald Sanders: The dignity of the Obamas
By Sir Ronald Sanders As Barack Obama’s Presidency of the United States of America enters its final weeks, there are tens of millions of people in America and across the world who already feel a great sense of loss. That…
Caribbean practice of Zolfo Cooper affiliates with AlixPartners
From Consultancy.uk AlixPartners has added a presence in the Caribbean with the affiliation of Zolfo Cooper Caribbean. The addition adds around 25 staff as well as a footprint on the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. AlixPartners, a management…
IMF chief found guilty in Paris trial
By LK Hewlett WINN From Caribbean News Now PARIS, France (WINN) — Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde was found guilty of negligence with public money in a French court on Monday in connection with an…