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Month: November 2013

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Scott to leave Cayman tourism’s top job

In a shock announcement on Friday (15) Cayman Islands Director of Tourism Shomari Scott said he will be leaving his post at the end of this year. Scott has been with the tourism department since 2002 after first becoming its…

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Government officials line up for flu shots

Organized by the Chief Officer in the Ministry of Health   and the Public Health Department, Health Minister, Hon. Osbourne Bodden, and the Deputy Governor, Hon. Franz Manderson, led a line-up of public servants receiving the flu vaccine Thursday, 7 November…

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Appeal Court reduces kidnapper’s sentence

Convicted kidnapper, Charles Webster, who was given a ten year sentence by Justice Charles Quin in 2011 successfully appealed his term of years behind bars and had it reduced by two years. Webster was one of four men involved in…

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“Our Story of Art” opens at The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands

We’re pleased to announce the opening of the new exhibition titled Our Story of Art. The exhibition surveys the history of art in the Cayman Islands and will run until 13 February 2014. We hope you come out and enjoy…

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Cayman Islands tables National Conservation Bill

The (draft) National Conservation Bill for November 2013 has now been tabled in the Legislative Assembly by the Minister for Environment the Honourable Wayne Panton for public and legislative consideration. The bill, which is now available for public review, was…

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Dagong maintains Cayman Islands’ Credit Rating as AA

DAGONG Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd. : Dagong Maintains Cayman Islands’ Credit Rating as AA- with Stable Out… 11/15/2013 | 06:41am US/Eastern Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Dagong”) decides to maintain the local and foreign…

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Cayman team arrive in island to compete in Digicel Annual parish championships

From Sports Watch The Cayman Islands 18-member delegation arrived on Friday to compete in the Digicel annual parish championships at University of Technology, Jamaica (Utech), beginning at 11-am. The competition will also serve as a try-out to assemble a team…

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WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (ADR) : WuXi PharmaTech to Partner with Pharmacyclics

SHANGHAI, Nov. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi PharmaTech (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Shanghai SynTheAll (STA)…

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Chatterbox offers new occupational therapy service

Chatterbox is excited to be able to offer a brand new service. We now have an Occupational Therapist called Miriam, who is available to work with children and adults. In the flyer attached, you can learn more about which areas…

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Barbados police defend decision to file charges against journalists

From Caribbean 360 The publisher of the Nation newspaper, Vivian-Anne Gittens, as well as the Editor-in-Chief Roy Morris and senior journalist Sanka Price, were placed on BDS$5,000 (One BDS dollar = US$0.50 cents) bail. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday November 15, 2013,…