IEyeNews

iLocal News Archives

Month: August 2012

iBusiness iEnvironment iLocal News iWorld News News

Guitar Company Admits To Using Illegal Rainforest Wood

By Lloyd Alter, TreeHugger A year ago, John covered the raid on Gibson Guitars, where the US Fish and Wildlife Service suspected that the company was guilty of violations of the Lacey Act, which prohibits the importation of threatened woods…

iBusiness iLocal News iWorld News News

O2Micro Expands Portfolio of Highly-Integrated DC/DC Controllers

OZ8321 and OZ8322 DC/DC Controllers Extend Battery Life, Improve Efficiency and Are Compliant With AMD’s SVI2 Specification for Notebook Computer Applications O2Micro(R) International Limited OIIM +2.30% , a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits…

iJamaica iLocal News News

OCG Secures 100% QCA Report Submission Compliance Rate from Country’s Public Bodies – Commends but Challenges Public Body Heads

Kingston, Jamaica; August 8, 2012 – The rigidly enforced Zero Tolerance Policy of the Office of the Contractor General (OCG), which was first introduced in October 2006 by Contractor General Greg Christie to combat Public Bodies which were refusing to…

iJamaica iLocal News iWorld News News

Jamaica can be Proud of Heritage and Achievements – General Powell

Former United States (US) Secretary of State, General Colin Powell, says Jamaica can be proud of its heritage and numerous achievements, despite the problems facing the country. “Keep believing in yourself; keep believing in the strength of your society and…

Editorial Editors Choice iOpinion Our Eye

The Editor Speaks: A commendation to the CIHS

You may have noticed that there was no Editorial in yesterday’s (8) iNews Cayman…..? A sigh of relief from our government leaders? The reason was I had a medical emergency, which I am not going into what it was, except…

Editors Choice iCommunity iLocal News ISports iWorld News Sports Local

Scotland wants elite increase

By Ron Shillinford Mark Scotland, Minister of Sports, was at the London Olympics to see the Cayman Islands team perform. The Fraser brothers, Shaune and Brett, did exceptionally well in their swim events reaching semi-finals. On the track, Kemar Hyman…

iBusiness iLocal News iWorld News News

Is this what should happen to ALL bankers?

A friend pointed this story to me and I am amazed I did not hear about it before. Do you remember the 2008-2012 Icelandic financial crisis that involved the collapse of three of the country’s major commercial banks. Background In…

iLocal News iWorld News News

Rescue needed in darkness at U.S. Antarctic station

By Josh Levs, CNN A medical emergency was under way Wednesday at the largest research station in Antarctica, the hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program. Someone needs to be evacuated from McMurdo Station in the dead of the Antarctic winter,…

iCommunity iEntertainment iListen iLocal News News

Loud is best?

BY Paul McGowan of PS Audio So what is it about people that makes us want to turn the volume up on anything we hear that we like?  Is that your experience as well?  If I am in the car…

iBusiness iCommunity iLocal News iWorld News News

Expats Have Killed The Cayman Island’s First Direct Income Tax

By David McFadden The Cayman Islands is scrapping a plan to impose a direct income tax on thousands of expatriates working in the British Caribbean territory that is famed as a no-tax financial center. Premier McKeeva Bush issued a terse…