Lloyd McField wins CIG Employee of the Month for January
Assistant Postmaster General of Operations Lloyd McField has been named the Cayman Islands Government Employee of the Month for January 2014. Mr. McField also won the Chief Officer’s Choice Award and was presented with both at the Airport Post Office…
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Cayman & Caribbean’s biggest water provider reports drop in 2013 profit By Randall Hackley From Bloomberg Consolidated Water Co. (CWCO), the largest publicly traded water provider in the Caribbean, reported a 7.7 percent drop in profit last year as retail…
MIDEAST-MONEY-Dubai considers rule change to lure more domiciled funds
* Financial regulator proposes new fund class * Aims to attract private equity and hedge funds * Less stringent regulation, higher minimum investment * Cost and ‘human infrastructure’ issues persist By Andrew Torchia DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) – Dubai is…
Captive Managers handpick Cayman
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has licenced three new captive managers, filtering global captive business into one cohesive domicile. It is important for captive managers to choose an environment that has an established track record and the continued success of…
Quotable Caribbean
From The Dallas Weekly “Meeting with the industry’s leading cruise industry authorities is a key strategy to bringing more ships to our destination. As a result of this presentation, we were able to answer questions, change perceptions and spark important…
GM suffers another recall
By Andy Beal From Trackur WITH 1.6M RECALLS, 31 FAILURES, AND 13 DEATHS, GM’S REPUTATION HINGES ON JUST 3 WORDS If you offered a product that resulted in 31 failures and 13 deaths, you’d take that product off the market…
Caribbean Tourism Organization issues statement on UK Air Passenger Duty
From TN Global Travel Industry News The British Chancellor George Osborne will present his budget on 19 March in a speech to the British Parliament. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will be listening carefully to see if the Chancellor is…
It’s not just Tesla: Why dealers are wary of electric cars
By Todd Wasserman From Mashable For a guy who is supposed to be selling electric cars, Mike Kelly isn’t a big fan. Kelly, a car dealer in Erie, Pa., who also happens to represent his district in Congress, said in…
Cayman Minister says waiting period for obstetric and gynaecological services is 2 weeks
Statement by Minister Responsible for Health, Osbourne Bodden, on Access to Obstetric Care On 27th February, North Side MLA Ezzard Miller, speaking in the Legislative Assembly, voiced concerns with regards to the ability of the public to access to obstetricians…
Digicel Cayman Rebuttal to LIME’s comments
Tuesday March 18th – In response to LIME CEO Bill McCabe’s comments that there has never been an issue and that LIME has never received any complaints, Digicel can confirm that, on two separate occasions, letters of complaint were issued…
