Celebrating one year of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) in the Collins English Dictionary
BBM Abbreviation for 1. BlackBerry Messenger: an instant messaging application for BlackBerry devices Noun 2. a message sent or received using BlackBerry Messenger Verb 3. to send a message using BlackBerry Messenger One year ago today, the authoritative Collins…
Heinz insider trading probe widens to Cayman Islands, Switzerland
By Alex Nixon From Trib Live The investigation of insider trading before the $28 billion buyout of H.J. Heinz Co., a 7-month-old examination that started with a Swiss trading account, has led to a Cayman Islands company. The connections to…
The Editor Speaks: The environment might now be seen as a priority
With Cayman’s policy towards the environment being woeful, neglectful, and abysmal over the past fifteen years, with even ‘wannabee’ politicians having campaigned last May they are 100% environmentalists – but not now, I could see no change in any governments…
Walkers expands its leading presence in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, — Walkers is pleased to announce that Mark Cummings has joined its Hong Kong office, further strengthening the firm’s position as a leading Pan-Asian provider of offshore legal services. Mark Cummings joins the office’s Investment Funds group as…
Scholars begin UWC with support from Deutsche Bank
This September, young Caymanians Tyleisha Galbraith and Simon Watson are headed back to school after excelling in their final examinations and graduating from Cayman Prep and High School and Layman Scott High School (formerly Cayman Brac High School). But they…
Beheading is warning from Trinidad gang members – police
From Caribbean360 The Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) said the killing was a gang’s attempt to flex its muscle in a terrible way and gangs in the country were becoming copycats of the South American style of warfare. PORT-OF-SPAIN,…
Opinion: Simon Donner and climate warming
By Doug Craig From redding.com Doug Craig was an Air Force brat born in Germany, grew up in L.A., Northern Virginia and Dayton, Ohio. Obtained a B.A. in Journalism and a Doctorate in Psychology. Employed as a clinical psychologist in…
Arctic sea ice up 60 percent in 2013
By Melanie Batley From newsmax An unusually cold Arctic summer has resulted in almost a million more square miles of ocean covered with ice compared to the same time last year, bucking predictions that global warming would result in the…
Shining Stars Childhood Care and Education Centre in the Cayman Islands offer another first
Shining Stars Childhood Care and Education Centre further cements its position as an innovator in the Cayman Islands childcare industry through the use of biometric technology. Parents of children enrolled at Shining Stars are benefitting from the first use of…
Cayman Registry and Yachtsure24 confirm as supporters of GSF 2013
By Katie Poundall From Superyacht News The Superyacht Events team is thrilled to announce that both Cayman Registry and Yachtsure24 (the superyacht branch of R&Q Marine Services), have confirmed themselves as partners of the 2013 Global Superyacht Forum (GSF). In…
