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Community Events Lutheran pastor to speak at Men’s Breakfast Meeting The Grand Cayman chapter of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International holds its monthly breakfast meeting this Sat. July 25th at the Upper Crust restaurant, Caymana Bay. The guest speaker…
Cayman Islands welcomes new Senior Deputy Clerk of Court and Registrar of the FSD
Ms. Shiona Allenger has taken up her post as Senior Deputy Clerk of Court and Registrar of the Financial Services Division (FSD) in succession to Ms. Tomica Daley. Ms. Allenger completed her Law Degree at the Cayman Islands Law School…
McDermott white-collar ace wins pro bono victory in 1982 murder case
By Jennifer Henderson, From The Am Law Daily For 23 years, Raymond Tempest Jr. has been professing his innocence in the gruesome murder of Doreen Picard, whose bludgeoned body was found in a basement in the Rhode Island city of…
Sex offender charged with murder of 2 sisters in 1975 case
By The Associated Press From Mashable Forty years after two young sisters vanished from a suburban Maryland mall, an imprisoned sex offender has been charged with murder, authorities said Wednesday, bringing some clarity to a baffling case that made parents…
Pakistan Supreme Court suspends Asia Bibi death sentence
From BBC The Supreme Court in Pakistan has suspended the execution of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. Asia Bibi, who has been on death row for nearly five years, was given leave to appeal. No hearing date was set….
OUR CARIBBEAN: Scene of spreading conflicts
By Rickey Singh, From Nation News Barbados I am reflecting aloud on the separate statements in Monday’s Daily Nation attributed to Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart, and Mr Alex McDonald, chairman of Barbados Private Sector Association, on the prevailing unsettled industrial…
Female lawyers less likely to be first chair, study finds
By Gina Passarella, From The Legal Intelligencer Women comprise a disproportionately low percentage of lead trial counsel compared to their representation in the overall legal profession, a study for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession has…
Lumber Liquidators mired in shareholder lawsuits
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., whose stock has plummeted since a “60 Minutes” exposé revealed that its hardwood laminate flooring products contained illegal levels of formaldehyde, is fending off a raft of shareholder…
What we know about Chattanooga gunman Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez
By Margaret Hartmann and Jaime Fuller From New York Mag On Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, four Marines — Thomas Sullivan, Skip Wells, David Wyatt, and Carson Holmquist — were killed and three others were injured when a gunman opened fire…
Caribbean community fears spread of racist immigration policy
From Telesurtv A Caribbean bloc committee pointed to Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa as examples of the violence and danger of xenophobia. The Caribbean Community’s committee said Monday the regional bloc should urge the Dominican Republic to put an…
