Maples and Calder Welcomes Newly Qualified Caymanian Lawyer to Finance Team
Maples and Calder is pleased to announce that Alicia Thompson has completed her articles of clerkship with the firm and was admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands by Hon. Justice Williams on 8 June 2018, before an audience…
Clamor for Independence grows in British Caribbean Territories as UK advances restrictive sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Bill
From teleSUR “People realize the days of being dictated to by England need to come to an end,” said Thomas Christopher Famous, an MP from Bermuda. Discontent is growing across a number of British overseas territories in the Caribbean, with…
RCIPS Awards
Cayman Islands police holds 2017 Outstanding Service Award Ceremony, 29 June From RCIPS Last night, Thursday 28 June, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) held its annual Outstanding Service Awards Ceremony at the Cayman Islands Government House (the Governor’s…
Male Voice Choir scintillates
Cayman Islands Male Voice Choir give a scintillating sound performance By Georgina Wilcox Despite missing some stalwart singers, including their conductor, the Cayman Islands Male Voice Choir gave another skillful, scintillating, sound performance at their June Gospel Concert on Sunday…
Cayman Islands economy benefits from stayover performance
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (29 June 2018) The Cayman Islands welcomed a total of 209,143 visitors in the first five months of 2018. This reflects a 16.51 percent increase over 2017 which is a total of 29,637 more stayover visitors….
Practices for FAD Fisheries being finalized for Caribbean and Pacific SIDS
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, MONDAY, 2 July 2018 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has been working along with United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to develop a set of best practices for small-scale fisheries centered around Fish Aggregating Devices…
Cayman Islands Premier’s Statement in LA re CARICOM
Statement on 39th regular meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA Mr. Speaker, I rise to inform you and members of this Honourable House that I, along with the Honourable…
Cayman Airways changes baggage policy. No free bags
From Cayman Airways Cayman Airways still offers one of the most generous baggage fee policies in the industry. We offer you the freedom to pack up to 55lbs of your personal belongings in each bag (jet travel only) whereas most…
A Caribbean coming together
By Christopher Famous fromRoyal Gazette Recently, the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman served as the host for the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic region conference. The conference ran from June 16 to 23. Nearly 100 delegates…
More Kiwi investors come forward fearing life-savings lost in suspected global scam
By Kurt Bayer From New Zealand Herald More New Zealand investors have come forward fearing they have been caught up in suspected global investment scam. The Herald reported earlier this month that authorities are looking into the apparently sophisticated ruse…