Dep. Governor responds to Restoring Financial Accountability Report”
Further to our Front Page story in today’s iNews Cayman “Is it time to change how government manages financial reports?”, Deputy Governor, Franz Manderson has replied as follows: Office of the Deputy Governor June 11, 2013 Alastair Swarbrick, Auditor General…
Therapy dog honored in High School Yearbook
By Kara Foran, From Care2 Prince the Therapy Dog Prince worked as comfort dog at an Indiana high school for four years–right up until his 2013 retirement. As the school’s beloved therapy dog, Prince calmed down stressed out students and…
Cause of Yuri Gagarin death finally revealed by fellow cosmonaut
By Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online For more than 45 years, the death of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to cross the Earth´s threshold and venture into space, has been shrouded in secrecy. But now,…
‘Pirates’ team now brings ‘The Lone Ranger’ to audiences
From philstar.com MANILA, Philippines – From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Academy Award®–winning director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “The Lone Ranger,” a thrilling adventure infused with action and…
Caribbean premiere for Walcott’s new play
From Guardian media Derek Walcott’s newest play, O Starry Starry Night!, will have its Caribbean premiere in St Lucia in August at the 16th Triennial Conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language (ACLALS). The play originally opened at…
Premier Ewing administration accused by Jamaican newspaper of “dishing dirt” to Caribbean investors
From Turks & Caicos Sun A leading Jamaican newspaper has accused the administration of Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing of “dishing dirt” to Caribbean investors while he “cozies up” with American and European investors. The criticism came…
Import duty concessions extended
In an effort to further stimulate economic activity, the Government has extended the following import duty concessions for a further six months to 31 December 2013: • the import duty concessionary rate of 12.5 cents per gallon for the importation…
Barbados to raise unfair trading practice before COTED
From Jamaican Gleaner Barbados says it will raise with the Caribbean Community Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) what it said was unfair competition involving the production of beers in the subregional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Industry,…
Caribseek News Congratulates Invest Caribbean Now
Avalon Invest Caribbean Now 2013 Concludes With A Bang’ -Felicia Persaud New York, NY, U.S.A. and Willemstad, Curaçao (CSN) -21ST June 2013- Felicia Persaud, CMO of Hard Beat Communications and the architect of the Invest Caribbean Now Investment (ICN) forum,…
Bridger says Baines has a conflict of interest
Now that Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Commissioner, David Baines, has agreed with Governor Duncan Taylor that he should be the one to handle any complaints relating to Operation Tempura, Martin Bridger has issued a statement complaining there could…
