Kenneth Rijock’s Financial Crime Blog
Analysis and Commentary on Money Laundering and Financial Crime Kenneth Rijock Saturday, August 13, 2016 ELEVATE COUNTRY RISK ON THE CAYMAN ISLANDS FOR 2016 IMAGES: Cindy Scotland, CIMA MD, Det. Supt. Peter Landsdown, RCIPS One of the key indicators through…
Americans are starting to get worried about the ‘new housing crisis’
By Bob Bryan From Business Insider Americans are catching on to the rise in home prices. The gap between the demand for new homes and the supply coming onto the market, which we’ve dubbed “the new housing crisis,” has caused prices to…
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Wave moves into the Southeast Caribbean…. Off the coast of Africa By Mike Buresh From NEWS 104.5 WOKV The Atlantic Basin remains pretty quiet. A weak tropical wave is moving into the far Southeast Caribbean, but its low…
Cayman Islands: Applications for the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships open 8 August 2016
The Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for 2017/2018 Chevening Scholarships via www.chevening.org/apply from 8 August until 8 November 2016. Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with demonstrable leadership potential who also have strong academic backgrounds. The scholarship offers financial support…
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands partners with Digicel to Take Work from the National Art Collection on the Road
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) in partnership with Digicel is set to launch a dynamic island-wide advocacy campaign bringing activities based on works from the National Art Collection into schools throughout the Cayman Islands districts. The project,…
Open tender for all retail space at Cayman Islands ORIA
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (12 August, 2016) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) is taking another major step in the airport expansion and redevelopment project with an open tender for all retail space at the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA)….
Sir Ronald Sanders: Where has fight in developing countries gone?
By Sir Ronald Sanders The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not their achievement alone; it is also the fault of developing countries that let them….
Door to Door Enumeration for General Elections starts end August
Election officials are gearing up for the start of door to door enumeration of voters on Saturday, 27 August 2016, in the run up to next year’s General Elections. Just over 160 enumerators will be knocking on the doors of…
Deforma Studio designs beachfront property Margaritaville Grand Cayman
By Mick Tan From Hotel Management Margaritaville Grand Cayman Beach Resort will have 285 guestrooms, a function space, two pools, gym, spa/salon and 1,500 square feet of retail space. The first renderings and amenity details of Margaritaville Grand Cayman Beach…
Cayman Islands: The Confidential Information Disclosure Law, 2016
11 August 2016 By Martin Livingston, Adam Huckle, Tim Dawson, Richard May, Tahir Jawed, John Breslin, Mac Imrie, Paul Govier, Michael Gagie From Maples and Calder The Confidential Information Disclosure Law, 2016 (the “CIDL”) was gazetted on 22 July 2016…