Iraq: Amnesty International condemns killings of pilgrims during Shi’a festival
A wave of bombings and other attacks in several Iraqi provinces including a number of locations in Baghdad that reportedly killed at least 55 people and wounded dozens during a major Shi’a religious festival has been condemned by Amnesty International….
Accounting Made Easier at the Chamber’s Training Centre
On June 7 and 8, ten participants benefited from the skills imparted by Chamber instructor, Terry Carson, in the course “Basic Accounting Made Easier”. Over the course of two-days, participants learned to transform accounting into easily understood concepts and developed…
Cayman Islands all set for Audi Sardinia Cup
A fleet of TP52 and Soto 40 racing yachts representing six nations – Cayman Islands, France, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden and the USA – is ready for the start of racing in the Audi Sardinia Cup, scheduled to commence tomorrow…
Not one man one vote – Ellio wants one man 18 votes!
George Town United Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (LA) Back-bencher Ellio Solomon came forward with a novel idea on CITN/Cayman 27’s “27 Tonight” show. With the Referendum on the One Man, One Vote (OMOV) getting ever nearer, (July…
Cayman Participates in the World’s Biggest Assembly
More than one billion children attend school – and the BBC wanted to hear from each and every one of them. On Tuesday, 8 May 2012, The Biggest Assembly was broadcast on the BBC. This event — the World’s Biggest…
Missing Farmington tourism funds top $500k and included trips to Cayman Islands
Final tallies of the missing-dollar amount from Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau indicate the former executive director embezzled more than half a million dollars from the center, police reported. Debbie Dusenbery, 41, committed suicide nearly three weeks following revelations she…
US Southport Lane acquires Cayman Islands reinsurer
Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Redwood Reinsurance SPC, Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based reinsurer that provides treaty reinsurance for workers compensation and general liability insurance in the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed….
Greenlight Capital Re appoints Drake as Vice President, Business Development in the Cayman Islands
Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (Nasdaq:GLRE), a specialist property and casualty reinsurer, today announced the appointment of John H. Drake, Jr. as Vice President, Business Development. He will be responsible for maintaining productive client and broker relationships while also identifying attractive…