Next phase begins in CINICO satisfaction survey for civil servants and pensioners
Demonstrating its steadfast commitment to its members, CINICO is pleased to announce the second phase in its planned research programme, the launch of an online survey geared towards gauging the thoughts and opinions of its members who are civil servants,…
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…
The Editor Speaks: Renovation is better than nothing and more diplomacy
With government having little funds, although they seem to still have plenty to throw away on what they deem to be necessary (political vote winners are top) it was with a beaming smile Education Minister, Rolston Anglin, opened the first…
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…
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…
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…
Cayman Christian Heritage
If you were passing by Elmslie Memorial United Church on the waterfront around 10:30am last Sunday (20) you may have thought you had fallen into a time warp and had gone back a few years. It was Elmslie’s Caymanian Christian…
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…