Man fell to his death from cabin balcony on Carnival cruise ship
From KHOU Houston Texas During a seven-day Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Magic, a 39-year-old male guest accidentally fell from his cabin balcony and landed on an open deck area three decks below, on Tuesday morning. GALVESTON, Texas — During…
Pepper stays hot on strong demand
G. K. NAIR Business Line Pepper futures last week turned hot on strong demand amid tight availability and some speculative activities. As the imports of pepper have become costly, the value addition industry had to buy from the indigenous sources….
Butterfield to make 18 redundant (2 in Cayman)
By Don Burgess, Deputy Editor BDA Sun The bank notified six employees today (July 3) that they would be let go. All the positions are with the Operations and Investment Services departments. The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son announced…
These crazy photos show why you should [have gone] to the Mermaid Parade at Coney Island
By Liz O’Connor, Business Insider The 31st Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade kicked off at 1 PM on Saturday June 29th with more nipple tassels, body paint, and elaborate mermaid tails than ever. This year’s parade was in jeopardy after…
Coutts says goodbye to Cayman
Coutts, a private bank and a wealth manager with three centuries of experience, is saying goodbye to its presence in the Cayman Islands. From Wikipedia: Coutts is one of the world’s oldest banks and is wholly owned by Royal Bank…
The 492 passengers paid £28/10s for the journey
WINDRUSH – 65 YEARS ON – From ITV London The 492 passengers came from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean islands. They all paid the £28 10s fare to travel 8000 miles in the hope that there would be…
New leadership for early childhood care and education
Caymanian, Mrs. Carol Bennett, is the new head of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Unit, in the Ministry of Education. Mrs. Bennett replaces Ms. Julie Madgwick, who helped to establish the unit and drive an ambitious agenda for…
Caribbean Premier League
From ESPNcricinfo staff Rohrer, Shehzad and Jacobs drafted in for CPL Ben Rohrer, Ahmed Shehzad and Davy Jacobs have been drafted into the Caribbean Premier League as replacements for Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh and Aaron Finch, after the Australian trio…
3 Reasons why we don’t need to freak out about China’s ugly economic data
By SAM RO From Business Insider Any way you look at it, the two Chinese manufacturing reports we just got were not great. The official China manufacturing PMI index fell to 50.1 in June from 50.8 in May. This was…
