Digicel agrees to abolish regional roaming charges
From Guardian Media Digicel has agreed to abolish roaming charges for users of the company’s networks when they travel in the region from October 1, according to a statement issued last night by Caribbean Telecommunications Union president Phillip Paulwell. Paulwell…
Cricket fan electrocuted in St Lucia
From Caribbean 360 Health officials attending to cricket fan (Photo courtesy St. Luicia News Online) CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday August 7, 2013 – A former police officer was electrocuted at the Beausejour Cricket Ground (BCC) as cricket fans watched the…
Rivers remains upbeat
Today (Friday) the whole island will be waiting, and as Dave Martins says “pulsating”, and just as eager for Cayman’s Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, to deliver his judgment at 2:30pm on Minister Tara Rivers’ election case. Courtroom 5 will be…
Long time awaitin’ for those Tradewinds
It has been a long six years to wait for Dave Martins and his band The Tradewinds to perform again in the Cayman Islands. However, good things do come to those who wait. So it was last Saturday 27th July…
U.S. Embargo could screw Cuba’s International baseball plans
By MANUEL RUEDA (@ruedareport) Just two months ago, baseball fans in Latin America celebrated Cuba’s announcement that it would return to the Caribbean Series, an annual competition between the league champions of Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela….
Hew finishes 2012-13 swim season in style at Canadian Age Group Championships
Camana Bay Aquatic Club (CBAC) swimmer Lauren Hew, 13, returned to Cayman a champion after winning a bronze medal in the 2013 Canadian Age Group Long Course Championships, which took place in Montreal from 24-28 July 2013. Hosted by Swimming…
Schofield joins HSM
In a surprise announcement, Huw Moses, founding partner of local law firm HSM has announced former Acting Solicitor General Douglas Schofield has joined the practice. Mr. Schofield has previous high profile appointments including the crown counsel’s office in British Columbia…
Escape artist drops out of a plane at 14,000 feet locked inside a coffin, and survives
By Andrea Thomas, Associated Press From Business Insider SERENA, Ill. (AP) — A Wisconsin daredevil freed himself from shackles and a locked casket while plummeting to the earth at 130 miles per hour on Tuesday, eventually parachuting gently into a…
Career opportunities at CNCF
MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WANTED The Marketing and Development Specialist is responsible for all marketing and fundraising activity with a primary focus on generating new and growing revenue streams and contributed income. S/he creates and implements a development plan that…
Fresh Air Fund sends Big Apple kids to Cayman
Cayman Airways and the Department of Tourism have sponsored a programme initiated by The Fresh Air Fund to give a holiday of a lifetime to ten children from New York City. The youngsters arrived on Thursday (8) and come from…
