Mourant Ozannes responds to growth in Asia and Caribbean business with further investment
Leading offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has announced that Eleanor Morgan and Nicholas Fox are set to become partners in its BVI office, while partner Shaun Folpp will head to the firm’s Hong Kong office to establish a BVI and…
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Three meals on trays a day, an hour for exercise and a hard bunk for sleep: Inside the Swiss prisons holding FIFA suspects
By Mark Duell From Daily Mail UK Colleagues had been staying at Baur au Lac lakeside hotel in Zurich But all seven of them are now sleeping on bunk beds in several jails Justice officials insist men are ‘being treated…
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Teen told to wear ‘appropriate dress’ starts ‘Crop Top Day’ instead
By Lindsey Robertson From Mashable Alexi Halket wore a turquoise crop top and gray skirt to Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Canada, on Monday. The fairly simple, summery ensemble soon started quite a stir among the teachers of…
Father of West Indies Federation
By Nelson A. King from Caribbean Life Grenadian Theophilus Albert Marryshow was known throughout the Caribbean as the “Father of West Indies Federation.” He was regarded as an ardent advocate of closer association of the islands of the region all…
Justices sidestep First Amendment ruling in Facebook threats case
By Tony Mauro, Legal Times High court, ruling 7-2 in Elonis v. United States, voids conviction. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Pennsylvania man whose angry Facebook postings directed at his estranged wife landed him in jail…
Jamaican educator balances demands of diplomatic life
By Sarah Alaoui From The Washington Diplomat “Education has always been the center of my life,” said Lisa Vasciannie, the Ph.D. wife of Jamaican Ambassador Stephen Vasciannie and mother of their two boys, fourth-grader Dominic and sixth-grader Sean. Back home,…
TSA boss replaced after massive airport security failure
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he reassigned the acting administrator for the Transportation Security Administration after earlier ordering improved security at U.S. airports. The moves follow media reports that checkpoint screeners failed to detect mock explosives and…
HBO kicks off Summer with its June movie lineup
Miami, FL – Saturday nights are for HBO. During the month of June, HBO delivers action, horror, comedy and sci-fi hits to the screen each Saturday at 21:00 hrs. AST*, exclusively in the Caribbean. Denzel Washington stars in The Equalizer…
Qunar Cayman Islands (QUNR) Posts Earnings Results
From ABMN Staff Qunar Cayman Islands logoQunar Cayman Islands (NASDAQ:QUNR) announced its earnings results on Monday. The company reported ($0.96) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the analysts’ consensus estimate of ($0.41) by $0.55, Analyst Ratings Network reports. The…
Circular wave pools for research
Circular wave pools for research—and maybe Olympic surfing By Rain Noe From Core77 Round tanks enable waves to do things you’ve never seen before Last year Edinburgh University got a new pool. But it wasn’t for the co-eds to take…
