Balanced approach to merger [says CWC Chief]
From Nation News Barbados CABLE & WIRELESS Communications (CWC) chief executive officer Phil Bentley recently answered several questions related to the company’s operations and its plans for Barbados and the Caribbean this year. Following is the first part of that…
Justices take up marriage challenges
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal Bans on same-sex unions set for arguments in April. This article has been updated to reflect that Judith Schaeffer is vice president of CAC. The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into a historic…
Secret files shed light on first Thatcher-Gorbachev talks
By Katherine Haddon, AFP from Business Insider Then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev talks to then-Bristish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during their joint press conference in Moscow on June 8, 1990 London (AFP) – Classified documents made public Tuesday shed light on…
Trinidad and Tobago attorney general called on to step down
By Denyse Renne From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago Anand Ramlogan remained in office over the weekend, even as calls continued for him to resign. But the question remains if he…
The SEC’s on a long winning streak
By Jenna Greene, From The National Law Journal Criticism rises over the agency’s in-house forum. As criticism mounts that its in-house forum is unfair, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won every administrative case last year, according to an analysis…
Feds reveal new details about secret database of phone records
By Zoe Tillman, From Legal Times The U.S. Department of Justice, forced by a judge to reveal information about a secret law enforcement database of phone records, on Thursday disclosed new details about the now-defunct data-collection program. The phone-records database…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman Island honorees, names get forgotten – eg. Doc Poulson
There is nothing wrong with honouring the men and women that have made significant contributions to the of the Cayman Islands history. I applaud it. However, it is often puzzling that some names are left out. Names that come to…
Cayman Brac man receives prison sentence for defilement of minor (12-16)
Shankino William Ebanks (31) who had changed his original ‘Not Guilty’ plea to ‘Guilty’ to the charge of Defilement of a Girl between the age of twelve and sixteen years of age was sentenced to prison for three years and…
Cayman Islands enacts PIC Regulations
GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN — The Cayman Islands Insurance (Portfolio Insurance Companies) (PIC) Regulations 2015 were passed 16 January 2015, along with related sections of The Insurance (Amendment) Law 2013. These regulations enhance the insurance statutory framework, providing more alternatives…
Caribbean real estate to boom in 2015
From Property Showrooms With so many pockets of social, political and economic unrest throughout the world, it’s no wonder a growing number of property investors are bargain-hunting in the world’s most famously laid-back part of the world – The Caribbean….
