CITA General Meeting on Wednesday publish Agenda for 6 tourism issues
It should be a very interesting Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) General Meeting on Wednesday (9) where Gaming is one of the six issues up for discussion. The CITA meeting is at Grand Cayman Marriott from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Harry…
Depardieu fails to attend court on drink-drive charge
Gerard Depardieu has failed to appear in a French court where he faces a drink-driving charge, days after taking Russian citizenship in a tax row. The actor, who was in Montenegro on Tuesday, denied he was a fugitive. He said…
Three Delhi gang rape suspects to plead not guilty
Three of the five men accused of the abduction, gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi will plead not guilty to all charges against them, their lawyer has said. Manohar Lal Sharma told the BBC the three…
Afghan ‘zero option’ raised as Karzai set for Obama
The White House has said for the first time it is possible that no US troops will remain in Afghanistan past 2014, as President Hamid Karzai arrived in Washington for talks with Barack Obama. Ben Rhodes, a top US security…
Syria crisis: Food aid ‘cannot reach a million people’
One million Syrians are going hungry and helpless due to the 22-month civil conflict in the country, the UN says. The World Food Program (WFP) says it is helping 1.5 million Syrians, but continued fighting and an inability to use…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to miss swearing-in
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not take the oath for a new term in office on Thursday, the government has said. Mr Chavez is in hospital in Cuba after cancer surgery, and has suffered complications caused by a lung infection….
New Cayman Regulated Physical Gold Fund Approved
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Physical Hard Assets Fund SPC (PHAF) is pleased to announce the approval of its new Physical Gold Fund SP. The Fund was registered with the Cayman Island Monetary Authority (CIMA) on October 17th…
Belize also having problems with Carnival tender passenger concerns
From Cruise Critic Carnival has pulled nine sailings on two ships out of Belize in light of tender congestion, and, according to reports, is threatening to pull out of the Cayman Islands in response to an increase in tender passenger…
Diving adventures in the Cayman Islands
Some of the best diving in the hemisphere is a short plane ride away in the laid-back Cayman Islands. According to The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism there are about 40 dive operations and almost 360 mooring-marked dive sites scattered throughout…
