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Day: July 20, 2016

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Cayman Islands Governor’s Office gets new Head

New Head for Governor’s Office The new Head of the Governor’s Office is a seasoned diplomat with nearly three decades of experience working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office around the world. Matthew Forbes, who has served in senior positions…

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Cayman Islands gangster has significant underworld partners

By Kenneth Rijock From Kenneth Rijock’s Financial Crime Blog The fugitive securities trader, the Canadian Ryan Bateman, who has a long and sordid history of stock price manipulation and securities fraud, does business with a number of “businessmen” whom you…

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Two Vatican bank board members have links to fossil fuels [via Cayman Islands fund]

From Sputnik Financial links have been discovered between two Vatican Bank board members and companies engaged in the fossil fuels sector, the environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to a Greenpeace Energydesk investigation, Vatican Bank board…

Extreme-weather tents for the homeless could help save millions of lives

BY VICTORIA HOSINGAPORE From Mashable SINGAPORE — For millions of homeless people around the world, finding shelter from the elements can be a challenge. Extreme winter cold and summer heat can be fatal to people who aren’t sufficiently protected. Tough…

Failed It

8 photos of failure that prove mistakes can lead to creative genius By Melia Robinson, Tech Insider From Business Insider Amid a sea of messages that tell us to shoot for perfection, one book says to embrace mistakes instead. And…

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US Congress reconsiders strategic importance of partnership with the Caribbean

By Bruce Zagaris From Caribbean News Now On July 14, 2016, the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing on the “Strategic Importance of Building a Stronger US-Caribbean Partnership.” On June…

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Cayman Finance statement on ESMA’s AIFMD passport advice

With the news today from the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) deferring its recommendation to the European Commission (“EC”) that the Cayman Islands (along with several other countries) be considered for a “third country passport” under the Alternative Investment…

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IMC/SportsMax secures Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Kingston, Jamaica – Wednesday, 20th July, 2016: International Media Content Ltd. (IMC), parent company of SportsMax and a subsidiary of Digicel Group, announced today that it has been awarded the exclusive broadcast rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and…

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“Caribbean entertainer stamps his ID, commits to giving back”

By: ET-CET-ERA The Company, Press Release Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. July 18, 2016 — Caribbean entertainer Ricardo Drue has certainly stamped his name and the ID brand in the minds of the youth of Antigua. His recently concluded ID children’s event hosted…

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VisionChina Media announces the ruling by Grand Court of Cayman Islands

PR Newswire July 20, 2016 BEIJING, July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — VisionChina Media Inc. (“VisionChina Media” or the “Company”) (VISN), China’s largest out-of-home digital television and advertising network on mass transportation systems and the leading provider of urban mass transit…