UPDATE: Loaded gun recovered – man now charged
UPDATE Friday 23 Nov 2012: Loaded gun recovered – Man due in court The 41-year-old man who was arrested on Monday in relation to the recovery of a loaded revolver in the Breakers area has now been charged. He has…
State Street Corporation Appointed Custodian for Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Pension Plan
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced that it has been appointed by the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Pension Plan to provide custody services to its USD$270 million plan. “Global financial events that have occurred in the past several…
Nudity ban eyed in San Francisco
San Francisco lawmakers are set to vote on whether to ban nudity in public places, in an escalating fight against a group of nudists. The proposal would make it illegal for anyone over five to “expose his or her genitals,…
Girl Guides – Feminists and Quite Cool
By Jan Shure We were a fairly high-powered group of five media women (and one man, father-in-law to Conde Nast MD Nicholas Coleridge, as it happens) sipping strawberry daiquiris at a beach bar on Grand Cayman in 1992 when, in…
Gaza crisis: ‘More than 100’ killed in Israeli strikes
More than 100 people have died in the Gaza Strip in six days of violence, Hamas officials say, as Israeli forces continue a bombardment they say aims to stop rocket attacks into Israel. Monday’s fatalities include a commander of the…
5 Romney Ideas Obama Should Steal
By Rick Newman US News So President Obama won. Liberals are jubilant, moderates are relieved, and Mitt Romney is headed to the Cayman Islands for a consolation tour with his money. But Obama’s narrow margin of victory—he won just 50…
Axiom fraud leaves offshore providers exposed to massive claims for damages
UPDATE: 20 November 2012 From Offshore Alert – ‘Rockfire Capital received £180,000 from Axiom scheme, not £1 million’, says Liam Kavanagh In a letter to the Editor from Liam Kavanagh, on behalf of Rockfire Capital Limited, regarding his…
Pepsi Unveils a Weight-Loss… Soda!
Katie Waldeck When you think about losing weight, drinking soda pop isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, it’s probably way up there with fast food cheeseburgers and doughnuts as things not to eat when you’re…
Official Press Summary of decision by Privy Council to Cayman Islands Chief Justice Petition
PRESS SUMMARY 15 NOVEMBER 2012 In the matter of a request for advice on the interpretation of section 96(1) and section 106(1) of Schedule 2 to the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands v…
A.M. Best to Sponsor the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman’s 2012 Captive Forum
OLDWICK, N.J., Nov 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — A.M. Best Co. will sponsor the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman’s 2012 Captive Forum, to be held November 27-29 at the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Hotel, Cayman Islands. A.M. Best is the leading…
