Future of Cayman Forum – Friday Nov 23rd
The Future of Cayman Forum will be taking place Friday, 23rd November at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. The Forum will focus on Developing Talent and Building a Smarter Infrastructure and includes several exceptional panel discussions and presentations about the Health…
Ottawa won’t intervene in generic OxyContin decision
Canada’s health minister says she cannot delay or block the approval of generic OxyContin on the premise that some could misuse and become addicted to it. In a letter to her provincial counterparts, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said that there’s…
Photo competition to “share your moment” announced
Peter Kallo, a photographer from Hungary, has asked us to share with you an interesting concept for a photo competition. What was the world doing at 12:12 pm on the 12th day of the 12th month of 2012? We are…
Format set for CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Draw to be held November 21, 12:10pm (Cst) in Puebla, Mx
NEW YORK (Tuesday, November 20, 2012) – CONCACAF, in conjunction with the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and the government of the state of Puebla will host the official draw for the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship on Wednesday, November 21 (12:10pm CST/ 1:10pm…
Sacking plan to speed up Public Servants in UK
A plan to sack one in four Public Servants in the United Kingdom Department of Education has been proposed as a way of making its processes work faster. The suggestion came in an internal review by the Department which criticised…
Police officer on bribery charge
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officer appeared in court on Monday (19) charged with bribery offences under Cayman Islands’ anti-corruption legislation – 2 counts of corruptly obtaining cash, contrary to section 10 of the Anti-Corruption Law 2008 and 2…
No supermarket venues for election vote registrations after Dec 1
The Elections Office wishes to advise all prospective electors that whilst applications for registration will continue to be accepted in the 6 electoral districts and at the Elections Office on Smith Road until January 2nd, 2013 all supermarket venues will…
State Street Corporation Appointed Custodian for Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Pension Plan
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced that it has been appointed by the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Pension Plan to provide custody services to its USD$270 million plan. “Global financial events that have occurred in the past several…
Scotland promotes BT dump deal to fury of BT Coalition
Bodden Town MLA, Mark Scotland who is Cayman Islands Government Minister of the Environment released a statement to the media on November 15th reiterating Government’s intention of forging ahead with the deal. His statement has made the Coalition to Keep…
Girl Guides – Feminists and Quite Cool
By Jan Shure We were a fairly high-powered group of five media women (and one man, father-in-law to Conde Nast MD Nicholas Coleridge, as it happens) sipping strawberry daiquiris at a beach bar on Grand Cayman in 1992 when, in…
