Apple to expand in the Caribbean
From Datacenter Dynamic The Unique Infrastructure Group is said to be constructing a new data center for Apple on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao according to a post by Among Tech. The data center is said to be part…
Higgs & Johnson expands Corporate Commercial department in Cayman Islands
On 7th August, 2014 Rob Humphries was admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands by the Honourable Mr. Justice Charles Quin QC on the application of Higgs & Johnson, Attorneys-at-Law. The admission application was made by Partner,…
ScriptRock scores $8.7m in funding according to SEC filing
By Ron Miller From techcrunch IT DevOps monitoring company ScriptRock has recently received 8.7 maillion in venture funding, according to an SEC filing. As part of the deal, it appears that Australian VC Hamish Hawthorne is listed as a director,…
Three more in Guyana crash landing to sue Caribbean Airlines Limited
From Guardian Media An attempt by Caribbean Airlines Limited to prevent three more persons from suing for personal injuries arising from the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines Flight BW 523 in Guyana three years ago, was denied by a US…
CD&P law firm expecting “banner year”
From Bernews Conyers Dill and Pearman Limited is expecting to have a “banner year with an increased number of inquiries and instructions to set up investment funds in Bermuda.” The firm said it is also “getting reports from the Cayman…
Huge chunk of Union Bank goes to Cayman Islands registered investor
From Ada Biz A Cayman Islands registered company, Cultural Financial Holdings Ltd. has entered into an agreement to buy nearly 70% of Union Bank of Colombo PLC shares for nearly Rs. 15 billion. Cultural Financial Holdings has agreed to buy…
US attorney hired to sue Google as part of Trinidad “Emailgate” investigations
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday August 14, 2014, CMC – A subpoena has been filed in the US Federal Court ordering Google to provide information to aid the “Emailgate” investigations. The Integrity Commission hired top US attorney Gina Durham, partner…
Cayman Islands Chamber says FCA “High Risk” listing “Insulting and lacks credibility” and Cayman Finance accuses FCA of “hypocrisy”
STATEMENT BY THE CAYMAN ISLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FCA listing: Insulting and lacks credibility The Chamber Council describes the recent “high risk” listing by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as insulting to the Cayman Islands Government and the Cayman…
LIME, Digicel can’t block forever
By Paul Golding, GUEST COLUMNIST From The Gleaner Gordon Swaby, innovator of web-based teaching tool, EduFocal, has railed against Digicel and LIME for their pushback against VoIP platforms such as Viber. – VoIP, WhatsApp will trigger new business model At…
Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power
From Newsmax Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted on Friday by a grand jury in Texas on two counts of abuse of power and coercion over a funding veto he made last year that was seen as being intended to…
