Steady Caribbean tourism growth driving dining, hotel and resort players
Jun 19, 2014 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) — WHITEFISH, MT The Caribbean is the number one destination in the global cruise sector, with 37.3% of capacity this year, a figure which continues to be dominated largely by passengers from the U.S….
Seagate Technology announces successful completion of cash tender offers for outstanding 7.000% senior notes due 2021 and 6.875% senior notes due 2020
CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 18, 2014– Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) gave notice of the completion of the cash tender offers by its wholly owned subsidiary, Seagate HDD Cayman (“HDD Cayman”), previously announced on May 20, 2014 (the “Tender Offers”), to…
Former Dep Chair of Housing Trust found guilty
Edlin Myles (62) former Deputy Chairman of the Cayman Islands National Housing and Development Trust (NHDT) board was found guilty on Thursday (19) of seven deception offences. Myles had been accused of conning applicants who had applied to the NHDT into taking…
Margaret Ramsay-Hale appointed first female Chief Justice for the Turks and Caicos Islands
From Turks & Caicos Sun His Excellency the Governor Peter Beckingham has accepted the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission to appoint Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale as the next Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Ramsay-Hale was previously appointed…
LIVE EXPLOSION: A mountain top is about to get blown off to make way for a giant telescope
By Leslie Baehr From Business Insider PHOTO: Artist’s rendering of the future telescope which will be the ‘largest eye on the sky.’ On Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET, the top of Cerro Armazones, a 10,000-foot mountain in northern Chile’s Atacama…
Cayman minor charged with burglary
From RCIPS Thu June 19 2014 at 9:15 AM A 12-year-old boy from West Bay, Grand Cayman, has been charged with burglary following an incident in the West Bay area last month. He is due to appear in court this…
iNews Briefs
Cayman Islands serves up ice cream in NYC From Travel Weekly The timing could not be better. With temperatures soaring into the high 80s this week, turning New York into a true melting pot, the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism…
DMS Offshore Investment Services – Best Offshore Regulatory Advisory Firm – joint winner
From hedgeweek Download the special report Hedgeweek USA Awards 2014 at: http://www.hedgeweek.com/sites/default/files/HW_US_Awards_14.pdf DMS Offshore Investment Services (‘DMS’) was established in the Cayman Islands by Don Seymour in 2000. Over the past 14 years it has grown into one of the…
OTs Comment on Schengen Visa Change
Nearly a year of negotiations with the European Union Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) preceded the recent change to EU Regulation 539/2001, which allowed British Overseas Territories Citizens and all other categories of British Nationals visa-free…