Grand Cayman Purple Ribbon Bus – FREE Transportation on New Year’s Eve
The RCIPS is very glad to facilitate the following initiative of the National Drug Council to provide free transportation on New Year’s Eve through the Purple Ribbon Bus Designated Driver Programme – see below We hope the community with take…
Oyez, oyez, they said what?! The 2015 quotable US Supreme Court
By Mike Sacks, From The National Law Journal Ten notable comments from the justices. U.S. Supreme Court justices have cited the prospect of being quoted out of context as one reason for their resistance to cameras in the courtroom. But…
Cayman Islands public urged to recycle natural Christmas trees
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) reminds the public of its annual programme to collect natural Christmas trees for mulching. Hundreds of donated trees are crushed and turned into mulch, which is in turn given to the public at no…
Stanford requests rehearing of his criminal appeal
By Kenneth Rijock From Caribbean News Now HOUSTON, USA — Offshore banker and convicted Ponzi schemer, R. Allen Stanford, has filed a petition for an en banc rehearing, with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit has previously…
What employees can legally say on Facebook—and get away with
By Rebekah Mintzer, From Corporate Counsel Facebook had more than 1 billion daily active users around the world as of September. That’s a lot of timeline posts and status updates, and many involve the workplace. This leaves employers in a…
Quantifying 10 years of improvements in earthquake monitoring in the Caribbean region
Seismological Research Letters By: Daniel E. McNamara, Christa Hillebrandt-Andrade, Jean-Marie Saurel, V. Huerfano-Moreno, and Lloyd Lynch Abstract Over 75 tsunamis have been documented in the Caribbean and adjacent regions during the past 500 years. Since 1500, at least 4484 people…
Caribbean Getaway: Islands sell citizenship to spur construction deals
By CRAIG KARMIN From Wall Street Journal Developer Valmiki Kempadoo said he has made about 200 sales at his Kittitian Hill hillside development on St. Kitts to citizenship-by-investment owners. Tiny island nations like St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Grenada…
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Latin America and the Caribbean
From MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan With a population of 600 million and a regional GDP of approximately $6 trillion (2013), Latin America and the Caribbean is an enormous market. The region has steadily increased its presence in the…
Gadget of the week
Sony’s Folding@Home Android app now fights cancer while you sleep By Jon Fingas From engadget Sony’s Folding@Home works while you sleep Want to help cure Alzheimer’s or breast cancer? From now on, you don’t have to do much more than…
Cayman Islands government extend duty concessions
In its ongoing effort to maintain and stimulate further economic activity, the Government has extended the following duty concessions to 31st December 2020: • the import duty concessionary rate of 12.5 cents per gallon on the importation of motor gasoline…
