Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands Election: PPM Wins Most Seats, Coalition Government Likely
May 23, 2013 | 11:45 am | 0 Comment
Above: the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The opposition People's Progressive Movement has won a plurality of seats in the Cayman Islands' election, according to official results. The PPM, led by Alden McLaughlin, took 9 of 18 seats, one shy of a majority. Five independent candidates won seats, while former Premier McKeeva more...
Op-Ed: Truth, Lies, Tax and Cayman
May 22, 2013 | 2:58 pm | 0 Comment
By Gonzalo Jalles Op-Ed Contributor IT IS NO SURPRISE that the United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper has once again attacked the Cayman Islands and other Overseas Territories. What does come as a surprise is when the article is written by a highly respected former editor of The Times and displays a lamentable lack of understanding about recent changes in the offshore more...
Cayman Readies to Choose Next Leader
May 21, 2013 | 7:34 pm | 0 Comment
Above: the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands will decide Wednesday on its next leader. The vote comes six months after former Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush resigned following his arrest on suspicion of corruption. Bush was later formally charged with corruption, an investigation that is more...
A Secret Beach in Grand Cayman
May 19, 2013 | 1:06 pm | 0 Comment
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon JetSetSarah WHAT'S NOT to love about Grand Cayman’s Seven-Mile Beach? Sugar-white sand; glassy turquoise waters; a string of hotels, restaurants and bars right on the sand (shout out to Calico Jack’s!); and a lively, in-the-thick-of-it vibe. But sometimes even the beach-iest bum wants to take it down a notch and chill out on a patch more...
Rum Journal: The Caribbean’s 10 Best Beach Drinks
May 17, 2013 | 3:27 pm | 0 Comment
After Caribbean Journal did a list of the top 10 beach bars in the Caribbean, Rum Journal thought it would be appropriate to do a companion list of the 10 best beach drinks in the Caribbean. Indeed, some of them happen to be served at the Top 10 Beach Bars, but others are not. Some offer recipes, others are top-secret. Here's Rum Journal's list of the 10 best beach more...
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Op-Ed: Why Jeffrey Sachs is Wrong on the Cayman Islands
May 8, 2013 | 1:59 pm | 0 Comment
By Gonzalo Jalles Op-Ed Contributor COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S finest, Professor Jeffrey D Sachs, has exploded into print for the second time in a week with yet another withering condemnation of The Cayman Islands. His preferred medium is, once again, the London-based Financial Times. Last week, I criticized an article by Professor Sachs which appeared in the FT more...
Cayman Joining G5 Multilateral Tax Information Exchange Pilot
April 26, 2013 | 9:30 am | 0 Comment
Above: Georgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands has committed to joining a recently-announced pilot on multilateral automatic exchange of tax information. Cayman expressed its interest in the pilot, which was recently announced by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, in a letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron by more...
Cayman Swears in Two New Judges
April 22, 2013 | 8:04 am | 0 Comment
Above: Acting Governor Franz Manderson and New Court of Appeal Judge Sir Richard Ground (Photo: GIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A pair of new judges for the territory have been sworn in by Acting Cayman Islands Governor Franz Manderson. Sir Richard Ground was officially sworn in as a judge of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, while Nova Hall was sworn in more...
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Former Cayman Premier Released on Bail; Investigation “Ongoing”
April 9, 2013 | 1:31 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Former Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush presented himself to anti-corruption officers Tuesday morning and has been released on bail, according to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. Bush was formally charged with corruption in March on nine counts including four for Breach of Trust more...
From Cayman to Turks and Caicos, Caribbean Politicians Remember Thatcher
April 8, 2013 | 7:10 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Margaret Thatcher By the Caribbean Journal staff A number of Caribbean leaders expressed their condolences Monday over the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher, the United Kingdom's first (and thus far only) female Prime Minister, died Monday at the age of 87. Cayman Premier Juliana O'Connor-Connolly, her own territory's more...
