Road Closures – Pirates Week and Remembrance Day parade
The following road closures will be in place for Pirates Week and Sunday’s Remembrance Day parade. Thursday 7 November Harbour Drive from Fort Street to Shedden Road from 3.00pm on Thursday until approximately 3.00am on Friday. Friday 8 November Harbour…
Kai Tak heart attack
By Paul McGowan PS Audio In [a prior] post Fire Hoses, Steven Taylor of Acoustic Energy and yours truly wound up in the cockpit of a 747 jumbo jet landing at one of the trickiest airports in the world, Kai…
Steve Martin’s Caribbean home is on the market
By David Howells From Homes Go Fast Comic actor Steve Martin has put his Caribbean villa on the market for the princely sum of $10.5 million (£6.6 million), businessinsider.com reports. Villa Au Soleil (Villa in the Sun) sits high up…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc announces licensing agreement with Mayo Clinic
WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (ADR) : WuXi PharmaTech Announces Licensing Agreement for Patient-Derived Xenograft Models with Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine SHANGHAI, Nov. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research…
Ogier: Close-out netting and set-off provisions Cayman Islands
Close-out netting and set-off provisions for BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg counterparties Introduction Ogier is counsel to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) in Guernsey and Jersey and provides netting and collateral opinions which are available…
Experts say Myrie ruling is a turning point for regional integration
From caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday November 5, 2013, CMC – Almost a month after the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that Barbados had breached the rights of a Jamaican national when she sought entry into the country in…
Sidley Austin adds investment funds partner
United States funds Hedge Timothy A Spangler has joined Sidley Austin in Los Angeles as a partner and member of Sidley’s global investment funds, advisers and derivatives practice. Spangler brings extensive experience in advising clients on an array of investment…
Guardian Group rewrites Caribbean insurance code
From World Finance Financial regulation is changing all over the world, but Guardian General Insurance, which pre-empted the crisis by focusing on good governance before it hit, now has a head start on its industry rivals Financial regulation is changing…
Hands off! Don’t touch the pregnant woman’s belly
By Robin Marty From Care2 No one would ever consider placing a hand on the stomach of another man or woman without permission under normal circumstances. Yet for many people, a visibly pregnant woman is often seen as an open…
