Cayman Islands Police Update – regarding rise in burglaries during holiday period and recent arrests
From RCIPS The RCIPS has seen a significant increase in burglaries in recent weeks, with most occurring in Bodden Town and West Bay. The burglaries in Bodden Town are mostly at residential properties, involving forced entry with valuable goods being…
Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce member, Awesome Productions’, to begin filming on short feature “Luna’s Ring”
Chamber member Awesome Productions will begin shooting on their short feature film, ‘Luna’s Ring,’ in early 2018. Badir Awe, owner of Awesome Productions, provided a synopsis of the film that reads: “A strong-willed American writer faces his inner demons and…
Tower adds creative power to senior management team in Cayman Islands
Tower, one of Cayman’s leading strategic communications agencies, has added Caymanian, Ms Brita Gill, to its creative design and marketing team. Joining Tower as senior designer, Ms Gill will be responsible for leading the design team of three and developing…
Cayman Islands gain $100 million from captive industry
By Marianne Lehnis From Reinsurance News Cayman’s captive insurance industry generated $100 million for the island’s economy in 2016, according to an economic impact survey by the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC). The Q3 results from the Cayman Islands…
Primeo v HSBC: Cayman Islands Grand Court dismisses US$2 billion claim by Madoff feeder fund
By Marc Yates From Ogier In a recent landmark judgment of the Cayman Islands Grand Court in the case ofPrimeo Fund (in Official Liquidation) (Primeo) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd (BBCL)and HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) S.A (HSSL), Mr Justice…
The Editor Speaks: We have no TIME to stand and stare
It is the weeks leading up to Christmas and everyone is in a rush. So many things to do before we run out of TIME. My wife was in a rush this afternoon. We had no dog biscuits for our…
Who will represent the region‘s private sector?
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, 13th December 2017: The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in collaboration with the world’s largest donor organization, the European Union, pulled together some of the region’s most influential business leaders and private sector representative organisations to answer…
Cayman Islands Academy student wins laptop from Cayman Finance
At the recent Cayman Academy Career Fair, a year 8 student received an HP Pavillion Notebook from Cayman Finance CEO, Jude Scott, as a prize for correctly answering a quiz on the Cayman Islands’ financial services industry. The fair was…
Alabama election: Democrat Jones defeats Roy Moore in Senate upset
From BBC Doug Jones has become the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama, after a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore. His unexpected victory deals a blow to President Donald Trump, who backed…
Madagascar signs a US$ 53 million financing agreement with IFAD to boost food and nutritional security and strengthen resilience to climate change in rural areas
Rome, 13 December 2017 – A new financial agreement, signed today between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Madagascar, will sustainably improve incomes and food and nutrition security for 320,000 Malagasy rural households in eight regions located in…