As the sun set over South Sound on Saturday, 6 March, invited guests, tourism industry players and potential investors were in attendance at a gala reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony that opened the first phase of the new Riviera Resort, a resort combined with an investment opportunity, and one of the Cayman Islands’ newest attractions. The guests were greeted by the co-owners and developers of the Riviera.
Now that the trial is over, the board members of the Estella Scott-Roberts Foundation speak out, 16 months after the murder of Estella Scott-Roberts, for whom the foundation is named. “The Foundation and its directors have refrained from public comment on the case until it was completed, as we firmly held to the principle of allowing the justice system to run its course in dealing with the persons accused..."
The government’s first attempt to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Law resulted in a 1,470-page document that was “a bit onerous to search,” according to the Information Commissioner’s Office, charged with publishing a comprehensive list of government offices, general information, policies and procedures, etc. The ICO recently released a revamped “2010 FOI Publication Scheme List,” required by the Freedom of Information Law.
The Cayman Head of Markets and Compliance, Gerry Halischuk, went back into a classroom early this year, but this time it was to talk to students about the history of the stock market and how it has come to be what it is today. The students were in the economic class at Triple C School. He explained to them the types of markets that exist and the role of the Cayman Islands Stock Exhange in the Cayman Islands.