Government of the Cayman Islands National Energy Policy
12 March 2013 This document is the National Energy Policy (NEP) of the Cayman Islands. The NEP is structured as follows: Vision for the NEP—this defines the orientation towards which the Cayman Islands intends to steer its energy sector; and…
RPCU and PWD merge
Recreation, Parks & Cemeteries Unit (RPCU) has merged with Public Works Department to create better synergies within departments and provide better delivery of service to the public, Alan Jones, Chief Officer in the Ministry of Finance-District Administration, Works, Lands and…
KRyS Global National Touch Champs Start with a BANG
From Mark Robson Hold on to your hats folks because the world of rugby lit the blue “touch” paper last Saturday with the start of the KRyS Global National Touch Rugby Championships 2013. This season there are seven teams competing…
Carnival to fly passengers home after another cruise failure
By Ed Payne and Josh Levs, CNN Carnival Cruise Lines will fly all passengers on one of its cruises back to Florida after the ship suffered a generator failure while docked in the Caribbean. The experience on the Carnival Dream…
InTrade was awesome — here’s what all the critics got wrong
Joe Weisenthal Business Insider Sunday, Irish betting site InTrade announced on its website that all trading was being halted. The language is very ominous. It’s unclear if there will ever be trading again. The site was controversial. It was popular…
Cayman Hedge Funds are under the spotlight at OffshoreAlert Conference
From OffshoreAlert How many hedge fund directorships are too many, should the number and name of each person’s directorships be transparent or concealed from investors, and to what extent are they regulated? Those are some of the questions that will…
Striking right on Budget
PS News Almost 250,000 Public Servants in the United Kingdom are expected to take part in a strike on Budget Day, 20 March. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union have organised a three-month program of strikes and…
Restrained wage deal in sight
PS News The Jamaican Government is set to sign a new wage agreement for the 2012-15 contract period with the Public Service, with limited prospects for wage increases. The agreement follows an announcement by the union representing public sector workers…
The 10 Most Controversial Things Sheryl Sandberg Just Said About Women
By Julie Bort Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg appeared on “60 Minutes” last Sunday (10) to explain her controversial views on women in the workplace. Sandberg insists that one reason there are fewer woman in top leadership roles than men is…
UBS reports bonus payments equal to net loss
From swissinfo.ch UBS handed out CHF2.5 billion ($2.6 billion) in bonuses to top employees last year, the same amount as its annual losses recorded in 2012. The bank’s newest executive received a soon-to-be-banned “golden hello” bonus worth CHF25 million. The…
