Copa America Centenario Field complete as Panama and Haiti earn final two berths to historic summer event
CFU and UNCAF each to have two representatives for once-in-a-lifetime event to be held across the United States; Details of February draw to be announced in coming days Miami (Friday, January 8, 2016) – The Confederation of North, Central America…
Cayman Islands airport (ORIA) to get new parking system
A brand new parking lot system is in the process of being installed at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA). Airports Authority Chief Executive Officer Albert Anderson told Radio Cayman, the equipment was ordered in June and is just now being…
Cayman Islands: Vehicle and structure fire
From RCIPS Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 10:36 AM Last night (Saturday 9/1/16) at around 9:15pm Police and Fire Department responded to a vehicle and structure fire on Seymour Drive, George Town. A vehicle was reported to be on fire at an…
Cayman Islands ORIA runway reopens following temporary closure
From CIAA Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (8, January 2016) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) can confirm that an aircraft broke down on the runway at noon today (Friday, 8 January) after landing, which caused the runway at the Owen…
CAYMAN ISLANDS – Vacationing American cop takes down purse thief
From Barbados Today GEORGE TOWN –– New York police officer Ken Augsbach came to Grand Cayman to take a break from fighting crime. But when he spotted a thief snatch a woman’s purse on the beach, instinct took over. He…
Court removes KPMG as provisional liquidators for Pacific Andes – next hearing Cayman Islands
By Tom Searman Undercurrentnews Hong Kong’s High Court has removed KPMG as provisional liquidators of Pacific Andes International Holdings subsidiary China Fishery Group, sources told Undercurrent News. This removal of KPMG, who were appointed after a filing from lender HSBC, means…
JTC Cayman acquisition bolsters fund administration capabilities
Independent institutional and private client service provider JTC has extended the capabilities of its Cayman Islands office to offer a broad range of fund administration services, following the completion of its acquisition of GAM’s fund administration business based there. Having…
Cayman Islands Ministry of Education hosts meeting about Overseas Tertiary Scholarships
The public is invited to attend a meeting about overseas scholarships hosted by representatives from the Ministry of Education’s Scholarship Secretariat. Details of the meeting are as follows: DATE: Tuesday 12th January, 2016 TIME: 5:30pm – 7:00pm WHERE: George Town Town…
Jewish art-dealing dynasty stands trial for alleged $600M tax fraud
From United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (JTA) — Members of a French-American Jewish art-dealing dynasty went on trial in a case that could see authorities demand $600 million in back taxes. Guy Wildenstein, 70, the heir to his family’s New…
Greenland aiming to opt out of Paris Climate Accord
By H. STERLING BURNETT From News Heartland Even before the ink dried on the UN climate agreement developed in Paris, Greenland is angling to opt out of its commitments under the accord due to its impacts on the territory’s energy sector. …
