Mourant Ozannes sponsors the 2012 Cayman Alternative Investment Summit
The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (Cayman A.I Summit) aims to develop a new narrative for the alternative investment industry on what it stands for and what it can deliver in the post-crisis world. The financial crisis is also an opportunity…
La Vida Tranquila — One Family’s Pursuit of Paradise
From Chandra Hoffman, Huffington Post Part One — The Adventure Begins In 1998, I left a boyfriend who said he couldn’t commit to anything more than putting food in the cat’s bowl. We were in our early twenties and living…
Uphill battle fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
New Regional Fisheries Collaboration between CRFM-OSPESCA Solidified BELIZE CITY, BELIZE; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 Over 60 high-level delegates from 19 countries spanning Central America and the Caribbean concluded a milestone meeting in Belize on Tuesday evening with a comprehensive roadmap…
Cayman Islands Athletic Association (CIAA) AGM Notice
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of the members of the CIAA will be held on Wednesday September 19th 2012 at 6:00pm in the VIP Lounge, Truman Bodden Sports Complex,…
Free Beginners Referee Course offered
The Cayman Islands Referees Department (CIRD) is offering a Beginners Referee Course to certify referees to officiate CIFA youth football matches for the upcoming season. Certified referees will only officiate Under 13 Boys, Under 15 Boys, Under 13 Girls, and…
Valero to Turn Aruba Refinery Into Terminal
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said it will convert its Caribbean refinery in Aruba into a terminal while it continues seeking a buyer for the plant-the latest casualty of the sweeping changes rocking the North American energy industry. Valero in March…
Sydney’s Anglican Church introduces “submit” wedding vows “after Fifty Shades of Grey”
Sydney’s Anglican Church has been criticised after changing the marriage ceremony to include a vow by the wife to “submit” to her husband – a pledge likened by critics to “reading Fifty Shades of Grey”. By Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney…
Ménage à trois still burning the French president
Colin Randall Marseille, France : As if unemployment, the euro crisis and other pressing issues were not enough to keep Francois Hollande busy as the new French president, the two women closest to him have become a source of unwelcome…
Best seller erotic novel sequels being pulled from UAE shelves
Marie-Louise Olson Fans of a best-selling erotic novel will not be seeing the second and third instalments of the trilogy after copies of the book have been withdrawn from the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) bookshops. Staff at major book sellers…
Powerful earthquake rocks Costa Rican capital San Jose
A powerful earthquake of 7.6 magnitude has rocked the north-western part of Costa Rica, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning is in effect for Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua. The quake was centred about 50 miles (80km) south…
