Jack Lew’s Footprints in Cayman Sand
By Michael Winship Jack Lew, the new U.S. Treasury Secretary, follows in the footsteps of other Wall Street insiders to hold that position. His Cayman accounts and “golden parachutes” also may make it hard for him to put himself in…
Drug boat interception crew sentenced for Ganga importation
Three Jamaican Nationals, Wesley Oliver Barrett, Tetla Charles Warner and Paul Samuel Betty were sentenced last Thursday (7) for importing ganja into the Cayman Islands from Jamaica early this year. About 9.40pm on Tuesday, 22 January 2013, Marine Unit officers…
Premier ignored Commission warnings over filings
From TCI News Now It is clear from last Friday’s (8) court pleadings that the Integrity Commission provided each political party, including Premier Rufus Ewing, with detailed guidance notes on their filing obligations leading up to the March 22 by-election…
RICS Real Estate Management Guidance to advance global professionalism
WASHINGTON (March 13, 2013) — RICS has launched its Real Estate Management Guidance today at the MIPIM 2013 conference, an event for professionals from all international property sectors, in Cannes, France. The landmark publication provides best practice in ethics and…
Ban cosmetic surgery for animals
From Care2 Breeding Tibetan Mastiffs is big business in China. The profits for the prettiest dogs can be so high that at least one breeder tried to get his dog a facelift to make him more attractive to female breeders….
House For Sale – a steal at only US$45,760,000 (approx.) – on Grand Cayman
Sothebys – Cayman Islands, House in Grand Cayma €30,765,000 (EXCL. VAT) Description Now you can have it all: Lifestyle, luxury, location and limited tax liability. Without doubt Castillo Caribe is one of the finest beachfront estate homes in the world…
Robbery – Tropical Gardens
A man was robbed at gunpoint as he arrived at his Tropical Gardens home on Sunday morning. About 12.30 am on Sunday, 10 March, the man drove into his driveway in Tropical Manor. As he alighted from the car he…
Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Day Message 2013 “Opportunity through Enterprise” This year’s Commonwealth theme, ‘Opportunity through Enterprise’, is a celebration of our achievements, particularly those that may have seemed challenging, daunting or even impossible, which have helped to build strength, resilience and pride…
Escape to your own private paradise on Oil Nut Bay in the British Virgin Islands
Written by Kaletha Henry The Cliffs: a hybrid of elegance and modernity in Nature’s Little Secrets The dream to getaway to one’s own private island is now a reality through Oil Nut Bay and the recent unveiling of their upscale…
CRFM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Flyingfish calls stakeholders to action
Fisheries ministers who met on Friday, 22 February 2013, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to review urgent governance and management issues challenging the seven Caribbean countries that currently harvest the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish (scientific name: Hirundichthys affinis), are…
