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Cayman Also Pass Economic Substance Bill
As Bermuda’s legislators were passing a Bill designed to keep the island off the European Union’s blacklist, lawmakers in the Cayman Islands were doing the same, with the Cayman also passing an Economic Substance Bill on Monday. This follows after the European Union threatened to blacklist jurisdictions that did not meet their specifications... Read more of this article
Cayman Govt’s Submission To UK Committee
Sufficient safeguards should be put in place to protect the Cayman Islands and the wider British Overseas Territory family from “future constitutional overreach by the Houses of Parliament,” the Cayman Islands Government said. “In view of the actions taken by the UK Parliament to amend the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018... Read more of this article
Column: Cayman Conference, Population, Budget
[Opinion column written by MP Chris Famous] “He hath founded it upon the seas” - Cayman Islands Motto Day Two of the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association [CPA] Caribbean Americas Atlantic Region conference, held in Grand Cayman June 16-23rd, 2018 saw delegates from around the Caribbean gather once again at the Marriott Hotel for a... Read more of this article
Column: Reflecting On Visit To Cayman Islands
[Opinion column written by MP Chris Famous] Located approximately 450 miles south or 90 minutes flying time from Miami are the three beautiful sister islands of; Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. Collectively known as The Cayman Islands. Recently Grand Cayman served as the host island for the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s... Read more of this article
MP Famous: OT’s Must Speak With One Voice
MP Chris Famous, who was in Cayman for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Forum, told a Cayman news outlet that “as British Overseas Territories, we must speak with one voice.” Cayman 27′s website said, “When it comes to seeking changes on areas where British Overseas Territories and Great Britain disagree, like public... Read more of this article
Cayman’s Governor ‘Temporarily Withdrawn’
Cayman’s Governor Anwar Choudhury “has been temporarily withdrawn from his post as Governor of the Cayman Islands to allow the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to investigate a number of complaints against him.” This is according to the official Cayman Government website, which cited Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin as saying, “I was... Read more of this article
Fireminds & Logic Launches Cayman Cloud
Logic Communications and Fireminds recently announced the launch of the Fireminds Data Center in Cayman, bringing Fireminds co-location, cloud services, software-as-aservice solutions and managed services to the Logic Business Solutions portfolio in Cayman. Also, customers with operations in Bermuda and Cayman can now leverage the Fireminds data centers... Read more of this article
Soldiers Take Part In Nautical Training In Cayman
Two Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers have started an intensive nautical skills course in the Cayman Islands run by the Royal Navy. Private Donavin Trott-Burchall and Private Jessica Pimental, both members of the RBR Boat Troop, will spend three weeks with the RN’s International Defence Training Maritime Training Team learning small boat navigation,... Read more of this article
Cayman Options Open, Including Legal Challenge
The Cayman Islands is “keeping all options on the table including a legal challenge to the amendment” as the UK House of Commons “seeking to legislate for the Cayman Islands amount to constitutional overreach and are reminiscent of the worst injustices of a bygone era of colonial despotism.” This is according to the Cayman Compass,... Read more of this article
Couple Challenging Cayman’s Law On SSM
A couple plan to challenge the law prohibiting same sex marriage in the Cayman Islands, taking legal action after their application for a marriage licence was rejected by Cayman officials. The Cayman News Service reported, “A woman from the Cayman Islands and her fiancée are taking legal action after their application for a marriage licence... Read more of this article
LOM Celebrate Opening Of New Cayman Offices
Directors of local investment firm LOM Financial Ltd. travelled to Grand Cayman last week to mark the opening of the firm’s new Cayman Islands office. The global financial services provider, founded and headquartered in Bermuda, celebrated the opening of the new office with an intimate cocktail reception for 80 guests on “The Island” in Camana... Read more of this article
Rugby Team Named For Game vs Cayman
Brian Archibald has selected Bermuda’s 23-man squad for Saturday’s crucial clash against the Cayman Islands at the National Sports Centre, which will kick-off at 7:00pm. There are five changes from the team that lost 59-7 to Mexico two weeks ago. Mikle Dill, who returned to the island this week after spending the past 5 months at the Stellenbosch... Read more of this article
Cayman Officers Will Not Be Prosecuted
Cayman’s director of public prosecutions has ruled that the police officers involved in a fatal shooting will not be charged following a report from the Bermuda Police Service according to a report from the Cayman News Service. Officers from the Bermuda Police Service traveled to Cayman Islands earlier this year to assist, with the Cayman police... Read more of this article
Bermuda Judges Appointed To Cayman Court
Three Bermudian Supreme Court judges have recently been added to the panel of judges eligible to sit on a part-time basis on the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands: Chief Justice Ian Kawaley and Puisne Judges Carlisle Greaves and Stephen Hellman. Justices Greaves and Hellman have been appointed to the Grand Court General Division Panel of Acting Judges.... Read more of this article
Two Bermudian Prison Officers Train In Cayman
Two prison officers from Bermuda’s Department of Corrections have undergone training in the Cayman Islands, according to a story in the Cayman Compass. The story said “Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service has helped train two prison officers from Bermuda’s Department of Corrections in the use of force. “The two Bermudian prison... Read more of this article
BPS Arrive In Cayman For Shooting Investigation
Officers from the Bermuda Police Service have arrived in the Cayman Islands to assist in an investigation following a man being shot and killed by Cayman police on Friday morning. The Cayman News Service said “Two officers from the Bermuda Police Service have arrived on island and assumed control of the investigation into the circumstances of the... Read more of this article
