CIAA has a facelift
The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) board of directors has had a facelift. Former Cayman Islands Fire Service chief, Kirkland Nixon, will be the new chairman of the CIAA board. Mr. Nixon was a previous member of both the airports…
Fitch affirms Vale S.A.’s Credit Ratings at ‘BBB+’
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 02, 2013– Fitch Ratings has affirmed Vale S.A.’s (Vale) ratings as follows: –Foreign currency (FC) and local currency (LC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB+’; –Unsecured debt at ‘BBB+’; –National Scale Rating at ‘AAA (bra)’; –Unsecured Brazilian real…
The Caribbean Island of Aruba to run solely on sustainable energy by 2020
The island’s constant supply of sun, eastern trade winds and ocean currents allow for research and field-testing of renewable energy technologies. ORANJESTAD, Aruba, June 25, 2013 — The 70 square-mile island of Aruba is on track to becoming the world’s…
34th Annual Caribbean (CARICOM) Heads Of Government Meeting Opens July 3rd
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, will preside over the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of Heads of Government which opens…
YMCA Swims into Cayman
Dozens of children and teenagers are swimming, playing football and having fun this summer, thanks to a special collaboration between the newly-formed Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) (Cayman chapter) and the Sports Office. The first group of children braved the…
Overnight trips took abuse by priests beyond Milwaukee
By: Robin Washington, Duluth News Tribune Child sexual abuse by priests described in documents released this week by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee wasn’t limited to southeastern Wisconsin. Rather, the incidents occurred from Chicago to California to the Caribbean — and…
First certified data centre in Latin America and Caribbean
CTEX Becomes First Uptime Institute Certified, Multi-Tenant, Tier-IV Data Center In Latin America And The Caribbean Company achieves Tier-IV design certification for the first of its four highly advanced data centers. WILLEMSTAD (CTEX) — Curaçao Technology Exchange (CTEX), N.V., became…
Figurehead for bank is latest in list of Honoured Fathers
Nathaniel G Beneby is the latest father to feature in The Tribune who was honoured by Mount Tabor Full Gospel Church to mark The Bahamas’ 40th Anniversary of Independence. On Friday, June 14, the church recognised 40 men who stand…
