Shares in blue chip stocks can pay serious dividends
From Prince George Citizen It’s a big machine. Twenty-eight years ago, my very first boss at RBC was at the tail end of a long career working for a benevolent employer, enjoying a largely prosperous five decades since the Second…
Conyers Dill & Pearman takes double honours at CISHRP Gala
From The Lawyer The Cayman Islands Society of Human Resources Professionals (CISHRP) held its 7th Annual Top Employer Gala on 1 December at the Marriott Beach Resort drawing HR teams from 20 companies across the island. Conyers Dill & Pearman…
US Congress reconsiders strategic importance of partnership with the Caribbean
By Bruce Zagaris From Caribbean News Now On July 14, 2016, the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing on the “Strategic Importance of Building a Stronger US-Caribbean Partnership.” On June…
DisruptHR Cayman: Interview With Kobi Dorenbush
Posted By The HR Gazette Team on May 24, 2016 Kobi Dorenbush is a creative thinker and a passionate competitor. Since his attempts at becoming the oldest professional basketball player in the NBA have proven unsuccessful, he predominantly uses his…
Mexico wins Caribbean Series with HR in 9th inning/Cuban’s defect
By the Associated Press From CNN Jesus Esteban Quiroz of Mexico’s Venados de Mazatlan, celebrates with his teammates during a Caribbean Series baseball final against Venezuela’s Tigres de Aragua, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Roberto Guzman)…
Big law lessons in Amazon’s workplace jungle
By Steven J. Harper, From The Am Law Daily Amazon’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, hates the recent New York Times article about his company. He says it “doesn’t describe the Amazon I know.” Rather, it depicts “a soulless, dystopian…
The Editor Speaks: One would have thought but … it’s the CIAA
With all the problems that have ravaged the Cayman Islands Airport Authority (CIAA) over the past two years, especially relating to top jobs – one would have thought they would have been squeaky clean in making the appointment. But this…
New yellow hypergiant star found in the Milky Way
By Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer for Space.com From Mashable A powerful telescope in Chile has imaged the largest yellow star ever discovered. The star, called HR 5171 A, shines 12,000 light-years from Earth in the center of a new image…