The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review, 2nd Ed.: Cayman Islands
By Tim Frawley and John Dykstra 1 This article first appeared in the second edition of The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review, published by Law Business Research Ltd. Tim Frawley and John Dykstra provide an analysis of insurance and reinsurance…
There is a Camp David on Grand Cayman
Camp David offers kids their own vacation fun at the Morritt’s Resort in Grand Cayman. Children ages 4-12 years can participate in supervised activities and adventures that focus on the culture, history, and environment of the eastern districts of Grand…
Private Funds, the Cayman Islands IGA and FACTA
By Simon Riveles and Simon M. Cooke. From Riveles Law Group On November 29, 2013, the Cayman Islands signed a FACTA Model 1 intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”) with the United States. The IGA ensures that financial institutions located in the Caymans,…
HBO announces its May features in the Caribbean
HBO is happy to share its movie lineup for the month of May in the Caribbean, which includes the hit movies Jack the Giant Slayer, Seven Psychopaths, Elysium, and Iron Man 3. HBO announces its May features in the Caribbean…
Bold by nature
From Cayman Airways Magazine The BioMuseo in Central America’s Panama City reveals a revolutionary story that’s been ages in the making. With its bright hues and cascading shapes, the BioMuseo seems to have sprung right out of Panama’s fertile ground….
Drummond vessel shipwrecked near its port in Colombia
From Latino FoxNews The U.S. mining company Drummond reported last month the shipwreck of a boat that was helping with construction work at this multinational coal company’s port on the Colombian Caribbean, though nothing has been said about the possible…
IMF comments on risk to Caribbean of potential Petro Caribe pullout
By Andre Huie From WINN FM St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): During an IMF press conference recently, officials from the Western Hemisphere Department were quizzed by St Vincent and the Grenadines journalist Jerry George about the lack of adequate focus…
Clinton Foundation to assist St Kitts-Nevis with renewable energy initiatives
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas says the twin-island Federation will receive assistance from the US-based Clinton Foundation to improve efforts in developing the renewable energy sector. He says he expects the collaboration will…
IMF to decide on Grenada programme in early May
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants to meet early next month to approve Grenada’s home grown structural adjustment program. The IMF official who will be chairing the meeting has asked Grenada’s permanent secretary in the…
CCJ rules against doctor in case of child developing cerebral palsy
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) — The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an appeal by a Belizean-based doctor against a lower court ruling that he failed to follow procedure sanctioned as the proper practice for…
