UK High Court issues worldwide freezing order [to help Cayman Islands GC]
By Charlotte Ducker & Geraldine Elliott From International Law Office Introduction The High Court has granted three insolvent Cayman companies (each in liquidation) a worldwide freezing order in support of proceedings against Mr Terrill, an individual who operated behind the…
Cayman Islands: Counterclaim filed by Sharon Lexa Lamb
See iNews Cayman story published November 19 2015 “Statement of Claim filed against Dundee Bank and Sharon Lexa Lamb” at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/cayman-islands-statement-of-claim-filed-against-dundee-bank-and-sharon-lexa-lamb/ IN THE GRAND COURT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS Cause No 202 of 2015 BETWEEN (1) LAWRENCE BEVERLEY HEATH (2)…
Caribbean aid trade for trade and regional integration trust fund (CARTFund)
Management Response & Recommendations Action Plan Evaluation Report: Caribbean aid for trade and regional integration trust fund (CARTFund) Response to Evaluation Report The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has provided £10.1 million to help Caribbean countries and businesses implement…
Stranded for Christmas: Brit ‘held to ransom’ on Caribbean island over unpaid hospital bills
By Alex West From The Sun UK A British holidaymaker is stranded on a Caribbean island until he pays a £45,000 medical bill. Allan Cox, 45, fell ill while in the Dominican Republic and needed emergency surgery to remove his…
Gadget of the week
Army and Air Force team up for laser-based landmine sweepers By Andrew Tarantola From engadget Used to be that if the US military wanted to clear a roadway, runway or airfield of deadly IEDs (improvised explosive devices), they’d have to…
Islamic finance can spur Guyana private sector
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now Guyana has been a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) since 1998, but never joined the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), a branch of the OIC. The previous government of Guyana did…
Mum charged by Hotmail to view dead son
‘I nearly had a breakdown’: Mum charged to see only pics of her stillborn son after Hotmail closes hacked account By Fred Nathan A SINGLE mum today branded Hotmail “heartless” after she was told to pay £70 to retrieve the…
Bahamas shark attack victim rescued by US Coast Guard
From CARIBBEAN360 IMAGE: Bull Shark (zambezi) NASSAU, Bahamas, Monday December 14, 2015 – A 26-year-old Bahamian man received serious injuries when he was attacked by a shark while fishing in the Bahamas on Friday, according to the US Coast Guard….
Castaway sued for eating pal
By Daniel Cutts From The Sun UK Castaway who survived 15 months at sea sued for $1M by dead pal’s family who claim he stayed alive by EATING him El Salavadorian castaway Jose Ivan and later told that his full…
The Editor Speaks: Same sex marriages – Law v Bible
The Cayman Islands Ministers’ Association at a prayer meeting in honour of Cayman Thanksgiving on Monday 6 December held at the George Town Hall urged the Cayman Islands to resist “yielding to the impulse” of recognising same-sex marriages. I would…
