Strategic Policy Statement of the Cayman Islands Government for the Financial Year Ending 30 June 2015
Thank you, Madam Speaker. On behalf of the Government, I Beg to Lay on the Table of this Honourable House, the Strategic Policy Statement of the Cayman Islands Government for the financial year ending 30 June 2015. Introduction Madam Speaker,…
The Editor Speaks: Balloon payments really are like a bullet in the chest
Balloon payments are an agreed inflated final payment of a loan that is paid in full at the end of the loan agreement. Right up until the final amount due, the payments are relatively small, but then arrives the bullet…
Ethics Board submits 7th Report
During the previous reporting session the Commission was concerned by the amount of time it was taking for its reports to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly. The whole report is published hereafter The Seventh Report of The Commission For…
RPT-Fitch rates Ooredoo Tamweel sukuk ‘A+(EXP)
Fitch Ratings has assigned Qatar-based telecoms company Ooredoo Tamweel Limited’s (SPV) upcoming trust certificate programme (Sukuk) an ‘A+(EXP)’ expected rating. The rating is in line with Ooredoo’s (A+/Stable) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating. The final rating…
St Vincent prime minister maintains pressure on Dominican Republic ruling
From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Wednesday November 20, 2013, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves maintained his criticism of the Constitutional Court ruling in the Dominican Republic that could render, stateless, thousands of Haitian…
U.S., Caribbean nations to promote cooperation against crime
KINGSTON, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — The United States and nations of the Caribbean on Tuesday vowed to work together to combat rampant cross-border crimes in the Caribbean region, said reports from the Guyanese capital of Georgetown. They made the pledge…
Marine Corps fight escalates over handling of case involving troops urinating on corpses
By Ernesto Londoño and Ellen Nakashima, From Washington Post Nearly two years after a video of U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of suspected Taliban fighters in Afghanistan became an Internet sensation, the case has triggered a rare and escalating…
[Guess who the Chinese company is as] opposition leaders clash in CR
From ticotimes.net Addressing concerns about a major loan contract with China, Costa Rica’s public works and transport vice minister says “the country can sleep peacefully” because the project will be heavily supervised. Opposition leaders, government clash over Caribbean highway expansion…
Legislator wants audit of EB-5 programme in SD [money flowing to & from Caymans]
By Dennis Daugaard From Argus Leader A Democratic state legislator is calling for an independent fiscal audit of South Dakota’s participation in a federal investment-for-green-cards immigration programme. The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development for years contracted with the…
The Editor Speaks: Did you men celebrate November 19th?
“Too often we think of the males in our societies as the protectors, the providers; those who would provide safety and security. “How often do we step back and truly look at the needs of boys and men when it…
