To evade taxman, hop on a bike [don’t stash cash in Caymans]
By Catey Hill, MarketWatch Sen. Chuck Schumer proposes tax break for bike commutes What does using a bike-share program have in common with stashing cash in the Cayman Islands? Both may soon be tax shelters. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New…
Dr. Anna Jarvis receives prestigious honour from University of West Indies
By Justin Faiola Dr. Anna Jarvis, a retired staff physician in the Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), was presented with the University of West Indies (UWI) Vice Chancellor’s Award at the UWI Toronto…
Cayman to host regional veterinary conference
During the week of 4 -7 November 2014, approximately two to three hundred global and regional veterinarians and their families will visit the Cayman Islands as participants in the 28th Biennial Caribbean Veterinary Medical Association (CbVMA) Conference. The Cayman Islands…
St Lucia latest Caribbean island to record a case of chikungunya disease
From Caribbean360 The first case of the disease in the Caribbean was reported in the French island of St. Martin last year. Since then it has spread to several countries including Dominica. CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday April 2, 2014, CMC…
SickKids honoured by the University of West Indies for Caribbean initiative
By Justin Faiola From SickKids On Saturday March 29, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) was honoured at the fifth annual University of West Indies (UWI) Toronto Benefit Gala at The Ritz-Carlton. SickKids received UWI’s prestigious Chancellor’s Award for its…
WuXi PharmaTech Corporate Venture Fund invests in TruTag security platform for drug safety
SHANGHAI and HONOLULU, April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. WX -0.14% , a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device R&D services company with operations in China and the United States, and TruTag Technologies, Inc., developer of the…
Study shows it’s way too easy to get a prescription for narcotics
By Pamela Engel From Business Insider A new study published in the April 2014 issue of the journal Medical Care highlights a troubling reality of today’s health care landscape: Too often, doctors prescribe potentially dangerous medications to patients who shouldn’t…
Cayman Hospice Care announce Caribbean Pallative Care Conference
The Cayman Hospice Care has had the privilege of hosting three Palliative Care Conferences in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Our goal with these International conferences is to broaden the Palliative and End-of-Life education and encourage not only our own staff…
Low-cost Dominican surgeries spark warnings by US
By Ben Fox And Ezequiel Abiu Lopez From Boston.com SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Beverly Brignoni was a young New Yorker seeking a less expensive way to enhance her appearance and she did what many other people are now…
World Autism Awareness Day is Wednesday, April 2nd
Join the Special Needs Foundation of Cayman in celebrating World Autism Awareness Day at Camana Bay Wednesday, April 2nd Come see Camana Bay’s Town Centre lit up blue from Monday March 31st – Sunday April 6th in honour of Autism…
