NGCI Fundraising Gala ~ 29 November 2013
Join The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands on Friday November 29th in their grounds at the Gallery for “Bright Young Things”. This year’s highly anticipated National Gallery Fundraising Gala is inspired by the spirit of the 1920s as captured…
The Bahamas establishes diplomatic relations with Qatar
From Bahama islandsinfo WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bahamas formally established diplomatic relations with Qatar during a signing ceremony held at the Embassy of Qatar in Washington, D.C. on August 1, 2013. Ambassador Dr. Elliston Rahming, Permanent Representative to the Organization…
Championing Chabra: an update from the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal
From Appleby In the latest act of the ongoing drama played out in the Cayman Islands courts (and, indeed, the English and BVI courts) between VTB Capital plc and Mr Konstantin Malofeev and companies connected to him, the Cayman Islands…
Digicel agrees to abolish regional roaming charges
From Guardian Media Digicel has agreed to abolish roaming charges for users of the company’s networks when they travel in the region from October 1, according to a statement issued last night by Caribbean Telecommunications Union president Phillip Paulwell. Paulwell…
Rivers remains upbeat
Today (Friday) the whole island will be waiting, and as Dave Martins says “pulsating”, and just as eager for Cayman’s Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, to deliver his judgment at 2:30pm on Minister Tara Rivers’ election case. Courtroom 5 will be…
Schofield joins HSM
In a surprise announcement, Huw Moses, founding partner of local law firm HSM has announced former Acting Solicitor General Douglas Schofield has joined the practice. Mr. Schofield has previous high profile appointments including the crown counsel’s office in British Columbia…
Career opportunities at CNCF
MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WANTED The Marketing and Development Specialist is responsible for all marketing and fundraising activity with a primary focus on generating new and growing revenue streams and contributed income. S/he creates and implements a development plan that…
Fresh Air Fund sends Big Apple kids to Cayman
Cayman Airways and the Department of Tourism have sponsored a programme initiated by The Fresh Air Fund to give a holiday of a lifetime to ten children from New York City. The youngsters arrived on Thursday (8) and come from…
BlackBerry awarded “authority to operate” on U.S. Department of Defense Networks
DISA deploying BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to support BlackBerry 10 smartphones on DoD networks Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today (8) announced the U.S. Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has given BlackBerry® Z10 and BlackBerry® Q10 smartphones…
Loeb’s Reinsurer with no U.S. staff gains from Jobs Act
By Lee Spears and Noah Buhayar Bloomberg Businessweek Billionaire hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb’s Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., which has no staff in the U.S., said it can limit financial disclosure after a public offering because of rules promoting domestic job…
