Royal Gazette: Letter to the Editor – “What a mess”
Unbeneficial: what a mess the British have made of this From The Royal Gazette Dear Sir, On May 9, the London Evening Standard published a Letter to the Editor entitled “The UK is bullying its overseas territories and trust is…
Marshall Islands back plan forcing a dirty global polluter to clean up its act
BY MARK KAUFMAN From Mashable The Environmental Minister of the Marshall Islands, David Paul, left the low-lying tropical islands last week and flew to London. He journeyed all that way to stand in front of a packed room at the…
Opinion: Polluters on the high seas
By Hilda Heine and Christiana Figueres From New York Times Hilda Heine is the president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Christiana Figueres is the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. International shipping…
Highland’s Ocean Rig bet: Fail in Cayman Islands? Try the Marshalls
By TIFFANY KARY From World Oil NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — A battle of so-called bankruptcy tourists has erupted in New York court, with unclear consequences for global companies and their bondholders. On Thursday, New York bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn refused…
AlixPartners completes largest ever cross-border restructuring in Cayman Islands
From ABL Advisor AlixPartners, the global advisory firm, announced that it recently completed the successful financial restructuring of Ocean Rig UDW and certain of its subsidiaries. Ocean Rig is an international offshore drilling contractor providing oilfield services covering exploration, development,…
Castaway sued for eating pal
By Daniel Cutts From The Sun UK Castaway who survived 15 months at sea sued for $1M by dead pal’s family who claim he stayed alive by EATING him El Salavadorian castaway Jose Ivan and later told that his full…
Cruise guests return to South Florida following shipboard fire that killed three
By Jane Wooldridge From Miami Herald All 656 guests aboard the Oceania Insignia returned to the United States by charter flights Friday following an engine-room fire Thursday morning in which three workers died, a company spokesman said. Guests were taken…