Traveller irked by fellow LIAT passengers’ disregard for safety
By Gerald Rose From The BVI Beacon On a recent Friday, I made a trip to another Caribbean territory on LIAT — the Caribbean airline — which involved three intermediate stops at other islands. As we are all very much…
Viewpoint: The Dominican Republic has crossed the line: Caribbean governments must act
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 The government of the Dominican Republic should be made to understand that an economic and trade relationship with the rest of the region cannot be devoid of respect for racial and ethnic groups says…
Device Switch app makes it fast and easy to switch to a BlackBerry 10 Smartphone
A new Device Switch app makes it fast and easy to switch from a BlackBerry® OS (versions 5 – 7.x) smartphone to a BlackBerry® 10 smartphone. Device Switch has been available for customers switching from an iPhone or Android™ to…
Raymond Davern joins Conyers Dill & Pearman’s Cayman Islands office
Conyers Dill & Pearman has hired Raymond Davern, a senior practitioner in the field of trusts and private client work, to its Cayman Islands office, where he will lead the private client and trust practice for both the British Virgin…
Qunar Cayman Islands’ CEO Discusses Q3 2013 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
From Seeking Alpha Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (QUNR) Q3 2013 Earnings Conference Call November 19, 2013 8:00 PM ET Operator Hello and welcome to Qunar’s third quarter 2013 earnings conference call. At this time all participants are in a listen…
The Editor Speaks: The NBF row
The NBF – the National Bush Fund – whoops! The National BUILDING Fund was set up by ex-Premier McKeeva Bush with no favourtism and a council was appointed to decide how the grants would be awarded. His only involvement was…
Jamaica issues travel warning against Trinidad and Tobago
From Caribbean 360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday November 21, 2013, CMC – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a warning to persons traveling to Trinidad and Tobago in the wake of recent reports of several Jamaicans having been denied entry…
ROME II – Opportunities and risks for [Cayman’s] financial sector
By Andrew Tetley, Anker Sorensen and Brice Mathieu From Reed Smith This alert reports a French case that relates to a hedge fund registered in the Cayman Islands, the investment agreement of which was governed by Cayman law, and where…
Cayman Finance seminar to look at international tax initiatives
21 November 2013 (George Town, Grand Cayman) Anyone interested in finding out more about some of the multilateral initiatives proposed and confirmed with regard to international tax — such as FATCA, multilateral automatic exchange of information, and central registries of…
Consultation Begins on Firearms Law Changes
Government will begin a period of public consultation on proposed changes to the Firearms Law tomorrow, Friday, 22 November 2013. Friday’s Extra-ordinary Gazette will contain a draft Bill to amend the Firearms Law to add offences that relate to the…
