Cayman Islands ex-premier on trial over credit card splurges, sloppy accounting

By Jay MacDonald From Taking Charge Serving as the elected leader of the Cayman Islands is no day at the beach. Just ask William McKeeva Bush (no relation to the American political family), the first and now former premier of…

Floods, landslides damage Grenada’s historic tunnel

From Caribbean360 CMC – Grenada says it will spend an estimated two million EC dollars (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) on upgrading structures, including the century old tunnel in the city, damaged by floods and landslides over the last weekend….

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Armed robbery McRuss Grocery at Prospect

From RCIPS Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:59 AM At about 8:18 pm last night (24/09/’14) two masked men each armed with silver hand guns entered the McRuss Grocery store at the intersection of Shamrock Road and Marina Drive, Prospect….

The guy who turned down $500 million for his startup just landed a $1 billion valuation

By Julie Bort From Business Insider Ryan Smith, CEO of Qualtrics, feels validated. Investors just told him his company was worth $1 billion, and they ponied up another $150 million in a series B investment to help him grow it…

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Cayman Islands customs to inspect outgoing packages The Cayman Islands Customs will now be inspecting all packages being sent from the Cayman Islands to overseas using shipping agencies. The reason for this is help decrease the growing problem of stolen…

‘$Million shootout’ for Cayman Crime Stoppers

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman: A one million dollar prize is up for grabs at the annual Cayman Crime Stoppers golf tournament, the organization’s major fundraising initiative for the year. Teams will compete in a scramble format tournament, with prizes for…

Cayman Islands University Graduate to present at International Business Conference

The characteristics of successful Caymanian entrepreneurs will soon be considered by intellectuals across the region at the 2015 Business and Management Conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Transforming her master’s thesis into an international discussion piece, Ms. Tracy Ebanks, General Manager…

EEOC accuses hospital of pregnancy discrimination

By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Chicago hospital in an early test of fresh agency guidelines addressing discrimination by failure to accommodate pregnancy-related medical restrictions. The agency filed EEOC…

Cayman Islands want to Gimistory

Calling storytellers of all ages! Do you have what it takes to be a part of Gimistory, the Cayman Islands’ International Storytelling Festival? We are inviting tellers of all ages from Cayman and all over the world to perform for…