Andrew Strauss: England captain retires from cricket
England captain Andrew Strauss has retired from all forms of cricket. Strauss skippered his country in 50 of his 100 Tests and is handing over to one-day captain Alastair Cook. Strauss, 35, said: “For me the driver to it all…
Cayman Islands Stock Exchange : Bank of NT Butterfield & Sons Limited – announces sale of Barbados Subsidiary
Butterfield Completes Sale of Barbados Subsidiary to First Citizens Group Hamilton, Bermuda-28 August 2012: The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (“Butterfield”) today announced that it has completed the sale of its wholly-owned Barbados subsidiary, Butterfield Bank (Barbados) Limited,…
Urban Search and Rescue Team Increases Response Disaster Capacity
The Cayman Islands now has a certified urban search and rescue team. The team will be deployed in variety of circumstances including post impact situations such as a damaging earthquake, fire or following a hurricane where buildings have been damaged…
A-Z of Paralympic classification
The 2012 Paralympics in London involves 20 sports but not all disability categories can compete in each event. Each sport has different physical demands and so has its own set of classifications. ARCHERY Archery is open to athletes with a…
CIBC Bank And Trust Company (Cayman) Limited, Ogier and Walkers short listed for prestigious STEP Awards
CIBC Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Limited has been named a finalist of the STEP Private Client Awards 2012/13, the only credible international awards that cover the whole private wealth sector. It is among five worldwide firms shortlisted for the…
Credit rating given to Chinese Cayman registered company
TEXT-S&P summary of Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd. Credit rating Summary analysis — Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd. ——————– 22-Aug-2012 ================================================================= CREDIT RATING: B+/Negative/– Country: Cayman Islands Primary SIC: Real estate agents and managers Mult. CUSIP6: 98871W ================================================================= Credit Rating History: Local…
Another disturbance in the Atlantic to watch
Whilst all eyes are on Hurricane Isaac and we in the Cayman Islands breathed a sigh of relief at its passing way North of us and suffering only some minor flooding, there is another Tropical Storm out there. I am…
Bin Laden book No Easy Day ‘contradicts official account’
A first-hand account of the May 2011 raid by US forces that killed Osama Bin Laden contradicts the official story, the Associated Press claims. It has purchased an advance copy of an unauthorised account of the raid, No Easy Day,…
Mauritius styles itself as a Cayman Islands to India and offers India two islands in effort to preserve tax treaty
In order to style itself as another Cayman Islands how far will a country go to secure a favourable deal for itself? Pretty far, it seems. Mauritius has offered a couple of sun-drenched islands to India as part of a…
Blue Baby Godzilla? A Portrait of the Rarest Cerulean Iguana
Located on the tiny island of Grand Cayman off the coast of Cuba are the last remaining Blue Iguanas (Cyclura lewisi). They’re one of the longest living species of lizard with the record being set at 67 years. Unfortunately, there…
