[US] Justices set date to review same-sex marriage petitions
By Tony Mauro, From The National Law Journal The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday placed the same-sex marriage cases from five states on the agenda for discussion at its private conference Sept. 29. After a flurry of briefing in recent…
Cayman Islands Financial Secretary’s role expands
The Deputy Governor and Head of the Civil Service, Hon. Franz Manderson, Cert. Hon., JP, has announced the appointment of Financial Secretary Kenneth Jefferson, JP, as Chief Officer in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Mr. Jefferson’s additional responsibilities…
US say Belize offshore companies scammed 1 billion!
From 7 News Belize Tonight [Tue Sep 9], Belize’s Offshore Banking sector is under extreme scrutiny from US authorities, and they have local police doing their work. The US Department of Justice says they are cracking the key play players…
Cayman Islands Government channels mark Hurricane Ivan Anniversary
Government Information Services (GIS) television and social media channels join Radio Cayman this month in showcasing memories of Hurricane Ivan, 10 years after the storm passed through the Cayman Islands. Hurricane Ivan was the tenth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever…
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No new cases of Chikungunya confirmed since June 25 in Cayman Islands Chikungunya Update as of 8 September 2014 From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Total confirmed cases of chikungunya remain at five as reported on 28 July 2014. Since…
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‘Fowler is CADI Reserve Champion 2014’
While bronze medal Youth Olympic Games winner, Polly Serpell, was training hard for the YOG show jumping competition in Nanjing, China this past summer, other Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (“CIEF”) riders traveled to the USA to participate in the Children…
Official: U.S. military’s response to Ebola hampered by lack of expertise with virus
By Lena H. Su From Washington Post By Lena H. Sun September 9 at 8:47 PM Despite President Obama’s call for increased involvement of the U.S. military in the fight against the rapidly escalating Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the…
Caribbean stakeholders to discuss marijuana tourism
From Jamaica Observer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Richard Kildare, the deputy chief executive officer of Jamaica’s first medical marijuana company, will lead off debate on the notion or reality of marijuana tourism during the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s (CTO) State of…
There’s no place like home at BBC
Diego Saldana-RojasFrom fiusm There’s nothing quite like getting kicked out of home, especially when it’s due to the self-serving interests of your university. This “Worlds Ahead” institution somehow turned the “impossible,” leaving housing students without a place to live, into…
