Bush outlines his income tax for expats
Bush outlines his income tax for expats by Georgina Wilcox It’s now official. And if you are an expat and earning above $36,000 you will be privy to losing 10% of your income. What is worse for you is that…
Olympic Park is pure gold
By Ron Shillingford DOUBLE CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE The Olympic Park at the London Games is always a teeming mass of humanity, no matter how bad the notorious changeable English weather. Chirpy guides, fans in national colours, athletes…
CUC Announces Second Quarter Results for the Period Ended June 30th, 2012
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. is listed for trading in United States dollars on the Toronto Stock Exchange. GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, July 31, 2012 /CNW/ – Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (TSX: CUP.U) (“CUC” or “the Company”) announced today its unaudited…
Lord Ashcroft will have to publicly counter accusations that he made loans to corrupt Caribbean politician
Hon Mr Justice Eady’s decision is the latest development in a “long and tortuous” legal battle between the Tory’s former deputy chairman and the former owners of The Independent. The billionaire Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft will have to publicly counter…
London Olympics: Badminton scandal rocks sport; 8 players expelled
Eight female badminton players were kicked out of Olympic Games over twin charges of “not using one’s best efforts to win a match” and “conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport.” Not words…
Breast Feeding Awareness Week
Issued by Public Health Department: The Cayman Islands will join the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) in celebrating their annual Breastfeeding Awareness Week from Wednesday August 1- Tuesday, August 7, 2012. World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) celebrates its twentieth anniversary…
Tropical depression Five may be heading for the Cayman Islands
Tropical Depression #5 Will Affect Barbados & The Lesser Antilles Tonight Through Friday Thursday, August 2, 2012 5:28 am by Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather Tropical Depression #5: Invest 99L was upgraded to Tropical Depression # 5 late yesterday afternoon…
Amazing Lightning photograph
This amazing photograph of f lightning appeared recently on the Weather Underground website that was posted by a blogger there. We just had to share it with you and hope we don’t see anything like this here in Cayman. It’s…
Full power restored after India hit by second huge outage
Crews restored full power to northern India on Wednesday as officials continued to search for the cause of the country’s worst blackout in at least a decade. Half the country lost power Tuesday after three electricity grids failed, leaving an…
Pan-American Life Insurance Group Completes Acquisition of Majority of MetLife® Assets including in the Cayman Islands
Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG), a leading provider of insurance and financial services throughout the Americas, today announced it received regulatory approval and has completed its acquisition of assets and businesses of MetLife in the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Panama,…
