Cayman Islands based jewellery design house unveils new designs in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas jewellery market is sparkling in 2012, thanks to retailer confidence and upticks in consumer sales. Inside the Grand Canal Shoppes, the Bernard K. Passman Gallery has been quietly making travellers into repeat customers throughout the mall’s existence….
Cayman Hosts Crime Fighters Workshop
Cayman hosts the newly formed Caribbean Association of Prosecutors’ first meeting, with a forensic workshop as its highlight, on Thursday and Friday, 14-15 June at the Marriott Resort on Grand Cayman. Thirty-nine delegates from the Caribbean British Overseas Territories and…
Secretary Appointed to Tribunal
With the establishment of Cayman’s first Gender Equality Tribunal (GET) that hears and determines discrimination complaints under the Gender Equality Law (2011), the Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing confirms the appointment of Ms Aubrey Bodden in the dual…
Cayman Islands take part in RBC Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships
For the second consecutive year, RBC Royal Bank is the title sponsor of the Caribbean’s premier golfing event, the 56th Annual RBC Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships. The tournament, hosted by the OECS Golf Association, tees off on August 6 and…
Maples and Calder’s Co-Founding Partner Passes
Further to our sad story yesterday (12) concerning the death of Lord John Maples, Maples and Calder have issued the following press release: Maples and Calder regrets to announce the passing of its co-founding partner, Lord John Maples, a stalwart…
Civil Service Accolades
The Cayman Islands Civil Service Academy (CICSA) has garnered accolades as one of the top government programmes in the hemisphere, according to the E-Learning! publication. Cayman’s Leadership Academy initiative was number 39 in the list of 2012 public sector honourees,…
Many Chinese companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands hide behind the Great Wall affecting SEC fraud probes
It appears to be dawning on officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that cooperative, cross-border financial investigations are completely foreign to China. Washington’s regulators have been trying since late 2010 to gather information that could help them…
Investors’ fears fan flames of Spanish debt crisis
Spanish ten-year government bond yields soared to 6.81 per cent, the highest since 1999 and close to the seven per cent that forced bailout requests from Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Investors are worried how Spain, which has the eurozone’s fourth-largest…
Appleby welcomes new Arbitration Law in the Cayman Islands
Appleby, the world’s largest offshore provider of legal, fiduciary and administration services, has welcomed the new Cayman Islands Arbitration Law, 2012 (“the Law”) which will come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor in Cabinet. Appleby lawyers…
Leading offshore firm Carey Olsen to offer Cayman Islands and BVI legal services
Carey Olsen, the leading Channel Island law firm, is extending its legal service offering to include the jurisdictions of the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Carey Olsen will offer Cayman Islands advice through an experienced team which…
