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Cayman Islands Property & Construction Conference

A one-day Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) conference to bring together all those in the Cayman Islands with an interest in property and construction will be held on Thursday 28th February, 2013, at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort,…

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Facebook channeled cash thro’ Cayman Islands

Facebook accused of ‘dodging tax’ by using loophole to channel cash through Cayman Islands haven It used Irish office to avoid UK tax liability on earnings from British business Less than £240,000 was paid to the UK taxman Money was…

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CTEX reaches critical milestone

WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO– Curaçao Technology Exchange (CTEX), N.V., today reached a critical project milestone. The company which is building the most advanced data center in the Caribbean & Latin America, reached the highest construction point and finished off roofing and critical…

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Comfort Suites Grand Cayman ready for winter after major upgrade

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Comfort Suites Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman has completed a US$ 2.2 million upgrade of its rooms and facilities in time for the 2012-2013 winter season. “All 119 guest rooms and public areas have…

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Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89

  From New York Times Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” or in film as the lonely…

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Blues Cruise

By Joe Hagan Steaming past Guantánamo, en route to the Cayman Islands, a boatload of Republicans ponders the plight of a party at sea. The following is an excerpt from Joe Hagan’s article in the New York Magazine about a…

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Dive365 makes diving news

  Dive a different site in the Cayman Islands EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR! By DiverWire Staff posted in PADI Feed, SSI Feed, Travel News The Cayman Islands recently completed a four-year initiative known as Dive 365. The goal of…

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Branson’s blog re CTF and ousted premier

Cayman Islands turtles By Richard Branson Hope the latest news from the Cayman Islands regarding its governance will not get in the way of progress at the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF). When I visited in November I met with the…

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5 Year sentence for insurance manager

By Georgina Wilcox David Keith Self (53), former manager and owner of Monkton Insurance, was handed down a five year sentence on December 24th, 2012 by Justice Alex Henderson for the theft of around US$1 million from clients who used…

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Cyclist hospitalised following accident

A male cyclist  is in stable condition following a collision with a motor vehicle  on the West Bay Road on Wednesday evening. Around 2:58 pm on Wednesday 26 December 2012, a   GMC Savanah vehicle and cyclist was involved in a…