Huge wildfires hit Colorado and New Mexico
Hundreds of firefighters have joined efforts to tackle two of the biggest wildfires ever seen in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico. The Colorado blaze shrouded the state capital, Denver, 60 miles (100km) away, in smoke, hampering rescue…
Be energy patient. Barbados is. Power restored there after Tomas in 16 days. Grand Cayman took 77 days after Ivan.
…in aftermath of a hurricane In the aftermath of the passage of Tomas, 30 000 customers of the Barbados Light & Power were affected. It took 16 days to restore 99 percent of the island and 30 days for full…
Iraq: Amnesty International condemns killings of pilgrims during Shi’a festival
A wave of bombings and other attacks in several Iraqi provinces including a number of locations in Baghdad that reportedly killed at least 55 people and wounded dozens during a major Shi’a religious festival has been condemned by Amnesty International….
Cayman Islands all set for Audi Sardinia Cup
A fleet of TP52 and Soto 40 racing yachts representing six nations – Cayman Islands, France, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden and the USA – is ready for the start of racing in the Audi Sardinia Cup, scheduled to commence tomorrow…
Cayman Participates in the World’s Biggest Assembly
More than one billion children attend school – and the BBC wanted to hear from each and every one of them. On Tuesday, 8 May 2012, The Biggest Assembly was broadcast on the BBC. This event — the World’s Biggest…
Missing Farmington tourism funds top $500k and included trips to Cayman Islands
Final tallies of the missing-dollar amount from Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau indicate the former executive director embezzled more than half a million dollars from the center, police reported. Debbie Dusenbery, 41, committed suicide nearly three weeks following revelations she…
US Southport Lane acquires Cayman Islands reinsurer
Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Redwood Reinsurance SPC, Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based reinsurer that provides treaty reinsurance for workers compensation and general liability insurance in the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed….
Greenlight Capital Re appoints Drake as Vice President, Business Development in the Cayman Islands
Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (Nasdaq:GLRE), a specialist property and casualty reinsurer, today announced the appointment of John H. Drake, Jr. as Vice President, Business Development. He will be responsible for maintaining productive client and broker relationships while also identifying attractive…
Stanley Cup Final: Kings Win to Claim First Championship
Monday 11th June It took 3,506 regular season games and 26 playoff appearances, but the Los Angeles Kings are Stanley Cup Champions for the first time in their 45 year history. Their opponents, the New Jersey Devils, gave the Kings…
Cayman Islands based jewellery design house unveils new designs in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas jewellery market is sparkling in 2012, thanks to retailer confidence and upticks in consumer sales. Inside the Grand Canal Shoppes, the Bernard K. Passman Gallery has been quietly making travellers into repeat customers throughout the mall’s existence….
