Re-engagement with Cuba: The strategic calculus
By R. Evan Ellis From War on the Rocks Yesterday’s (17) decision by President Obama to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba will be highly controversial domestically, but popular internationally. The normalization of ties between these two foes has potential to…
Sony just set a terrible precedent, one that will embolden every hacker on the planet and haunt corporations for years
By Steve Kovach From Business Insider Sony blew it Wednesday by pulling “The Interview” from theaters without coming up with an alternative way to distribute the movie. There was a big opportunity to at least announce that the “The Interview”…
The Publisher speaks: Cuba off the tourist track
Now that relations between Cuba and the USA are to be normalised I thought this poem is appropriate. I wrote this a few years ago when I went to Cuba with a church group of mainly other women and it was…
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Cayman Islands man pleads guilty in boating incident Richard Morrison Stein pleaded guilty to causing damage to another vessel, Miss Michelle, in the Cayman Islands Summary Court last Tuesday (16). Stein admitted he was navigating the vessel, The Flying Scotsman,…
Finance CEO announced for Cayman Islands
Cayman Finance has announced the appointment of Mr Jude Scott as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Scott has led a highly distinguished career within the financial services industry of over 25 years and his appointment will be well received…
Cayman rebuffs calls for public registry of beneficial owners
From Cayman Funds A consortium of Caribbean countries led by the Cayman Islands has rebuffed attempts to force them to establish a publicly accessible registry of private companies’ beneficial owners. The rejection of the idea was delivered by the territories’…
Cayman boasts diversification within financial services
From Cayman Funds While specific sector such as financial services and tourism tend to dominate economic activity of many Caribbean countries, some, including the Cayman Islands, have achieved diversification within financial services, Cindy Scotland, managing director of the Cayman Islands…
Cayman Islands Stingray Swim Club appoints new head coach
From Stingray Swim Club David Craig Pursley Coach From the time Coach David was born he has been immersed in swimming. Growing up his father was a U.S. Olympic Team coach and national team director. His mother was a world…
Cayman Islands HSA offering the ‘gold standard’ for endovascular repair
The repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is a difficult procedure normally only offered in centres with large populations; such as the United States and the United Kingdom however Dr Robin Windhaber, a surgeon at the Cayman Islands Health Services…
Cayman Enterprise City contributes $20Million to Cayman Islands economy during past 12 months
CEC more than doubled the number of companies in the zone, exceeding 2013 goals; zone stats show newcomers spent millions locally George Town, Grand Cayman (Dec 18th, 2014) – Cayman Enterprise City, Cayman’s knowledge-based special economic zone, has contributed an…