Switzerland retains top spot in financial secrecy index [Cayman is 4th]
From The Times of India Switzerland, retained its top spot in the financial secrecy index (FSI), unveiled by the Tax Justice Network on November 7. It was followed by Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands and Singapore. This ranking is based…
Establishing a Cayman Islands Open-Ended Investment Fund
By Janet Francis From Smeets Law (Cayman) Over eighty percent (80%) of the world’s investment funds are believed to be registered in the Cayman Islands. As at December 2010, there were 9,438 investment funds registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary…
Women’s Rugby Sevens NACRA North American & Caribbean Championship 2013
George Town (GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS) – 9 November – 10 November 2013 Participating Teams Bermuda Canada Cayman Islands Curacao Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Competition Format Preliminary Round November 9th, 2013 8 Teams, 2 Groups,…
CSX launches new rules at Mines and Money
To promote the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange’s (CSX) new listing rules written specifically for mineral companies, the CSX will be exhibiting at the Mines and Money conference in London 3 -4 December 2013. The new Listing Rules for mineral companies…
Cayman Islands National Museum, Mastic Trail & App
From Cayman Visitor Blog Cayman Islands National Museum This 19th century structure has been used as everything from the courts building to town jail to the place for Sunday worship, so it’s quite fitting that Cayman’s relatively brief but resourceful…
UC researching happiness, pleasure and engagement
From University of Canterbury New Zealand 12 November 2012 Sex or making love and drinking alcohol or partying are two of the most enjoyable activities, according to a University of Canterbury research project. UC postgraduate psychology researcher Carsten Grimm said…
Brevard Zoo unveils [Grand Cayman] blue iguana enclosure
By Rick Neale From FLORIDA TODAY VIERA — Resembling a miniature dragon, “Lola” clambered across her new enclosure toward a blue dish of banana slices, blueberries and prickly pear cactus fruit, her long claws and leathery tail scooting over rocks…
Simmonds ignorant about the form and impact of British colonialism in Jamaica
By Earl Moxam From RJR News British minister’s comments on reparations for slavery dismissed by Jamaican academic One of the first responses from a British official to a renewed push for reparations for slavery has not gone over well with…
Sun flares & its magnetic field
From The Voice of Russia, RIA Third strong flare in 5 days unleashed by same sunspot Photo: © www.nasa.gov Sunspot AR1890, located close to the center of the solar disk, has unleashed its third X-class flare in 5 days. The…
Caribbean public relations firm launches South Florida Office
Miami — Fresh Image Public Relations (WWW.FRESHIMAGEPR.COM ), a full-service Caribbean region public relations agency, announced [Monday 11] that it is expanding operations with the opening of a new office in Miami, Florida to support client development Fresh Image PR,…
