Cayman Islands premier’s address to the Fidelity CEO Conference
Address to the Fidelity CEO Conference By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin 9 a.m., 2 February, 2017 Seafire Kimpton Good Morning, And a warm Caymanian welcome to you all, especially to our guest speakers who have come to share their views…
Cayman Islands: Around the World with Ladyfingers Catering
By Tonya Abeln From The Voice-Tribune While it is true that we were enjoying unseasonably warm weather through most of January, the executive staff from Ladyfingers Catering fled to the even warmer temps of the Cayman Islands all in the…
Cayman Islands: HMCIPS Supervisor Receives Chief Officer’s Choice
In an effort to continue to highlight outstanding civil servants through the Deputy Governor’s Awards programme, the Ministry of Home Affairs recognised Acting Supervisor Peter Smith, of Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, on Monday, 30 January 2017. Acting Chief…
Cayman Islands: HMCIPS Offers Use of Force Training
Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) recently hosted two prison officers from Bermuda’s Department of Corrections, who were on-island to take part in the Use of Force Training Programme offered at the prison. The two Bermudan prison officers, Steven…
The Editor Speaks: Baffling
It totally baffles me why the words “genetically modified” raise such visions of monsters due to horror movies and science fiction books that people campaign to stop the release of more Oxitec bugs. We know the horror movies and sci…
Starbucks chairman’s message re Trump Immigration Executive Order
Message from Howard Schultz to Starbucks Partners: Living our values in uncertain times Starbucks chairman and CEO sent the following message to all partners (employees) on January 29, 2017 Dear partners, I write to you today with deep concern, a…
Cayman Islands Government unveils finalised child abuse prevention policy
The finalised Child Abuse Prevention Policy for National Sports Associations was launched by the Hon. Osbourne Bodden, Minister for Community Affairs, Youth and Sports ylast Wednesday, 1 February 2017. He also advised attendees that the first round of child abuse…
Cayman Islands: RMI’s Master (Yachts) Unlimited CoC recognised
BY BRYONY MCCABE From Superyacht News It encompasses all of the STCW requirements of the Master Unlimited CoC, excluding cargo related subjects. At the end of 2016, representatives of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry and the Cayman Islands…
Bahamas Squandering ‘Caribbean’s Best Vat’
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter From Tribune 242 Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) chief regional economist yesterday accused the Bahamas of squandering the Caribbean’s “most successful Value-Added Tax” by failing to act in a fiscally prudent manner. Marla Dukharan,…
Tethys Petroleum Press Release: Court ruling in favour of Tethys and unblocking of bank accounts
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS–( – Feb 1, 2017) – Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or the “Company”) (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL)today announces that on January 25, 2017 the Almaty City Court found in favour of Tethys’ wholly owned subsidiary, Tethys Aral Gas LLP (“TAG”),…