The Editor Speaks: Is the waste-to-energy study a waste?
Is the waste-to-energy study a waste? I am studying it. The Cayman Islands public will have an opportunity to provide feedback on a draft National Solid Waste Management Policy for the Cayman Islands. During the consultation period of 16 June…
Elian Fund Services appoints associate director in Cayman Islands
From Offshore Bankers Padraig Hoare has joined Elian Fund Services as an associate director. Mr Hoare, 47, has more than 25 years’ industry experience, including 20 years in management positions in the financial services industry in Cayman. His focus at…
Intertrust acquires CorpNordic
(Cayman Islands, 17 June 2015) Intertrust Group (“Intertrust”) has completed the acquisition of CorpNordic, the leading corporate services provider in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. With this acquisition, Intertrust becomes the market leader of trust and corporate services in Sweden…
Introduction of the Preferential Loans Announced to Latin American and Caribbean Countries
From China-Celac Forum The total amount of Preferential Loans announced by the Chinese Government to Latin American and Caribbean Countries in July 2014 was 10 billion USD. The Preferential Loans include two categories of loan facilities, the Chinese Government Concessional…
Koh takes up hot topic in cellphone surveillance
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Jose is prepared to consider whether the Fourth Amendment applies to the cell-tower data that prosecutors and agents routinely obtain from telecommunications companies and use to…
Robots of the Caribbean
From The University of Sydney An international marine robotics team including a University of Sydney researcher has conducted a preliminary search of Port Royal capturing large scale images of the infamous sunken pirate city. Invited by Jamaica’s National Heritage Trust…
Prime Time news anchor to moderate panel during Caribbean Week NY
NEW YORK, NY –Sports Tourism – Blazing a Trail will be the theme of a panel discussion at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s Caribbean Marketing Conference, organized as part of Caribbean Week New York. The discussion will be moderated by…
Internet experts meet in Barbados to improve Caribbean networks at peering forum
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The first-ever Caribbean Peering and Internet Connection Forum (CarPIF) successfully concluded with commitments from Internet companies Akamai Technologies and Google to pay closer attention to the needs of Caribbean Internet service providers and consumers. More than 40…
The Editor Speaks: Shame on the Foreign Press
Shocking, blatant one sided slanted reporting. And David Legge is now the white knight with shining armour and the Cayman Islands is full of corruption and he [Legge] is penalized because he wrote an editorial exposing it. The government via…
1MDB rebuts Mahathir’s blog posting entitled ‘More Investments by 1MDB’
By theedgemarkets.com Media statement issued by 1Malaysia Development Berhad on 16 June 2015 Tun Mahathir claims that “PetroSaudi did not pay a single cent” in a joint venture with 1MDB. PetroSaudi, via a subsidiary company, owned assets, comprising rights to…
