UK: Latest Help to Buy scheme could benefit 55% of all new-build homebuyers
The latest research from snagging and defect management app, BuildScan, has revealed that the latest Government Help to Buy (H2B) scheme could help over a half of all new-build homebuyers to get a foot on the ladder. BuildScan first looked at the…
Cayman: UK forum on oversight of public finance opens
The UK forum on the oversight of public finance and governance, the third in a series of annual meetings that will culminate next year, opened on Monday (9 December) with a contribution from the Rt. Hon. Baroness D’Souza, a British scientist and life peer, and former Lord…
Two homeless people die every day in England and Wales
By Alejandro Javierre From The London Economic More than 700 homeless people in England and Wales were registered as dead during 2018, an increase of over 22 per cent since 2017. An average of two Homeless people died each day…
Golf: Tiger Woods wins 2019 Masters – Reaction to ‘greatest comeback in sport’
From BBC 3,954 days. That is how long Tiger Woods has waited to win his 15th major. In the time between the 2008 US Open and Sunday’s triumph at the Masters, Woods has gone through a series of highs and lows. The…
Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour recipients to receive medals from HRH The Prince of Wales
From The Cayman Islands Governor’s Office His Excellency The Governor, Martyn Roper, OBE, has announced the award of Certificates and Badges of Honour to two Caymanians who will receive their awards at the Investiture conducted by HRH The Prince of…
Prince Charles and Camilla Plan a Royal Tour of the Caribbean, including a Historic Visit to Cuba (and to Cayman Islands)
by Chloe Foussianes From Town & Country Magazine Pince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, have quite the trip planned for later this spring. From the March 17-29, the royal couple will be traveling through the Caribbean, visiting a whopping six…
Appointments to the Panel of Acting Cayman Islands Grand Court Judges
His Excellency the Governor, Martyn Roper, OBE, is pleased to announce the appointments of Her Honour Judge Aileen Downey, Simon Russell Flint, QC, and Hugh Southey, QC to the Panel of Acting Grand Court Judges (“the Panel”). During the first…
New academic staff join Truman Bodden Law School
Marc Johnson joins the Truman Bodden Law School, having previously taught at the University of Bristol. Marc lectures in Tort, Land, and Jurisprudence on the undergraduate programmes and in Dispute Resolution on the Masters programme. Marc has a Law degree,…
The Editor Speaks: Literacy
On Saturday September 8th we celebrate International Literacy Day. In today’s iNews Cayman we have published a number of articles concerning literacy including the persons who are at the centre of literacy, our teachers. Our Minister for Education, Hon. Juliana…
Miss Universe GB: First black winner Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers on ‘great achievement’
By Gena-mour Barrett From BBC The first black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Great Britain in the pageant’s 66-year history has called it “a great achievement”. Dee-Ann Kentish Rogers, who’s also a competitive athlete and recently passed her exams…