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Month: November 2012

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The Editor Speaks: Are we getting value for money from our top minister’s trips abroad?

With our premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush having to defend his position of excessive travelling overseas in times of austerity we now have the revelation of his deputy, Hon. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly who has accumulated a bill to the public purse of…

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Rotary Honours Outgoing Contractor General with its 2012 Vocational Service Award

Kingston; November 20, 2012 – The Rotary Club of St. Andrew North has honoured outgoing Contractor General, Greg Christie, with its 2012 Vocational Service Award, for his outstanding service to the country as its fourth Contractor General. The award was…

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Pirates Week Festival 2012 – George Town

by RedBull.com Team Pirates Week is a festival held annually in the Cayman Islands for 11 days during November and this year Red Bull Cliff Diving‘s Orlando Duque dropped in… George Town, the Cayman Islands capital, was brought to a…

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26 Positive cases of Dengue now reported on Grand Cayman

Dengue Update as of 16 November 2012 Total cases under investigation for dengue since the beginning of the year: 59 Total results received for 49 cases (13 results received this week) 26 positives and 23 negatives; 10 cases with results…

Huge crowd for Coalition4Cayman inaugural meeting

Was it the free food and drink, was it just being curious at what it was all about, or was it the Cayman public’s genuine very anxiousness to find a real alternative to the present two party system dominating the…

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The Cayman Islands Dollar Represents Strength and Financial Success

By Tom Cleveland, currency strategist for http://www.forextraders.com When Christopher Columbus first set eyes on the Cayman Islands, they consisted of three uninhabited islands northwest of Jamaica.  Today, the islands are the fifth-largest banking center in the world, specializing in “banking,…

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U.K. tops list as country with most positive influence

Jill Mahoney, The Globe and Mail The United Kingdom has surpassed the United States in a global ranking of “soft power” influence that also knocked Canada down a notch from last year. Britons project more positive influence than any other…

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Church of England general synod votes against women bishops

The general synod of the Church of England has voted narrowly against the appointment of women as bishops. The measure was passed by the synod’s houses of bishops and clergy but was rejected by the house of laity. Supporters vowed…

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Canada Needs to Expand Energy Market beyond U.S.: FM

Canada needs to expand its energy market beyond its southern neighbor and access the Asian market, according to a former environment minister Canada needs to expand its energy market beyond its southern neighbour and access the Asian market, according to…