AlixPartners completes largest ever cross-border restructuring in Cayman Islands
From ABL Advisor AlixPartners, the global advisory firm, announced that it recently completed the successful financial restructuring of Ocean Rig UDW and certain of its subsidiaries. Ocean Rig is an international offshore drilling contractor providing oilfield services covering exploration, development,…
Antigua police probe suspicious death of teenager
BY SHAY SAVORY From Caribbean Times The Police are now labeling the death of 18 year old Alana Lloyd of Jennings New Extension as suspicious. Lloyd’s lifeless body was found laying on her bedroom floor around 3:30 pm on Tuesday,…
Cayman Islands: Small Business Development Workshop opens
Minister for Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure, Hon. Joseph (Joey) Hew opened a two day workshop on the setting up of a Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) at The Westin Grand Cayman last Wednesday morning, 4 October 2017. A prominent SBDC…
1 month after Hurricane Harvey hit, over 60,000 Texans are still displaced, living in shelters or hotel rooms paid for by FEMA
By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press From Business Insider HOUSTON (AP) — It has been a month since Hurricane Harvey brought devastating wind and flooding to the Texas coast and Houston area, and while the water has receded and businesses…
Another headache for Google as YouTube now promotes Las Vegas conspiracy theories
BY GIANLUCA MEZZOFIORE From Mashable In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, Google’s algorithm was under fire for purportedly promoting conspiracy theories that flourished on 4chan’s controversial /pol/ channel. But now Google has another headache from what is arguably…
We should never have told people to take supplements — and a new lawsuit shows why
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider More than 5,000 Americans are about to get a check in the mail, after regulators discovered that a Florida-based supplement maker was peddling an herbal drink mix that it claimed could help treat addiction….
Most people worry robots will replace human jobs, just not their own
BY PATRICK KULP From Mashable Robots may be driving cars, appealing tickets, and working construction, but they don’t have a whole lot of popular support. That’s according to a new Pew Research study Wednesday that found around twice as many…
Cartoon of the Week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
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BTB launches “Dollar for the Caribbean Relief Fund Campaign”
By Johnelle McKenzie From Love FM It was in September that two category five hurricanes, Irma and Maria, ripped through several Caribbean countries leaving massive destruction in its wake. A number of people died while others were left homeless without…
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Weather OK for SpaceX launch from KSC as system brews in Caribbean
From Florida Today SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the secretive X-37B mini-shuttle on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, and successfully landed the first stage at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Weather conditions are trending toward favorable for the Saturday…
