John Maples, founder of International Cayman Islands based law firm dies at 69
David Cameron paid tribute tonight to former Tory minister John Maples, who has died of cancer at the age of 69. The Prime Minister said the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party played a key role in his mission…
Apax set to buy Cayman Islands company Paradigm Ltd
Apax Partners LLP, a British private equity firm, agreed to buy Paradigm Ltd., a maker of software for the oil and gas industry. Apax, based in London, is buying Paradigm with JMI Equity, a Baltimore-based private equity fund manager focusing…
More serious allegations made about CHEC
We were sent this communication by The Communications Department, Office of the Contractor General of Jamaica. This is printed verbatim: The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) wishes to bring to your attention the following story which appears as…
Cubans Repatriated
The Cuban migrants that arrived in the Cayman Islands on 18 April 2012, after their vessel ran into difficulties, were repatriated Thursday evening (7 June) at approximately 6pm. The group consisted of 27 men and one woman. It should be…
Rajki Delicacies to exhibit at Café Blue, Montego Bay
Rajki Delicacies of Florida will be showing off their “Kurma” snack line at Café Blue, Rose Hall, Montego Bay, Jamaica on Saturday 23rd June Kurma is crunch fried dough coated with sugar syrup and is absolutely delicious. Kurma can be…
Jamaica drug kingpin ‘Dudus’ Coke jailed for 23 years
Notorious Jamaican drug lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke has been sentenced to 23 years in a US prison, the maximum sentenced he faced. Coke, 43, pleaded guilty to drug and gun-trafficking charges in August 2011. A five-week operation to capture him…
June 12 as Independence Day by Diosdado Macapagal Former President of the Philippines
“A nation is born into freedom on the day when such a people, molded into a nation by a process of cultural evolution and sense of oneness born of common struggle and suffering, announces to the world that it asserts…
Ice Hockey: Devils stay alive by beating Kings 3-1
People crammed into Staples Center and the restaurants of L.A. Live on Wednesday night expecting to celebrate the first championship in the 45-year history of the Kings. Terry Sawchuk became the first official player for Los Angeles on June 6,…
Greek far-right Golden Dawn MP wanted for assault
Greek prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the spokesman of the far-right Golden Dawn party after he slapped a left-wing politician in the face on live television. Ilias Kasidiaris, who was elected to Greece’s parliament in last month’s elections,…
Two 15 year old turtles hatched in Cayman Islands find their way to Omaha
Two green sea turtles are the two newest residents of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium. The 15-year-olds had a roundabout journey to get here. Ambrose and Merv were hatched in the Cayman Islands in 1997 and sent to the…
