Cayman Islands athletes’ Olympic schedule

Five athletes from Cayman are competing in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Cayman-to-Rio-2016

These are the scheduled competition times for each:

Geoff Butler (Swimming – 400m Freestyle) Saturday, Aug. 6 – DONE Did not qualify for finals

Lara Butler (Swimming – 100m Backstroke) Sunday, Aug. 7 – DONE Did not qualify for finals

Florence Allan (Sailing – Women’s Laser Radial) Aug. 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13

Kemar Hyman (Athletics – 100m) Aug. 13 (prelims), Aug. 14 (semis and final)

Ronald Forbes (Athletics – 110m Hurdles) Aug. 15 (prelims), Aug. 16 (semis and final).

 

Cayman Islands Automatic Exchange Of Information – US FATCA, UK FATCA, CRS Deadlines

From Offshore Bankers

US FATCA AND UK FATCA

Users of Cayman Islands vehicles which fall within the scope of US FATCA and UK FATCA as Reporting Financial Institutions (which will, for example, include most Cayman funds) are reminded that the previously extended deadline issued by the Cayman Islands Department for International Tax Corporation to complete their notification and reporting to the Cayman Tax Information Authority is 10 August 2016.

Cayman Reporting Financial Institutions are reminded that their obligations under FATCA will include:

Registration with the United States IRS to obtain a Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN) (US FATCA only)

Due diligence on investors and identification of any reportable accounts

Registration and applicable notifications with/to the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority by the FATCA Deadline

CRS

Cayman Reporting Financial Institutions are also reminded that for CRS the deadline for conducting due diligence on pre-existing high value individual reportable accounts is 31 December 2016.

Reporting Financial Institutions are urged to confirm with their internal compliance function or external FATCA/CRS services provider that the requisite notifications and reporting requirements have been or will be met.

For more: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1nrdojo7afmlv/?&th=15669927dcd437f8&v=c

 

[Cayman United] How would you handle this situation, if it was…

By Rose McLaughlin Hurlston posted in Cayman United.

How would you handle this situation, if it was you in the position.

Immigration insisted that the position be given to a Caymanian. And that you must receive training to take over from the x-pat when their work permit is expired. You’re the only Caymanian on staff. All the x-pats treats you with animosity…and none of them speaks to you. When you’re given a task to do, they don’t tell you how to do it; tells you to go figure it out.. you have not gotten any training since you took the job.. you were attending classes before and they insisted on paying for your classes, even though you didn’t want them to. Now they are pressuring you to pass all your exams.. so you find yourself working under tremendous pressure and stress…this Caymanian have no idea how to deal with this issue. Any advice would be appreciated. (It’s not me) just trying to help the person.

Cayman United [email protected]

 

Nobel Laureate Stiglitz leaves Panama Finance Committee

By The Associated Press From Caribbean Business

PANAMA CITY – Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz has quit a committee set up by Panama’s government to study the country’s financial system following the leak of a trove of data about offshore accounts set up by a Panamanian law firm.

Panama’s foreign ministry said Saturday that Stiglitz resigned over “internal differences” that it did not explain. Swiss law professor Mark Pieth also resigned.

The committee of experts was set up in April following the international uproar over the leak of the so-called “Panama Papers” revealed details on offshore accounts that helped foreigners shelter their wealth.

The panel is supposed to give recommendations on making it more difficult for people to use Panama’s financial services sector for illegal activities.

Four experts continue to work on the committee

For more: http://caribbeanbusiness.com/nobel-laureate-stiglitz-leaves-panama-finance-committee/

 

A new view of Greenland’s melting glaciers

From The Carbon Wars

NASA researchers have helped produce the first map showing what parts of the bottom of the massive Greenland Ice Sheet are thawed — key information in better predicting how the ice sheet will react to a warming climate.

Greenland’s thick ice sheet insulates the bedrock below from the cold temperatures at the surface, so the bottom of the ice is often tens of degrees warmer than the top, because the ice bottom is slowly warmed by heat coming from Earth’s depths. Knowing whether Greenland’s ice lies on wet, slippery ground or is anchored to dry, frozen bedrock is essential for predicting how this ice will flow in the future, But scientists have very few direct observations of the thermal conditions beneath the ice sheet, obtained through fewer than two dozen boreholes that have reached the bottom. Now, a new study synthesizes several methods to infer the Greenland Ice Sheet’s basal thermal state — whether the bottom of the ice is melted or not — leading to the first map that identifies frozen and thawed areas across the whole ice sheet.

“We’re ultimately interested in understanding how the ice sheet flows and how it will behave in the future,” said Joe MacGregor, lead author of the study and a glaciologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “If the ice at its bottom is at the melting-point temperature, or thawed, then there could be enough liquid water there for the ice to flow faster and affect how quickly it responds to climate change.”

From their analysis, MacGregor and his colleagues determined that the bed is likely thawed under Greenland’s southwestern and northeastern ice drainages, while it’s frozen in the interior and west of the ice sheet’s central ice divide. For a third of the Greenland ice sheet, there’s not enough data available to determine its basal thermal state.

MacGregor said the team’s map is just one step in fully assessing the thermal state of the bottom of Greenland’s ice sheet.

For more: http://www.thecarbonwars.com/a-new-view-of-greenlands-melting-glaciers/

 

Cricket: Jamaica Tallawahs clinch Caribbean title

From Sport24

Basseterre – Chris Gayle smashed his 78th half-century in Twenty20 cricket as the Jamaica Tallawahs beat the Amazon Warriors by nine wickets in the final of the Caribbean Premier League.

The Warriors were dismissed for a paltry 93 with Pakistani left-arm spinner Imad Wasim grabbing 3 for 21.

For the Warriors, only Pakistan all-rounder Sohail Tanvir made a difference with the bat, making 42 from 37 balls after being promoted up the order to four.

Jamaica romped home with 43 balls to spare thanks to Gayle’s 54 as his side won their second CPL title.

Gayle was not there at the end when the winning runs were struck having fallen to the bowling of Rayad Emrit as he went for another six.

Instead it was Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara who hit the winning runs.

For more: http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/jamaica-tallawahs-clinch-caribbean-title-20160808

 

4 drown in 2 incidents in Trinidad

By Guardian (TT)

DROWNINGGUARDIAN (TT) – Coast Guard divers, police and Air Guard officers mounted a land, sea and air search in the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, after four people, including a nine-year-old child and a teenager, drowned in two separate incidents at Mayaro and Manzanilla.

The bodies of pensioner Morris Sammy and his granddaughter Anna Ali were recovered, but up to press time there was no sign of Deoraj Harridass, 49, and his 13-year-old step-daughter Ranesha Basdeo.

The first drownings occurred at the Ortoire River, off the Manzanilla Road, around 7.30 am, when Basdeo went to wash her hands near the mouth of the river. Police said the child did not realise there was a 12-feet drop near the river bank and she slipped in. Basdeo, an estate constable with Allied Security Services, dived in to save her but was pulled in by the strong undercurrents. While the family hurriedly called for help, the man and his step-daughter were washed further out to sea.

They both were residents of Robert Street, Tableland. Basdeo attended the Tableland High School and was preparing to enter Form Two in September.

The family had gone on a camping trip for the weekend. Relatives milled around the area where the family had spent the night under a white tent and mattresses, but refused to speak with the media yesterday.

For more: http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/caribbean-4-drown-in-2-incidents-in-trinidad/

 

Greenhouse gas levels exceed 400 ppm for the first time

From The Carbon Wars

Last year was the warmest year on record for land and sea since at least the mid-to-late 19th century, when detailed records were first kept.

A recent study based on the work of more than 450 scientists worldwide confirmed on Tuesday, that greenhouse gas concentrations were the highest on record, exceeding 400 parts per million for the first time. Manmade climate change and seasonal El Nino climate patterns prevailed in 2015, and melting ice pushed sea levels to the highest ever, about 70 mm (2¾ inches) above the 1993 average. Over the past two decades, the level has risen at an average of 3.3 mm (0.15 inch) per year, with the highest gains in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The State of the Climate report, published by the American Meteorological Society, followed a report by two U.S. government agencies which found 2015’s global average temperature was the hottest ever by the widest margin on record.

The annual study, led by Boulder Colorado’s National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will likely add fuel to the ongoing debate over global warming policies such as the international agreement forged in Paris in December.

The record heat in 2015 was driven by a combination of long-term global warming and one of the strongest El Nino climate patterns in at least half a century, it said. El Nino brings unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean after late December and can cause catastrophic weather conditions.

Last year was the first time that Earth was 1.0 degree Centigrade (33.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than preindustrial times, the report said.

The report also found that Arctic land surface temperatures were the highest in 2007 and 2011 since record keeping began in the early 20th century, reducing sea ice and affecting marine animals.

For more: http://www.thecarbonwars.com/greenhouse-gas-levels-exceed-400-ppm-first-time/

 

Cayman Drama Society

2016 is proving to be amazing around the Prospect Playhouse! We have been busy renovating the auditorium this summer and getting ready for a smashing end to 2016!

And Yes! Its election season and what greater way to lighten the mood than coming to see the very funny, Yes Minister!

September 15,16,17,22,23,24,29,30, October 1

Yes Minister is a satirical look at the early career of Jim Hacker MP; a newly appointed cabinet minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs at Whitehall. Hacker goes through various struggles to formulate and enact legislation or effect departmental changes that are continually opposed by the British Civil Service in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby. His Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, is usually caught between the two. The British comedy, written by Sir Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, was fist broadcast by BBC Television in the 1980s has now been adapted to the Cayman stage by Chuck and Barrie Quappe. As the Cayman Parliamentary system is based on Whitehall, any of the situations will be undeniably familiar to all that live in Cayman!

 

And you do not want to miss our continuing celebration of Shakespeare’s 400th!!!

Cayman Islands Pirates Week calls for food vendors

The Pirates Week Festival Office is inviting participants for the annual Food Festival to submit their vendor applications for the below dates/times:

 

Friday 11th November	George Town	6:00pm to 2:00am
Saturday 12th November	George Town	1:00pm to midnight
Saturday 19th November	George Town	2:00pm to midnight

Vendor applications must be submitted beginning on Monday 1^st August, 2016 to the Pirates Week Office on Shedden Road, George Town (upstairs next to KFC). Vendor space is limited therefore applications must be submitted as soon as possible after the opening date above. Deadline for submission is Monday 31^st October.

 All vendors must comply with the rules and regulations set by the Pirates Week Festival Office and must present a valid Food Handling Certificate for all persons handing food by the 31^st October. Food handling certificates can be obtained from the Department of Environmental Health by contacting Mr. Gideon Simms on 949-6696 or email [email protected] .

 For application forms and more details please contact the Pirates Week Festival Office at 949-5078 or [email protected].

COMMUNITY EVENTS (Date Order)

TUE AUG 9

Moonlight and Movies: Kung Fu Panda

The Moonlight and Movies series continues on Tuesday (9 Aug) featuring Kung Fu Panda at 7pm in Gardenia Court in Camana Bay.

Cayman Gospel Workshop Choir

The Cayman Gospel Workshop Choir will meet for practice at the First Assembly Church of God on Old Crew Road at 7pm on Tuesday (9 Aug)

WED AUG 10

2nd of 3 Jaguar Land Rover Stroke and Stride

The 2nd of 3 Jaguar Land Rover Stroke and Stride events is Wednesday (10 Aug) at Sunset House. Log on to caymanactive.com for more details.

 Bookends Club

The Bookends Club is meeting on Wednesday (10 Aug) at 630pm at Books & Books to discuss Time of Departure by Douglas Scholfield.

Cayman Islands FATCA notification and reporting deadlines fast approaching

From Maples and Calder

Tim Clipstone Christopher Capewell Tim Dawson Tim Frawley Patrick Head Martin Livingston

Further to our previous update in relation to the extension of the deadlines for both notification and reporting by Reporting Financial Institutions (“Reporting FIs”) through the Cayman Islands AEOI Portal (the “Portal”), Reporting FIs are reminded to complete any applicable FATCA notification and reporting for both US FATCA and UK FATCA (CDOT) through the Portal on or before the deadline of Wednesday, 10 August 2016. In the days running up to the deadline, users should expect heavy traffic on the Portal.

In relation to CRS, Reporting FIs are reminded that 31 December 2016 is the deadline for the completion of due diligence on Preexisting High Value Individual Accounts.

Grand Court Jurors Notice

Grand Court Jurors in the current session must now report on Wednesday (10 Aug) at 945am.

THU AUG 11

Catch the Olympics

Catch the Olympics on a big outdoor screen on Thursday (11 Aug) at 7pm on the Crescent at Camana Bay.

Water Interruption

The Water Authority has scheduled a planned service interruption in the Tropical Gardens area from 9 — 1pm on Thursday (11 Aug)

FRI AUG 12

Music Happy Hour

Music Happy Hour for kids is Friday from 3:30 — 4:30 pm at Starfish Village every Friday in August.

SAT AUG 13

Catch the Olympics: Kids Challenge

In celebration of the 2016 Olympics, children between the ages of 6 and 12 are invited to participate in the Kid’s Challenge on Saturday (13 Aug) at the Town Center in Camana Bay between 2 and 5pm. Events include cracker eating competition, a flipper race and more

JGHS Uniform Sale

Parents of John Gray High School students are advised that uniforms are now on sale, upstairs Number One Shoe Shop in Unit G, on Hospital Road from 9am to 5pm daily.

SUN AUG 14

Pete Ribbins Memorial 10K or 40K Bike Ride

The Pete Ribbins Memorial 10K or 40K Bike Ride is Sunday (14 Aug) at 630am. Log on to caymanactive.com for more details.

 

TUE AUG 16

Moonlight and Movies: Nanny McPhee

The Moonlight and Movies series continues on Tuesday (16 Aug) featuring Nanny McPhee at 7pm in Gardenia Court in Camana Bay.

WED AUG 17

Final Jaguar Land Rover Stroke and Stride

The final Jaguar Land Rover Stroke and Stride is Wednesday (17 Aug) at Sunset House. Log on to caymanactive.com for more details.

 Floetry

Floetry is Wednesday (17 Aug) at 630pm at Books & Books.

THU AUG 18

Catch the Olympics

Catch the Olympics on a big outdoor screen on Thursday (18 Aug) at 7pm on the Crescent at Camana Bay.

3rd Annual CCUK Cayman Summer Reception Aug 18

2016 CCUK Summer Reception in Cayman

Date: Thursday 18th August 2016
Time: Workshop (5pm-6pm) & Reception (6pm-8pm)
Venue: St. Ignatius Catholic High-School Hall

Join us for an evening of networking and fun as we host our 3rd Annual CCUK Cayman Summer Reception! These receptions are historically a time for students, friends and associates who have connections to the UK to get together and share experiences. It is also an opportunity for those considering tertiary education the UK to meet others currently there, and glean some advise, tips and tricks!

RSVP BY FRIDAY 12TH AUGUST

RSVP here: http://caymanconnection.org/rsvp/

PLEASE SHARE WITH CAYMAN FRIENDS AND STUDENTS.

Humane Society Pub Quiz

The Humane Society Pub Quiz is Thursday (18 Aug) at Fidel Murphy’s at 7pm.

FRI AUG 19

Cayman Islands Liquor Licence Holders: Remember your 19 August deadline

Liquor licence holders – including those with music and dancing licenses – are reminded of the Friday, 19 August deadline to apply for licence renewals.

They also are reminded that before they can apply for a renewal, their premises must be inspected by relevant Government agencies. Depending on licensees’ particular operations, these inspections may include the Fire Service, Department of Environmental Health, Planning Department, and Port Authority.

To help speed up the process, the Planning Department has advised that licensees must have inspections done by private, licensed plumbers and/or electricians. These inspections are then submitted to the Planning Department for approval.

The Planning Department added that there are a few exceptions. For example, package licences (for retail outlets such as stores and warehouses) do not require electrical or plumbing inspections.

Only complete renewal applications, with either inspection certificates or proof of inspection requests, that are submitted by the 19 August deadline will be heard at the Liquor Licensing Board’s annual session on 30 September.

Applications can be downloaded from the Department of Commerce and Investment’s website, www.dci.gov.ky . For more information, contact the Liquor Licensing Board through Acting Secretary Gavin Dixon on 244-3167 or DCI’s Shelise Jeffery on 244-2202.

Music Happy Hour

Music Happy Hour for kids is Friday from 3:30 — 4:30 pm at Starfish Village every Friday in August.

SAT AUG 20

Culture at the Cinema: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Culture at the Cinema presents Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Saturday (20 Aug) at 7pm at Regal Cinemas.

Lions Tropical Gardens Diabetes Health Fair 

 

TUE AUG 23

Moonlight and Movies: Shrek the Third

The Moonlight and Movies series continues on Tuesday (23 Aug) featuring Shrek the Third at 7pm in Gardenia Court in Camana Bay.

THU SEP 1

Cayman Islands: LCCL applicants must advise TBL board of Caymanian participation

In order to ensure that the law is upheld, procedural changes for the Local Companies (Control) Licence Law (LCCL) will come into effect on 1 September 2016.

The LCCL requires foreign investors to publish ads that solicit Caymanian participation in their potential business endeavours. In these ads, Caymanians are asked to inform the foreign investor of their interest, in writing; however, as of 1 September, Caymanians also must supply a copy of that letter directly to the Trade and Business Licensing Board.

Also, when submitting their applications to the board, foreign investors must include copies of the two local newspaper ads, published in accordance with section 11 (4) (e) of the law, that solicited Caymanian participation.

‘These procedural changes will help the board to know if the applicant has complied fully with the LCCL’, said Minister of Commerce Wayne Panton.

LCCL applications must be submitted in person at the Business Licensing Counter, on the first floor of the Government Administration Building. The counter is open Mondays to Fridays, between 9:00am and 4:00pm. In addition to the two newspaper ads, applications must be accompanied by due diligence such as a police clearance, copies of passports, references, and the relevant fees.

Letters from Caymanians are to be addressed to the Trade and Business Licensing Board, c/o the Department of Commerce and Investment, Government Administration Building, 133 Elgin Avenue Suite 126, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

For more information, visit www.dci.gov.ky or email [email protected]

SAT  &  SUN SEP 18 & 19 

British Schools Fair Cayman Islands

Street: Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman

District: Seven Mile Beach

Island: Grand Cayman

Country: Cayman Islands

Description

Ritz-Carlton

Sat 18 Sep & Sun 19 Sep

2.00-6.00 p.m.

A chance for Cayman families to meet leading UK boarding schools. If you are considering the possibility of your children having the opportunities afforded by an overseas education, this is your chance to speak to some of the top schools.

Free entry

For more information contact [email protected]

AUGUST EVENTS AT CAMANA BAY

Be part of the action and support your nation with The Games at Camana Bay – a series of festivities inspired by the 2016 Olympics. Take in cultural experiences by catching the last chance to see Rundown, getting lost in poetry readings or by supporting a local author as they celebrate their latest book.

Moonlight & Movies: Summer Series

Tuesdays until 30 August

7pm

Gardenia Court

Music Happy Hour for Kids

Fridays until 26 August

3:30-4:30pm

Starfish Village

Got Milk?

Friday 5 August

3pm

Bedside Manor

The Games at Camana Bay: Opening Ceremony and Fireworks

Friday 5 August

5:30-9pm

The Crescent

Tai Chi

Sunday 7 August

8:30am

The Crescent

The Bookends Club

Wednesday 10 August

6:30-7:30pm

Books & Books

Douglas Schofield Book Signing

Thursday 11 August

6:30-7:30pm

Books & Books

The Games at Camana Bay: Moonlight & Movies

Thursday 11 and 18 August

7pm

The Crescent

The Games at Camana Bay: Kids’ Challenge

Saturday 13 August

2-5pm

Town Centre

Floetry

Wednesday 17 August

6:30-7:30pm

Books & Books

Culture at the Cinema: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Saturday 20 August

7pm

Regal Cinemas

Theatre in the Court: Rundown

Saturday 27 August

7pm

Gardenia Court

NATIONAL GALLERY EVENTS

Early Watercolours

Rarely displayed watercolour paintings from the early collections of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) and the Cayman Islands National Museum (CINM) will be on show at the National Gallery throughout summer. The temporary exhibition titled, A Legacy of Light features a wide selection of landscapes, seascapes and architectural studies by both established and lesser-known artists from the Cayman Islands. The exhibition opens to the public 1 July 2016 and ends 16 September 2016.

  Light & Colour Workshop

Take part in a special watercolour workshop with Lois Brezinski Saturday, 13 August 2016 – 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. This intensive workshop explores the use of watercolours to capture the dramatic effects of light in the tropics. The workshop is designed for all levels and is open to adults and mature teens.

 Watercolour Kids Club

Saturday Mornings 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

9 July to 13 August 2016

Free watercolour art activities for kids! These creative drop-in sessions will be sure to inspire families of all levels and abilities. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bookings are not required.

Take it Home

The gift shop at the National Gallery has a fabulous selection of creative gifts for all ages. Brand new watercolour paint sets, brushes and books have arrived so you can try your hand at creating a masterpiece of your own!