Maples and Calder’s Krista-Lynn Wight Called to the Bar
The Hon. Justice Charles Quin QC admitted Krista-Lynn Wight to the bar as an attorney-at-law in the Grand Court on 25 April, before a large audience of Ms Wight’s family, friends and colleagues (resulting in a last minute move to…
CDB to assist with CSME capacity building
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is to administer funds equivalent to €3.45 million to help enhance the capacity of countries in the Region to further implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The beneficiaries will be CARICOM member…
Hezbollah appeals for calm after Syria kidnapping
(AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighboring Syria. The abductions in Syria’s northern Aleppo…
Stormy weather …keeps rainin’ all the time
“Since my man and I ain’t together”. We’ll leave the middle bit out of the well-known “Stormy Weather” song made famous by Billie Holiday. I was humming it to myself as I got almost drowned trying to unblock a drain…
Is an Offshore Cloud in the Cayman Islands a Wise Choice?
If midsize businesses have the ability to store their funds offshore, why can’t they also store their data there as well? Such is the thinking of a small handful of service providers who are offering American companies the option of…
Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb set to be elected leader of CONCACAF confederation
(AP) — Tackling corruption in football will again top FIFA’s agenda when the 208 member nations meet this week for a Congress that will also see the first woman appointed to the governing body’s executive committee. Continuing FIFA’s efforts to…
Grand Cayman tries to eradicate invasive green iguanas
By Nicole Glass Perched on a fence, glaring down from a shady palm tree or wriggling quickly across the road are the Cayman island’s most populous visitors: the green iguanas. These dinosaur-like lizards, native to Central and South America, have…
American Airways flight from Cayman Islands to Miami: turbulence injures crew members
On May 20th 2012 an American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N890NN performing flight AA-2240 from Grand Cayman Island (Cayman Islands) to Miami,FL (USA), was on approach to Miami when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence causing injuries to three flight attendants….
Play, Read, Learn!
Children learn through play! On Tue (30 May 2012), the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment and the Cayman Islands Public Library Service will launch “Play, Read, Learn!”, a library based initiative which focuses on children between the ages of…
VESSELS TO EXERCISE CAUTION/LA Postponed
Vessels to exercise caution Inspector Tahal of the RCIPS Marine Unit has advised that all Vessels should exercise caution and to avoid venturing out into open waters and that they should also seek safe harbour where possible . LA Postponed…
