The Editor speaks: A painful dream
I often dream and most of the time if I wake up immediately I know what the dream is about but in the morning whatever it was has gone from my memory – vanished forever. There are some, however, that I do…
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Cayman Islands Grand Court Jurors Reporting Time Update The Grand Court jury report time (not the date) has been changed. The date remains the same. All Grand Court Jurors who are in the 13 JANUARY – 5 APRIL 2016…
CAYMAN ISLANDS – Vacationing American cop takes down purse thief
From Barbados Today GEORGE TOWN –– New York police officer Ken Augsbach came to Grand Cayman to take a break from fighting crime. But when he spotted a thief snatch a woman’s purse on the beach, instinct took over. He…
Gencom closes Cayman Islands resort disposition
By Barbra Murray From Commercial Property Executive The Florida-based hospitality and mixed-use real estate investment firm and its partner, Private Equity Group, have sold the 295-room Marriott Grand Cayman Beach Resort in the Cayman Islands. Gencom is wrapping up 2015…
Court removes KPMG as provisional liquidators for Pacific Andes – next hearing Cayman Islands
By Tom Searman Undercurrentnews Hong Kong’s High Court has removed KPMG as provisional liquidators of Pacific Andes International Holdings subsidiary China Fishery Group, sources told Undercurrent News. This removal of KPMG, who were appointed after a filing from lender HSBC, means…
JTC Cayman acquisition bolsters fund administration capabilities
Independent institutional and private client service provider JTC has extended the capabilities of its Cayman Islands office to offer a broad range of fund administration services, following the completion of its acquisition of GAM’s fund administration business based there. Having…
Cayman Islands Ministry of Education hosts meeting about Overseas Tertiary Scholarships
The public is invited to attend a meeting about overseas scholarships hosted by representatives from the Ministry of Education’s Scholarship Secretariat. Details of the meeting are as follows: DATE: Tuesday 12th January, 2016 TIME: 5:30pm – 7:00pm WHERE: George Town Town…
Jewish art-dealing dynasty stands trial for alleged $600M tax fraud
From United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (JTA) — Members of a French-American Jewish art-dealing dynasty went on trial in a case that could see authorities demand $600 million in back taxes. Guy Wildenstein, 70, the heir to his family’s New…
prints and t-shirts by Yeah
Typographic prints and t-shirts by Yeah Awesome Wow Nice From Designer Daily The least you could say is that the designer duo behind YAWN chose a quite enthusiastic name for releasing their illustrations and prints. The acronym YAWN means Yeah…
Greenland aiming to opt out of Paris Climate Accord
By H. STERLING BURNETT From News Heartland Even before the ink dried on the UN climate agreement developed in Paris, Greenland is angling to opt out of its commitments under the accord due to its impacts on the territory’s energy sector. …
