Air and sea rescue of nine Cubans
Nine Cuban nationals who got into difficulty at sea are now safely in Grand Cayman following an air and sea rescue. At 3.50pm today, Monday 3 September, the RCIPS police helicopter was on routine maritime patrol when the crew saw…
Cayman Islands will be celebrating PEACE on 21 Sep 2012
In 1999, Jeremy Gilley founded Peace One Day, a non-profit organization, and in 2001 Peace One Day’s efforts were rewarded when the member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted the first ever day of global ceasefire and non-violence on…
Cayman Court lays down more guidelines for enforceability of side letters
After being a hot topic in the Cayman Islands for a number of years, the Grand Court has handed down two decisions in quick succession relating to side letters entered into by Cayman Islands corporate hedge funds. The first was…
Cayman based Leopard Capital names Intrator managing partner, CIO
Leopard Capital Cambodia, a Cayman Islands-based fund manager specialising in frontier market investing, has appointed Richard Intrator managing partner and chief investment officer, as the company, founded in 2007 by CEO Douglas Clayton, expands. As CIO, Intrator succeeds Scott Lewis,…
T&T celebrates 50 years of Independence
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state[in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It shares maritime boundaries with other…
Pirate Bay co-founder Warg arrested in Cambodia
One of the founders of the popular file-sharing Pirate Bay website, has been arrested in Cambodia, the local police have announced. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was held in Phnom Penh after an international warrant was issued against him in April by…
Sarah Palin’s Fox News Contract May Not Be Renewed: NY Mag
Huffington Post Sarah Palin’s outburst at Fox News on Wednesday is part of a protracted set of contract negotiations that could see the former vice-presidential nominee end her association with the network, New York’s Gabriel Sherman reported Thursday. Palin set…
Syria crisis: ‘Deadly Aleppo strike’ as UN envoy starts job
Opposition activists in Syria say more than 25 people have been killed by an air strike in al-Bab, Aleppo province. More than 100 people have also died elsewhere, they said, including five killed by a bomb in Damascus. In an…
‘Moonie’ Church mourns founder Sun Myung Moon
Members of the South Korea-based Unification Church are in mourning following the death of their founder, self-proclaimed messiah Sun Myung Moon. Followers of Moon – often referred to as Moonies although they dislike the term – have held prayers at…
Treasury approves sale of Gibraltar Ucits into UK
The UK Treasury has given the green light for retail investment funds domiciled in Gibraltar to be sold in the UK. Gibraltar’s financial regulatory body, the Financial Services Commission, said it has been in negotiations with the UK for a…
