New appointment forthcoming
After having recently made the first new appointments to any of the constitutionally created Commissions since the implementation of the 2009 Constitution Order, His Excellency the Governor Duncan Taylor, CBE, is now considering candidates for an appointment to the Judicial…
Cayman touts insurance industry offering in America
A delegation from the Cayman Islands insurance industry attended the 50th Annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference held last month, to promote the jurisdiction’ position as a growing domicile for captive insurance companies. The Risk and Insurance Management Society…
Cayman Islands medical student, ‘Dr. Ellis,’ puts pole vault firmly in her past
Dana Ellis hadn’t touched a vaulting pole in three-and-a-half years when she picked one up this season and felt that old, familiar tug. Ellis, the Canadian pole vaulting record holder and former Olympian, is still nagged by what-ifs over a…
Anger, drama at Ratko Mladic’s genocide trial
(AP) — He’s no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo “in the palm of his hand” during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial began Wednesday, Ratko Mladic still managed to reopen old wounds with the flick…
Texas ‘executed an innocent man’, report claims
The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims. Carlos de Luna was killed by lethal injection in 1989 for the brutal…
Cayman Islands part of Buzz Aldrin’s travelling life
The former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, on Mayfair hotels, Arctic adventures and why scuba diving is the closest thing to moonwalking. With a mother whose maiden name was Moon, Buzz Aldrin seemed destined to travel there. On July 20, 1969, he…
90% Greece bond payment goes to Dart Management
When Greece announced on Tuesday that it had made a €436 million bond payment to the hold-out investors who rejected the country’s historic debt revamping deal in March, the decision came as no surprise. After all, with the Athens government…
Greece gets caretaker PM until next vote in June
(AP) — A senior judge was sworn in Wednesday to head Greece’s caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone. The political uncertainty is worrying Greece’s…
Cayman Islands makes Guardian’s Top 10 swimming holidays
Long-distance outdoor swimming was once the preserve of elite athletes or eccentrics such as ‘Big River Man’ Martin Strel, but a growing number of us are making swimming the focus of a holiday, be it by joining a boat-supported tour…
Syrian leader says terrorists are behind unrest
AP) — In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. The interview with…
