Uncertainty surrounds stamp duty collection
By Austin Harris Local attorney Peter Polack has questioned the government on payment of stamp duty on rental leases as required under the Stamp Duty Law (2013 Revision) Local attorney Peter Polack...
View ArticleMullings family says first 911 call was at 8:29pm
A snapshot taken of Ms Pauline Mullings’ phone. It shows a call to 911 at 20:29 (8:29pm) on 6 March 2016 that lasted three minutes. There is a wide disparity between the time police said they received...
View ArticleRCIPS & 911: Mullings family falsified call logs
The George Town Police Station. The RCIPS and DPSC are denying claims by the Mullings family that calls were made to 911 as early as 8:29pm on Sunday 6 March about their missing relatives. In a joint...
View ArticleDart Realty buys former Hyatt properties
Grand Cayman Beach Suites has been purchase by Dart Realty and will close by September 2016. Real estate investment company Embassy Investments Limited confirmed on Wednesday 16 March the sale of...
View ArticleCoutts case could set legal precedent on redundancy
By Austin Harris The former Coutts & Co Cayman Islands headquarters on West Bay Road. The curious case of Cause No. S0150 of 2015 – Andy Nicholas Blake v Coutts & Co is currently working its...
View ArticleSoon come?
It’s the middle of March, and we have yet to see a date for the calendar year’s first meeting of the Legislative Assembly. The last meeting of the House was in November 2015. Since that time, as we...
View ArticleLegislators lament 4-month LA break
The Legislative Assembly has not been in session since November 2015. The Legislative Assembly has not met since November 2015 and a date for its next meeting has not been scheduled or communicated to...
View ArticleMullings family calls for an independent judicial inquiry
Missing men Edsell Haylock (L) and Gary Mullings (R). The family of Mr Mullings is calling for an independent judicial inquiry in which the families of the missing are able to instruct their own legal...
View ArticleMinister Rivers at United Nations
L-R: Ambassador Peter Wilson, Deputy Permanent Representative of the U.K. to the U.N; Minister Rivers; UK Minister of Gender and Equalities, Caroline Dinenage; Anguillan Minister for Gender Affairs,...
View ArticleMullings family denies police allegations
A snapshot taken of Ms Pauline Mullings phone call to 911. It shows that she made a call to 911 at 20:29 (8:29pm) on Sunday 6 March 2016 that lasted three minutes. The Mullings family denies all...
View ArticleAnother burglary at GTPS
New security fencing has been installed in the rear yard of the George Town Police Station. Shown here are several confiscated dirt bikes. On Wednesday 16 March, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service...
View ArticleICCI students earn Pride certificates
The group of ICCI students who completed the Pride training, along with instructor Janet Holness (seated). Twenty International College of the Cayman Islands’ students earned Pride certificates after...
View ArticleCayman again draws the attention of US authorities
On 9 March US Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Chief Richard Weber...
View ArticleChrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital announces new ownership
Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital announced today that it has been acquired in a share acquisition by CTMH Holdings Ltd., the newly formed holding company for a group of Caymanian, international and...
View ArticleClear as mud
“The Governor is not yet in a position to answer these detailed questions, however she has committed to an independent review and to make the outcome of that public in due course.” This is the response...
View ArticleMullings family criticises RCIPS response to flare
A photo collage shared on Facebook by a family member shows missing brothers Kanyi and Kamron Brown, their cousin Nicholas Watler, uncle Gary Mullings and family friend Edsell Haylock. In a statement...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help to find missing boy
Renaldo Keanua Taylor, age 14. Police are appealing to members of the public for help in tracing 14-year-old Renaldo Keanua Taylor who has been missing from his home address in North Side since...
View ArticleMissing boy found
Renaldo Keanua Taylor, age 14. Police advised at 3:05pm on Saturday 19 March that missing boy Renaldo Kenua Taylor, age 14, has been found safe and well, and has been returned to his family. Renaldo...
View ArticleGlobal tax enforcement puts Cayman in the crosshairs
Butterfield Bank may be the latest casualty in the US Department of Justice’s war on tax evasion. The bank has made provision for the payment of US$4.8 million against the possibility that it could...
View ArticleMullings: RCIPS delayed contact to US Coast Guard
On Monday morning, 7 March the Air Support Unit deployed the police helicopter at 8:30am to begin the search-and-rescue mission. The Joint Marine Unit police vessel Guardian also deployed at 9am. The...
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