Cayman Islands National Trust Home & Garden Tours
This summer the National Trust will showcase some of Cayman’s finest properties through a series of Home & Garden Tours. These events will introduce groups to traditional Caymanian architecture, contemporary design and beautifully landscaped gardens. Tours are taking place on…
Ogier Cayman Islands acts for BTG Pactual in the restructuring of major Brazilian drugstore chain
Ogier has acted for BTG Pactual Participations Ltd. and certain of its affiliates in respect of its recent restructuring of its interests in major Brazilian drugstore chain, Brasil Pharma S.A. The transaction involved a combination of an equity restructuring and…
STEP CC 17 coming to Cayman Islands
Set to land in Grand Cayman, May 1 — 3, 2017, STEP CC 17 promises to be a gathering place for some of the best and brightest minds in the region and beyond. With professional development a key factor in…
Aud Gen & Pres of India
Cayman Islands Auditor General meets the President of India From the Cayman Islands Auditor General’s Office Auditor General, Sue Winspear, attended the 23rd Commonwealth Auditors General Conference in New Delhi, India last month. She joined 74 participants from 36 countries…
ESPN laying off about 100, including on-air talent
By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor ESPN (NYSE:DIS) is reportedly laying off about 100 workers, more than even raised estimates had suggested, in what amounts to a remaking of its approach to employment structure centered around changes to its SportsCenter…
Government cuts $700,000 subvention to St Lucia National Trust
From Caribbean News Service CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Apr 26 2017 – Prime Minister Allen Chastanet says cash flow problem being experienced by his government is the main cause for the removal of the EC$700,000 subvention to the St. Lucia National…
Families and Firewalls—New Trusts Case Law in the Cayman Islands
Article by Robert Lindley and Bernadette Carey From Conyers Dill & Pearman Private Client analysis: Robert Lindley, counsel & head of private client and trust department for both the Cayman Islands’ and British Virgin Islands’ offices of Conyers Dill &…
Wyndham celebrates 200 hotels in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hospitality powerhouse doubles its footprint less than five years after welcoming its 100th in the region; Introduces approachable luxury to South America with the continent’s first Wyndham Grand hotels PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Hotel giant WyndhamHotel Group’s rapidly mounting global presence hit…
Proposed 2% tax on remittances to build Trump’s Mexican wall
By wiredja Online News MONTEGO BAY, April 26, 2017 – US President Donald Trump has ditched plans to fund his border wall from the budget, in favour of a plan to have congress place a 2% tax on remittances to…
Caribbean Immigration Services Director not surprised at US Remittance Tax
From Jamaica Gleaner Managing Director of the New York-based Caribbean Immigration Services, Irwine Clare, says he’s not surprised by the decision of the United States to propose legislation to tax remittances sent to countries like Jamaica. The tax would be…












