iNews Briefs & Community Events (From BIG FISH 95.5)
Cayman Islands: CarePay corruption trial – Rodrigues acquitted Miriam Rodrigues who was charged with transferring criminal property, or money laundering, was acquitted on Tuesday (12) after the presiding judge directed the jury to find Rodrigues not guilty. Rodrigues had been…
Rudolf donates to local anti-bullying campaign in Cayman Islands
In early December local authors, Paul and Elisabeth Schreiner, announced the sale of their first book, Rudolf discovers the Cayman Islands, just in time for the Christmas season. which was well received by the local community, Inspired by the theme…
Cayman Islands grants for arts nearing deadline
CNCF Grants for the Arts Deadline for Submissions GEORGE TOWN, JANUARY 12, 2016 – The deadline for the Cultural Foundation’s Grants for the Arts applications is Friday, January 15th, 2016. The Grants and Awards Committee will review all applications and…
RBS Warns Investors of ‘Cataclysm’: ‘Sell Everything’
By F McGuire From Newsmax The Royal Bank of Scotland reportedly has advised clients to brace for a “cataclysmic year” and a global deflationary crisis, warning that major stock markets could fall by a fifth and oil may plummet to…
Standard Chartered: Oil poised to plunge to $10 a barrel
From Newsmax One bearish investment bank now warns that the price of oil may continue to plunge until it hits $10 a barrel. Standard Chartered became the latest major bank to downgrade its oil outlook, predicting crude will tumble to $10….
US survey of women finds rampant sexism in tech. Can it be fixed?
By Rebekah Mintzer, Corporate Counsel Ellen Pao may have lost her gender discrimination case against famed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, but she did succeed in triggering a national conversation about women’s treatment in the workplace, especially in the…
US Jury hears two vastly different portrayals of GM plaintiff
By Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal Plaintiff Robert Scheuer is either the victim of a heartless General Motors cover-up of faulty ignition switches or a man trying to blame GM for injuries he suffered long before his 2014 car…
Pfizer raised the price of over 100 drugs this year
By Deena Beasley, Reuters From Business Insider Pfizer Inc. on Jan. 1 raised U.S. prices for more than 100 of its drugs, some by as much as 20 percent, according to statistics compiled by global information services company Wolters Kluwer. Pfizer…
From the EU to China, 2016 ushers in new data headaches for companies
By Sue Reisinger, From Corporate Counsel Foreign governments—including China, Turkey and the European Union—are giving corporate America fits over how companies handle information and data, and the trend is only going to worsen this year. For example, the European Union is…
Caribbean Netherlands Summit calls for action in coming year
From Saba-News Alleviation of poverty, economic development and more efficiency are to become the priorities if it were up to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba following last year’s evaluation of the islands’ constitutional status as public entities. These focal points…





