Did you celebrate your Right to Know?
Did you see a sea of blue last Friday September 27th? It wasn’t the weather, but a gentle reminder for you to don blue duds in support of transparency, accountability and participation. It was a chance to dress down…
Minister shares Cayman tourism product at FCCA meeting
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Deputy Premier and Minister of Tourism Hon. Moses Kirkconnell is in Cartagena, Colombia, this week to attend the 20th Annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Cruise and Conference Trade Show. The Minister, Chief Officer Stran Bodden…
Rollover will stay but term limit extended
The ghastly rollover policy is here to stay but in a new form and a new title – “Term Limit”. Despite the promise of extending term limits for non-Caymanian workers to 10 years the Progressives (PPM) are now the…
Governor meets Bush and Premier opens KPMG Summit
New Governor Meets Opposition Leader Leader of the Opposition the Hon. McKeeva Bush, OBE, JP, today (Monday, 23 September 2013) attended his first official meeting with the new Governor, Her Excellency Helen Kilpatrick, CB, at her offices in the Government…
Cayman drilling company announces commencement of ultra-deepwater drillship
Cayman Islands. Vantage Drilling Company announces commencement of operations for the Tungsten Explorer Vantage Drilling Company (“Vantage”) (NYSE MKT: VTG) announced Monday September 22nd that the ultra-deepwater drillship, Tungsten Explorer, commenced initial operations in Southeast Asia on the morning…
Liquor stores can now stay open until 10pm
Further to our story published 16th September “Embattled battered booze board” where iNews Cayman revealed the board were unable to consider 12 applications from five different George Town retail liquor license holders who had applied to extend their opening hours…
Cayman Island July Tourism figures: cruise down air up
The July figures for tourist arrivals to the Cayman Islands do not make good reading. Although air arrivals are up by almost 4% from 32,581 in 2012 to 33,880 in 2013 it is the cruise ship arrivals that make…
Beneficial Ownership Registries – Action Plans by Offshore Jurisdictions
In June, the United Kingdom Government told its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to come up with plans to compile registers of beneficial ownership of companies domiciled in their jurisdictions. The aim is to bring greater transparency to the…
World Tourism Day celebrated
DOT Celebrated World Tourism Day 2013 Tourism partners from around the globe, including those here in the Cayman Islands, joined together in a day of celebration to mark World Tourism Day on 27 September. The theme for this year’s…
HBO and WestStar TV cannot agree
Negotiations between HBO Latin America and Cayman Islands cable television operator WestStar TV have reached an impasse, after WestStar management did not accept HBO’s proposals that would have legalized WestStar’s rebroadcast of HBO programming under a licensing agreement with HBO…
