The Editor Speaks: Mosquitoes pleased with Cayman’s decision to cut back on mosquito control
There is an agreeable buzz in Cayman’s mosquito population at the government’s decision to cut back funding to its mosquito control budget by $74,000. Whilst many other countries are increasing their budgets to curb the pests government has deemed otherwise….
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Cayman Islands serves up ice cream in NYC From Travel Weekly The timing could not be better. With temperatures soaring into the high 80s this week, turning New York into a true melting pot, the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism…
DMS Offshore Investment Services – Best Offshore Regulatory Advisory Firm – joint winner
From hedgeweek Download the special report Hedgeweek USA Awards 2014 at: http://www.hedgeweek.com/sites/default/files/HW_US_Awards_14.pdf DMS Offshore Investment Services (‘DMS’) was established in the Cayman Islands by Don Seymour in 2000. Over the past 14 years it has grown into one of the…
OTs Comment on Schengen Visa Change
Nearly a year of negotiations with the European Union Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) preceded the recent change to EU Regulation 539/2001, which allowed British Overseas Territories Citizens and all other categories of British Nationals visa-free…
Cayman Islands Deputy Governor reports travel loopholes are being closed
The Deputy Governor endorses the Auditor General’s recommendations arising from the recent audit on travel expenditures. The audit contains some eleven distinct recommendations aimed at increasing accountability and transparency, many of which have either already been implemented or are in…
World Sickle Cell Day in Cayman Islands
World Sickle Cell Day is observed on June 19 each year to raise awareness of Sickle Cell disease as it is a public health concern. In Cayman, there are 46 persons with sickle cell disease. The Public Health Department has…
Chikungunya virus reaches USVI
From Caribbean Business A nasty mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading rapidly in the Caribbean has made its way to the U.S. Virgin Islands, authorities said Wednesday. Health officials in the U.S. Caribbean territory said they confirmed the islands’ first…
Author Maji Flow is quenching the thirst of dehydrated souls
With her new Book Release, “The Whispers of Water” Author Maji Flow is quenching the thirst of dehydrated souls “The Whispers of Water” is serving the world with powerful and compelling composition. This book is proving its purpose to hydrate…
Cayman Islands and Colombia to sign TIEA
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Cayman Islands and Colombia are to sign a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (“TIEA”) on 1 July 2014. The TIEA will be in accordance with global regulatory standards. This will be Cayman’s 36th such agreement, the…
CCJ creating Caribbean law
From Guyana Times Consistent with its vision to foster a unique Caribbean jurisprudence, the[Caribbean Court of Justice] CCJ has taken another step in its journey to creating this indigenous body of law. This time it did so in the Guyanese…
