Rutty: US gov’t shutdown unlikely to affect visitors

(CNS): Tourism Minister Gary Rutty has said he is not expecting the US federal government shutdown to cause any widespread disruption to air services or visitors to the Cayman Islands. Although in observance of the Yom Kippur holiday, American...

United Kingdom Minister of State Visits the Cayman Islands Parliament

United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe, North America and the Overseas Territories in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Stephen Doughty, visited the Parliament on Monday, 22nd September, during his visit to the Cayman...

Severance pay and outside speaker add $200k to budget

(CNS): A small appropriation to MPs and minsters during the recent Finance Committee meeting is not an indication of yet another pay rise for lawmakers. The appropriation of just under CI$437,000 relates to severance pay given to seven MPs who...

Cayman Islands Shipping Registry Issues Harassment Guidance Note

Tanker Ship Captain and Pilothouse Photo, Istanbul Turkiye (Turkey) by Lauren Beck The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry (CISR) issued a Guidance Note on Harassment and Sexual Misconduct on Board Ships in September to raise awareness and explain...

Cayman National Trust Announces New Council 2025-2026

26 September 2025 – The Annual General Meeting (“the AGM”) of the members of the National Trust was held on 25th September 2025, at the George Town Yacht Club, the Barcadere Marina at 606 N. Sound Rd. The AGM was held to present the 2024-2025...

FIU-IND Serves Notices To 25 Offshore Crypto Platforms For PMLA Violation

The Financial Intelligence Unit of India (FIU-IND) has issued compliance notices to 25 offshore Virtual Digital Asset (VDA) service providers for violating provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The action comes under...

Church called to be part of Jamaica’s governance, declares new Anglican head

The Christian Church must play an active role in Jamaica’s governance and moral fabric, newly installed Anglican Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Leon Golding, declared on Sunday. Preaching under the theme of unity at his enthronement...

Here are the Floridians who paid megabucks to dine with President Donald Trump

Screenshot from a video on the website of the Make America Great Again Inc. PAC By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org We’ve all read about the rich and the ultrarich who each paid a king’s ransom this year to the political action committee MAGA...

Minister Weeks On RBR’s 60th Anniversary

“I rise to celebrate, with this Honourable House, the sixtieth anniversary of the Royal Bermuda Regiment and the proud legacy of service it represents,” Minister of National Security Michael Weeks said in the House of Assembly today [Sept 26]. Mr....

Cambodia Approves $7.8 Billion in Investment Projects in First Nine Months of 2025

An aerial view shows the city skyline with high-rise buildings in Phnom Penh on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Suy SE / AFP) PHNOM PENH-- Cambodia attracted fixed-asset investment of 7.8 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2025, a...

Mourant Expands Middle East Footprint

The firm said it has built out its international presence in recent years, for example bolstering its Luxembourg operation and opening a new office Singapore in 2023. Mourant, a law firm-led professional services business, is expanding its...

Minister ‘pleased’ with Cayman’s progress on BO register

(CNS): Fears that the Labour government now in office in the UK might put much more pressure on the Cayman Islands to roll out a full publicly accessible beneficial ownership register were likely allayed after Stephen Doughty, the minister with...

Minister: RFP to ‘test waters’ for cost of subsea cable

(CNS): Planning Minister Jay Ebanks has said that the Cayman Islands Government is engaging in a request for proposals for a partner to build another undersea communications cable to “test the waters” regarding costs for what is expected to be a...

Two of China Resources' units decamp from Cayman Islands to redomicile in Hong Kong

Two listed companies under China Resources Group are planning to redomicile from the Cayman Islands to Hong Kong, marking the first batch of listed companies to reincorporate in the city under a new law, with analysts believing the trend will...

Cayman: Message from Premier the Hon. André M. Ebanks for World Maritime Day 

Hon. André M. Ebanks Message from Premier the Hon. André M. Ebanks, MP In Observance of World Maritime Day – 25 September 2025 Theme: “Our Ocean, Our Obligation, Our Opportunity” The Cayman Islands are proud to be joining the global observance of...

Mary Shelford Reps St. Kitts at Tourism Youth Congress

BASSETERRE – Mary Ann Shelford, St. Kitts’ Junior Minister of Tourism, is proudly representing her nation at the 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress, a flagship event of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) held during the State of the...

CAYMAN AI LEADER AWARDED UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD SCHOLARSHIP

UCCI Director, Tamsin Deasey-Weinstein, already recognized as a leading voice in artificial intelligence across the Caribbean, has been selected for the highly competitive Oxford Executive Diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business, at the...

Has the interim government made a mess of recovering stolen assets?

When Chief Adviser Yunus spoke at the UN General Assembly, he spoke of the billions of dollars stolen from Bangladesh over the past fifteen years. He said, "We are working tirelessly to bring this wealth back. Yet legal processes and other...

Cayman: PPM Calls for Government to End Uncertainty and Publish Clear Immigration Plan

Joey Hew PPM Leader he People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) commends the Government’s commitment to prioritising Caymanians in employment and reinforcing the integrity of the immigration and residency framework. These objectives closely align with...

Cayman: OSAIF Holds National Risk Assessment Workshop

Caption: Premier and Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, the Hon. André Ebanks gave the opening remarks at the workshop. Grand Cayman, 24 September 2025 – The Office for Strategic Action on Illicit Finance (OSAIF) successfully hosted a...