Public policy expert: Trump’s claim that drugs are cheaper than candy bars isn’t ‘entirely untrue’
By Emma Fierberg and Josh Barro From Business Insider Public policy expert Mark Kleiman explains why President Trump’s claim that drugs are cheaper than candy bars isn’t so far off. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Barro: It seems like, as the government has…
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Register for the Cayman Islands DG’s 5K Challenge Registration for the 2017 Deputy Governor’s 5K Challenge is open on the CaymanActive website www.caymanactive.com/dg5k. Led by Deputy Governor Franz Manderson, the event aims to raise $60,000 for the YMCA of…
Cayman Islands: Hassan Syed found guilty on all 12 counts of stealing from UCCI
Former President of the University College of the Cayman Islands, Hassan Syed, has been found Guilty on all counts of stealing $500K from the University. The trial lasted just over five weeks and the jury reached a unanimous verdict. Sentencing is…
Cayman Islands Immigration regulations amended
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Consequent on the ruling of the Grand Court in the Hutchinson-Green case in which issues were raised about the Permanent Residency points system, the Cabinet has approved revised regulations, which address the concerns by allowing…
Money Laundering in Central America
By Q24N From Q Costa Rica Q24N – The housing market, casinos, concert halls, and the livestock sector are all used to launder money in Central American countries. Excerpted from the report “International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Volume II, Money…
Cayman Islands Airports Authority thanks student volunteers
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (7 March 2017) The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) recently presented certificates of appreciation to students at the Layman E. Scott Senior High School in Cayman Brac to thank them for volunteering to act as victims…
Most women prefer to be working and the majority of men agree, ILO-Gallup report shows
GENEVA / WASHINGTON (ILO News – Gallup) – The ILO-Gallup report, “Towards a better future for women and work: Voices of women and men ”, provides a first-ever account of global attitudes and perceptions of women and men regarding women…
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales delivers lecture at Cayman Islands courts
From Caribbean News Now GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Improving practices among commercial courts worldwide translates into strengthening international trade, commerce and development, and hence overall economic cooperation and prosperity. Achieving and maintaining that equilibrium requires not only vigilance among…
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Despite Zika & Chikungunya, record 29M Caribbean visits in 2016
From Point Me to the Plane The 2016 numbers are in and the Caribbean had a record year in terms of visitors and cruise ship passengers. Arrivals were north of 29 million, a bump of +4.2% since the prior year and…
The founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund just railed at the New York Times — at one of the paper’s own events
By Rachael Levy From Business Insider Billionaire Ray Dalio just went off on the New York Times again – this time at one of the newspaper’s own events. “I’d like to talk about the ridiculous New York Times article,” Dalio…
