The Editor Speaks: Bikers are winning, police are running, call in the Keystone Cops.
I expect most of you have seen the video circulating on social media of two police officers trying to stop 200 bikers at a roadblock in Bodden Town. The copy I received was titled “Keystone Cops”. It was an apt…
Energuate Trust (a Cayman Islands Trust) announces Commencement of Consent Solicitation for its 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2027
NEWS PROVIDED BY Intertrust SPV (Cayman) Limited GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Intertrust SPV (Cayman) Limited, an ordinary company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands, acting solely in its capacity as trustee (the “Issuer”)…
Eric Douglas: Family is what you make it, especially during the holidays
By Eric Douglas From Metro Kananwha Holiday parties have the potential to bring us into contact with more of our extended family than we ever knew we had. And maybe wanted to know. I hear this sort of conversation all…
Iran threatens to deploy warships in the Caribbean in response to US presence in the Persian Gulf
By Kenneth Rijock From Caribbean News Now TEHRAN, Iran — Those that do not closely follow developments in the Middle East may not know that the rear admiral who commands the Islamic Republic of Iran’s naval forces, in a recent…
Cayman Islands officials attend special CARICOM meeting
Leaders with the Cayman Islands Department of Immigration and Customs Department recently attended a CARICOM meeting in Trinidad and Tobago to discuss strategic and risk management approaches to border security. The Cayman Islands delegation included Acting Chief Immigration Officer Bruce…
Cayman Airways jet en route to New York returns back to Cayman
Last Sunday (26), a Cayman Airways Boeing 737-300 en route to New York, had to return to Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport and make an Emergency Landing. The aircraft left Grand Cayman at 7:40pm and landed safely back at…
Court rejects Nevsun bid to block forced labor lawsuit
From Freedom United An appeals court in Canada has rejected Nevsun Resources Ltd’s bid to throw out a lawsuit against the company in which six Eritreans claim they were subjected to forced labor at the company’s mine in East Africa….
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Caribbean Tourism continues record growth
By Garwin Davis From JIS Story Highlights Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Caribbean tourism continues to grow at record pace, with data from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) showing that the region has welcomed 16.6 million visitors for…
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Latin America and Caribbean urgently need strong, legally binding treaty on environmental rights, say UN experts
Press release by the Office of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights. 27 NOVEMBER 2017|PRESS RELEASE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS GENEVA (27 November 2017) – UN rights experts* are urging governments in Latin America and the Caribbean…
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St Lucia seeking to ban sale of soft drinks in schools
From Jamaica Gleaner The St Lucia government says it is undertaking a campaign aimed at discontinuing the sale of soft drinks at school. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said the highly sweetened fizzy drink is known to have disastrous…
