Cayman Islands ORIA Expansion Project Update
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (24 June, 2015) Plans are underway for Phase 1 of the Owen Roberts International Airport’s (ORIA) Terminal Renovation and Expansion project. The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has issued an Invitation to Tender for the proposed…
The Confederate-flag debate spotlights the GOP’s moral cowardice
By Frank Rich From New York Magazine Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. This week, the magazine asked him about the Confederate-flag controversy, the GOP…
Harney’s expands global funds team with addition of Cayman Islands funds partners
Harneys is delighted to announce the recruitment of two partners and one senior associate to the firm’s investment funds practice in the Cayman Islands. Ian Gobin, Matthew Taber and Jonathan Bernstein are leaving Appleby and will join Harneys in the…
Border dispute spirals
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life No one is quite sure why Venezuela which has maintained a decades-old claim to large swaths of Guyana’s land and marine boundaries now would find it necessary to this week draw up a new…
Cayman Islands: The Ever-Changing Regulatory Landscape
By Simon Thomas, Senior Associate, Campbells The Cayman Islands continues to hold its place as the preeminent offshore jurisdiction for those looking to establish an international investment fund or to efficiently structure cross-border transactions. Its relentlessly proactive approach has ensured…
The Editor Speaks: Mickey Mouse FOI requests is no reason for Donald Duck
It is all very well for the Premier Alden McLaughlin to level criticism at what he said were “Mickey Mouse” requests under the Freedom of Information law but I would have liked his same level of criticism at the government…
Highland Therapeutics announces closing of US$50 Million financing
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Highland Therapeutics Inc. (“Highland”), a pharmaceutical company, today announced it has completed a US$50 million financing, consisting of a US$25 million offering of Class A Common Shares and a US$25 million credit facility provided by Citibank, N.A. The equity…
Cayman Islands tourism association issues statement on proposed berthing facility
The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) in its role as the private sector voice of the hospitality industry fully recognizes the importance of the cruise industry to the overall economy of the Cayman Islands. Ongoing sustainable development, where a balance…
Heritage Art reaches a wider audience in Cayman Islands
First installed within the general school curriculum almost two years ago, the Heritage Arts programme is now reaching more young people than ever before, thanks to the efforts of organisers Cayman Traditional Arts and funding from three highly supportive government…
Britons arrested in Caribbean over tourist Aimee Rhoads’s diving death
By Claire Phipps and agencies From The Guardian UK Christopher Jones and Alison Gracey face extradition to US over involuntary manslaughter after Rhoads drowned in Florida Keys Two Britons accused over the death of an American tourist in the Florida…
