IEyeNews

iLocal News Archives

Month: January 2014

Caribbean News iLocal News ISports iWorld News Manager's Choice News Sports Fixtures Sports World

Dow Travers leads Cayman’s Winter Olympics team

Downhill skier, Dow Travers, leads Cayman’s delegation to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, in Sochi, Russia that takes place from February 7-23. Travers was the first athlete to represent the Cayman Islands in a Winter Olympics when in 2010 he…

iBusiness iFinance iLocal News iNotices iWorld News News Publisher's Choice

Intertrust builds legal strength in its fiduciary team

Intertrust has been meeting and exceeding expectations for the world’s largest multinationals, private equity firms and wealthiest individuals alike since 1952. The industry leader with over 1,500 specialists working from 33 offices in 24 countries has expanded its fiduciary team…

Caribbean News iLocal News iOpinion iWorld News Manager's Choice News

A lesson learned in Grand Cayman

By Mahlon Meyer From Huffington Post Try Grand Cayman. If you don’t like to dive, you may learn something. We did. Our first lesson consisted in island time. Everything is “five minutes.” “How long will it take for the taxi…

Caribbean News iHealth iLocal News iScience iWorld News News Publisher's Choice

Welsh scientists declare bio war on SBV midges [and mosquitoes]

By Andrew Forgrave  From Daily Post Welsh scientists aim to deploy biological warfare to counter the threat of Schmallenberg Virus (SBV). Researchers in Aberystwyth and Swansea hope to control midges, which carry the virus, by spraying them with a fungus….

Caribbean News Editors Choice iCrime iLocal News iNotices iWorld News News

Head of Global Anti-Corruption Rating Agency to Open 2014 Conference

Head of Global Anti-Corruption Rating Agency to Open 2014 Conference The fight against corruption cannot succeed unless ethical values are strongly embedded in society’s institutions. Dr. Huguette Labelle, Chair of the Board of Transparency International The head of the organisation…

Caribbean News Editors Choice iBusiness iFinance iLocal News iWorld News News

What new scrutiny of life insurance captives means for advisers

By Darla Mercado From Investment News Regulatory attention means advisers may want to rethink which companies they work with As regulators scrutinize life insurers’ use of “captive” entities — subsidiaries that reinsure blocks of existing business — advisers may need…

iCulture iEntertainment iLocal News iNotices Manager's Choice News

A single evening performance of poetry reading at The Playhouse

The Cayman Drama Society has hosted all sorts of performances over its many years.  We have had our share of dramas, comedies, dance, musicals and music performances.  We have had story telling.  Now it is time for us to have…

Editors Choice iCommunity iLocal News iOpinion iWorld News News

Do you trust your [USA] government?

By Robert L. Nicewarner – Inwood: , journal-news.net From The Journal Let’s look at this year for example (2013). Obama’s IRS persecuted honest people for crime of being critics of Obama, (especially if you were affiliated with the Tea Party),…

Editors Choice iBusiness iLocal News iWorld News News

Qunar mobile air ticket bookings exceed 60,000 in a day

Company also named top ticket booking app by downloads and usage BEIJING, Jan 03, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Qunar Cayman Islands Limited QUNR +3.92% (“Qunar” or the “Company”), China’s leading search-based travel commerce platform, today announced that it…

Caribbean News iJamaica iLocal News iScience ISports iWorld News Manager's Choice News Sports World

Bolt’s secret revealed!

From CitifmOnline Scientists may have found the secret of Usain Bolt’s success – his perfect knees. A study of Jamaican youngsters found those whose legs, and particularly knees, match in size grow up to be the keenest and best sprinters….