Popular TV host on social issues takes reins of ICCI
Best known as a TV host and producer for her work on “Let’s Talk to the Experts” on Cayman 27, Dr. Tasha Ebanks Garcia will become the new president of the International College of the Cayman Islands starting in mid-July….
Lost: Missing evidence
It was not surprising that Justice Alex Henderson overturned defendant, Eduardo Swaby-Gutierrez conviction on October 2011 of possessing 21 grams of cocaine with intent to supply. At the Summary Court trial, chief magistrate Margaret Ramsey Hale had sentenced Swaby-Gutierrez to…
McLaughlin hits back and Miller is embarrassed
Leader of the opposition party, People’s Progressive Movement (PPM), Hon. Alden McLaughlin has come back fighting in reply to Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush’s presentation of a government motion for an emergency spending plan instead of a budget last week. McLaughlin…
Mosquito control is everyone’s business
If you think you saw mosquitoes in your house, or outside, earlier this month, you were probably right. But with the diligent work of the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU), the situation is mostly under control. “They are the…
MRCU aircraft facility on track
The Mosquito Research Control Unit’s multi-purpose facility is on track and is to be completed sometime before the end of the year. The MRCU’s aircraft facility includes a 12, 402-square foot hangar, a 2,787- square foot custom-built pesticide store…
Hedge Funds article in NY Times showcases Cayman’s hedge funds business
Last Sunday (1), under the heading “In Caymans, It’s Simple to Fill a Hedge Fund Board”, an article appeared online at dealbook.nytimes.com saying how over the last decade in the Cayman Islands hedge funds have grown “from a cottage industry…
Bush replies to Cayman Islands Budget Debate
This is the complete and unabridged Reply To Budget Motion Debate by The Honourable McKeeva Bush, OBE, JP Premier and Minister of Finance Tourism and Development 28 June 2012, as sent to us by the Office of the Premier. The…
Cayman National Bank robbery – Fourth man arrested
Police confirmed Tuesday (3rd) that a fourth person has been arrested in connection with the Cayman National Bank robbery. A 29-year-old man was charged and in court also on Tuesday in connection with last week’s Cayman National…
Premier seeks 2-month interim authorisation for $127 million from LA
In view of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) insisting on further reductions to Cayman Government’s operating expenditure for the coming fiscal year, the annual budget has been delayed, the Premier and Finance Minister, the Hon. McKeeva Bush, OBE,…
Statement from Chamber of Commerce re anticipated liquor fees hiked
While it is acknowledged that these fees have not been increased for several years, many other fees have been increased significantly over the past five years. The results of the Chamber’s recent State of Business and Small Business surveys confirm…
