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Day: April 8, 2013

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Tortuga Rum Cakes score knockout at Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night

Miami FL/ Grand Cayman BWI — April 8, 2013 – Stars and athletes at the Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night are enjoying an authentic “taste of the Islands”, each receiving a Tortuga Cayman Islands Rum Cake and $100 gift certificate…

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Tributes pour in for Margaret Thatcher

By Alan Cowell and John F. Burns, N.Y. Times Margaret Thatcher, a dominant, divisive and yet revered figure in British politics whose impact on British life and society was enduring and contentious, died on Monday of a stroke, her family…

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Governor backs the bats

With the news that H.E. Cayman Islands Governor Duncan Taylor has installed a bat house on the grounds of Government House along Seven Mile Beach, the National Trust for the Cayman Islands has warned about the dwindling numbers of bats….

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DMS announces its Annual Scholarship Program and application deadline of May 3rd

Last summer, the DMS Scholarship program awarded three students with funds towards their higher education. This program is an example of DMS’ commitment to the community and the development of youth in the Cayman Islands. Since 2009, DMS has helped…

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Offshore Companies Send BGN 1.5 B to Bulgaria

From Standart News (Sofia, April 8) – Offshore companies registered in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands have transferred to Bulgaria 1.528 billion levs or (783,9 million euro), shows the data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). The bigger…

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Tourism continues focus on coastal awareness

From bahamaislandsinfo FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — United behind the theme “Yours. Mine. Ours… Let’s Protect Our Coast… It Needs Us Most!!” Director of Tourism for Grand Bahama, Karen F. Seymour, emphasized the Ministry’s ongoing focus on coastal awareness, “Because as…

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EIA published on relocation of dump

You have three weeks to comment on the Draft Environment Statement (ES) on the proposal by the Dart Group to relocate Grand Cayman’s landfill to Bodden Town, up to 29th April. Comments must be in writing either during the two…

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Sierra Leone and Ghana to monitor Commonwealth Parliaments in Africa

Freetown 4 April 2013: – The Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Hon Justice Abel Stronge, and his Ghanaian counterpart, have been specially appointed to carry out an appraisal visit of all Commonwealth Parliaments in Africa in the coming months….

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Cayman National Trust upcoming events in April

Dress Down for Earth Day! Earth Day is celebrated during the entire month of April.  As a supporter of the National Trust, one of the ways you can help us reach our fundraising goals is by hosting a dress-down day…

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Tragic aviation accident in Mayaguana

From bahamaislandsinfo Statement from The Hon. Glenys Hanna-Martin, Minister of Transport and Aviation 4th April 2013 In the early hours of this morning I was informed of an aviation accident in Mayaguana resulting in the tragic death of 3 people….