News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

Friday, April 23, 2004

John Gray Recyclers get a mention

BOSTON, USA – The Christian Science Monitor reports that the John Gray Recyclers, high school students in the Cayman Islands, have collected small mountains of trash from island beaches, organised recycling programmes, written songs about the ocean, and raised money to save the endangered Cayman blue iguana.

Cayman company leases presidential jet

ACCRA, Ghana – According to GhanaWeb, there have been arguments in the Ghanaian parliament about the appropriateness of setting up Gallen Limited, an offshore company based in the Cayman Islands, to lease a controversial Gulfstream III Presidential Jet.

Misused funds transferred to Cayman

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Jakarta Post reports that the late Hendra Rahardja, one of several wealthy bankers who fled the country in 1997 to avoid prosecution after refusing to repay US$216.7 million of misused Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance funds, probably transferred his assets from Australia to the Cayman Islands.

Cayman warned US

WASHINGTON, USA – According to the Village Voice, the Cayman Islands were one of 12 foreign intelligence services that warned US officials to get ready for an attack.

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