Auditor General slams CINICO and CINICO replies
The Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, made public yesterday (23) a performance audit report on the “Management of Overseas Medical Services.” The Cayman Islands Government is currently spending approximately $30 million a year on overseas medical care. In his report, Mr….
Customs Collector Retiring
After a distinguished career spanning 40 years, Collector of Customs, Mr. Carlon Powery, MBE, JP, will be retiring on 31 May 2012. Mr. Powery, who decided last year to retire after four decades in service, has seen revenue collected by…
Jeff Webb from Cayman Islands says 2026 World Cup title for CONCACAF
Canover Watson of the Cayman Islands elected as fourth vice president of CFU Cayman Islands Football Association president Jeffrey Webb was confirmed as CONCACAF’s new president at the confederation’s congress in Budapest. Webb had been in charge of the FIFA…
Cayman Islands Auditor General says paving of Cayman Brac private parking lots was illegal
In a Public Interest Report released to us Tuesday (22), but embargoed until 11am on Wednesday, the Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, said his office (OAG) had became aware of concerns raised by a number of parties a bout the paving programme…
Leadership Cayman (LC) immersed in Financial Services
The Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Cayman (LC) group was immersed in productive conversation recently regarding the Financial Services landscape in the Cayman Islands. This took place within the programmes’ ninth seminar scheduled on May 9th, 2012. On the 7th floor…
Look out. There could be more rain to come. Hurricane Centre watching Caribbean low as more rain moves in
Our three days of rain has got the attention of the the National Hurricane Centre, where forecasters began tracking Invest 94L. Analysis on Wednesday (23) morning of 850 millibar and 700 millibar vorticity values (the amount of spin in the…
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Celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
The week of Monday, 28 May, GIS Spotlight takes another look at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the closed circuit television system that is now in place. Share in the excitement of what is underway to celebrate Her Majesty…
The Editor Speaks: Our local cheques and clearing them
At my local bank, they have a sign that says cheques drawn on a different local bank will take four business days to clear. Cheques drawn on a foreign bank will take AT LEAST fifteen business days. When I have…
Royal Yacht on Jubilee Coin
A limited edition $5 silver coin commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II went on sale (Tuesday, 22 May, 2012), at the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority’s (CIMA’s) Currency Section in the main Government building on Elgin Avenue….
