Cayman Islands: RUNDOWN Souvenir Programme Advertising
LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE!!! We are designing a souvenir programme for Rundown 2015 and we would like to give you the opportunity to get your name out to a large audience through advertising in this programme. A good Rundown, or stew,…
A federal judge admonishes the IRS in the Cheryl Womack case
By Steve Vockrodt From Pitch Blogs Regular Pitch readers know that key elements of the ongoing criminal tax case against Mission Hills businesswoman Cheryl Womack rest on how the government obtained evidence against her. Womack remains under an indictment issued…
Companies are invited to bid for Cayman Islands used tyres – AGAIN
The Government of the Cayman Islands, through the Department of Environmental Health (DEH), is inviting bids from qualified Tenderers for the prompt processing (on-site or off-site at an approved local site/facility) and removal of all the “Used Tyres” accumulated at…
Observing Vaccination Week – Cayman Islands joins the Americas
The Cayman Islands join other member states of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), i.e. North, Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, for the 13th anniversary of Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA). This year, Vaccination Week takes…
Cayman businessman Ian Kilpatrick receives highest Captive Industry Award
George Town, Grand Cayman, 21 April 2015 – Ian Kilpatrick, founder of Advantage International Management, has received the captive insurance industry’s most prestigious award, the Captive Insurance Companies Association’s (CICA) Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Kilpatrick was presented with the award…
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Cayman Islands take ‘can’t beat ’em, eat ’em’ stance on lionfish
By Aileen Torres-Bennett / Reuters, from Taipei Times In a reef just off the popular USS Kittiwake dive site in Grand Cayman, hunters armed with spears seek out lionfish — an invasive species so destructive that authorities want them caught…
The business case for including gay lawyers
By Karen Sloan, From The National Law Journal Richard Rosenbaum will never forget the day two decades ago when an associate working for him at Greenberg Traurig came out during a business trip. Previously, the Miami-based younger lawyer had passed…
U.S. banks blacklist Belize – PM Barrow cries into the wind, claims “damnation by innuendo”
From The Belize Times Belize’s economy which is already on life-support and barely kept alive by the slew of loans made by the Barrow Administration has received another heavy blow with the announcement that United States’ banks could soon end…
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Caribbean and Central American countries formalize partnership for catastrophe risk insurance
From The World Bank Nicaragua is the first Central American country to sign up to the insurance WASHINGTON, April 18, 2015 – The Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN) and CCRIF SPC…
Gadget of the week
Scientists eye secure communications by slowing down light By Timothy J. Seppala From engadget We’ve already seen what fiber optics can do for internet speeds, and it looks like the medium could be used for quantum communications too. See, as…
