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Cable and Wireless Communications officially under new ownership
From Curacao Chronicle CEO Mike Fries says it will be business as usual, for at least the next few months, in Flow operations across the Caribbean. WILLEMSTAD – Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), which operates in the region as Flow,…
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Caribbean hotel occupancy falls again, but decline slows From Caribbean Journal Caribbean hotel occupancy fell in April for the sixth consecutive month, according to the latest report from hotel analytics firm STR. The region’s hotel occupancy dropped by 2.2 percent…
Florence Allan to compete in Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Cayman Islands
“I’m still taking it in. It still feels really surreal,” Allen says. Studying for A-Levels, graduating and perhaps going to college all seem like realistic goals for a 17-year old, but for sailor Florence Allen, those goals are small compared…
Focus on Cayman Brac Customs
Eleven (11) Cayman Brac Customs Officers received refresher training in various Customs and other related Laws, general procedures and techniques last month. The training was conducted by Deputy Collector of Customs Marlon Bodden and Assistant Collector of Customs Philip West…
Committee formed in Cayman Islands to steer the development of the OBC for the new Sunrise Centre facility
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – A committee has been formed by the Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs to steer the development of the Outline Business Case (OBC) to review viable options for a new Sunrise Adult Training Facility….
No black officers in four police forces and senior representation is ‘pitiful’
By Alan Travis From The Guardian UK Cheshire, North Yorkshire, Dyfed-Powys and Durham have no black officers and diversity champion needed, says inquiry by MPs Four police forces in England and Wales still do not have a single black or…
Participation by International Stakeholders in Cayman Islands Insolvencies
Peter McMaster QC, Partner, and Jeremy Snead, Senior Associate, Appleby (Cayman) Ltd, Cayman Islands Introduction Companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands usually conduct operations and hold assets elsewhere than in the Cayman Islands and Cayman Islands corporate insolvencies therefore commonly…
Regulatory update: amendments to the Financial Services Commission Act, 2001
By Mirza Manraj From Harneys Various sections of the Financial Services Commission Act, 2001 (the FSC Act) by the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2015 (the Amendments) have been amended and enacted. The background to the Amendments stem from the…
Cayman Islands police appeal to the public to assist with recovery of stolen jewelry from Mitzi’s Fine Jewelry
By Jacqueline.Carpenter From RCIPS On 18 November 2015 Mitzi’s Fine Jewelry on West Bay Road was robbed by an armed man, and the store lost a significant amount of merchandise. In the six months since the robbery occurred no pieces have…
HRC on World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, a joint initiative by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), is celebrated annually on 21 May around the world. This…
