Cayman Islands private equity firm Sentient gets controlling stake in Australia’s Iron Road
A Cayman Islands-based private equity firm has gained a majority stake in South Australian focused mining company Iron Road. Sentient Group raised its holding in Iron Road from 38.9 per cent to 57.87 per cent after underwriting the iron ore…
Contractor General’s Open Letter to the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition
Office of the Contractor-General September 12, 2012 The Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, MP, ON Prime Minister of Jamaica Office of the Prime Minister 1 Devon Road Kingston 10 The Hon. Andrew Holness, MP Leader of the Opposition Office…
MMTS announces the first training school for models in the Caribbean.
Modelles Magnifique Taining School (MMTS) major objective is to effectively train, sensitize and educate young persons between the ages of 16 – 30 with the necessary tools needed to enter, survive, work diligently and ultimately be successful in the modelling…
Cayman Enterprise City CEO Talks Life Sciences in Special Economic Zone
Cayman Enterprise City, a knowledge based Special Economic zone in the Cayman Islands is serious about Biotechnology. Over the next two years they will be building a dedicated campus for the knowledge cluster, including a specialised campus for Biotech. The…
Tempura Boss, Martin Bridger, battles on alone
In the summer of 2007, journalist John Evans broke into the offices of Cayman Net News, where his employer, the newspaper owner, the late Desmond Seales, reputedly kept a file of information leaked to him by a senior Cayman…
Hurricane Ivan remembered
By Hazard Management First published 9th Sept, 2010 Hurricane Ivan was a “classical” long lived Cape Verde hurricane. It has been categorized as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the Caribbean in recorded history. On September 2 Ivan…
8 Sacred Sites You Won’t Believe Exist
By Talal Al-Khatib, Discovery Channel If you’re looking for a truly off-the-beaten path adventure with a spiritual side, few destinations rival these sacred sites. A combination of architectural marvels and temples built by eccentric orders, the spiritual sanctuaries in this…
9/11 attacks: Obama marks 11th anniversary
President Barack Obama has marked the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, saying the US emerged “even stronger” from that day’s death and horror. In New York, relatives read aloud the names of those killed when hijacked jets crashed at…
Libya militias storm US consulate over ‘insulting’ film
Militiamen in Libya have stormed the US consulate in Benghazi, the country’s second largest city. Reports say they were protesting against a US-made film that is allegedly insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, and set fire to the building. The building…
Ward-Dawson Hangover: The Prediction Walk of Shame
By Lyle Fitzsimmons Next time, dammit… I’m listening to my wife. Because she’s been around me nearly every day for nearly seven years and has endured work trips that have sent me from the Cayman Islands to the Nevada desert…
