Ogier advise on acquisition creating the first effectively US publicly listed finance business in Western China
Ogier lawyers based in three offices have acted as BVI counsel on an acquisition that has created, in effect, the first US publicly listed finance business in Western China. Lawyers in Ogier’s BVI, Hong Kong and Jersey offices advised NASDAQ-listed…
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3rd Zika case confirmed in Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands Health Department have confirmed a third imported case of Zika. Acting Medical Officer of Health Samuel Williams-Rodriguez said the patient, a 30 year old female. had travelled to a country…
Cayman Islands police initiates forums of cooperation with private sector
In recent weeks newly-appointed Superintendent of Uniform and District Operations, Robert Graham, who is the strategic lead on implementing the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) community policing strategy, has been holding various meetings with community stakeholders. Last week he…
Cayman Islands Water Authority sponsors 5th Annual PACCE
Once again, Water Authority — Cayman is lending its support to the Lions Club of Grand Cayman by sponsoring the 5th Annual Delano Hislop Memorial Journey For Life in the amount of CI$2,500. The 15 mile walk/run, which aims to…
Cayman Islands Premier, delegation off to pre-JMC meeting
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin travels this week with a delegation including Minister of Financial Services and Environment Hon. Wayne Panton to Turks and Caicos for a pre-Joint Ministerial Council meeting. The pre-meeting takes place 20-21…
The Editor Speaks: Should government end granting of Cayman Status?
They might just as well as they haven’t granted anyone permanent residency since they came to power. Actually, I am technically right but actually wrong. Michelle Hutchinson-Green and Alisha Racz have finally been granted permanent residency after the Chief Justice…
Archbishop Dufour of Jamaica honoured in Washington, D
By Derrick Scott From South Florida Caribbean News Archbishop Charles Dufour of Jamaica honoured by international faith-based community in Washington WASHINGTON, DC – Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, Jamaica the Hon. Charles H. Dufour, DD, OJ, CD and Apostolic Administrator, Diocese…
Objectors delay GM mosquito release in Cayman Islands
GM Mosquito Release Delayed in Grand Cayman The launch of additional mosquito controls to protect Cayman Islands residents and visitors from Zika, dengue and chikungunya has been delayed by legal action from an objector to the project. The controls, which…
US: Record setting hurricanes at an all time low
By Paul McGowan From The Carbon Wars There’s perhaps some good news on weather, for a change—hopefully it is not the calm before…. The U.S. is experiencing a remarkable, record drought from hurricane hits, with only four strikes in the…
Antigua-Barbuda freezes assets of offshore bank implicated in massive corruption scheme
From Caribbean News Now ST JOHN’S, Antigua — The Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) in Antigua and Barbuda have frozen the accounts of a Brazilian-owned offshore bank that…
