Miami-Dade jury hits Royal Caribbean with $6.2 Million verdict
By Jim Walker, Walker & O’Neill Today (Dec 20), a jury here in Miami, Florida returned a verdict over $6,200,000 on behalf of a seriously injured crew member. The crew members is from Haiti and worked as a cleaner on…
Wife nominated her husband as Ballsiest Man of the Year [wins trip to Cayman]
By William K. Alcorn From vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Christmas came early for Chelsea and Randy Musselman, former Youngstown- area residents, now a military family stationed with the Army at Fort Carson, Colo. Chelsea and Randy recently learned they won a seven-day…
Increasing number of Brits in search of winter sun
By Emma Cruces, Education reporter Lancashire Telegraph Increasing number of Brits in search of winter sun More people have gone on holiday this year and are still taking to the skies in search of winter sun. Three regional airports are…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
U.S. Signs FATCA Pacts with Malta, Netherlands, Bermuda, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man
By Michael Cohn From Accounting Today The U.S. has signed six more intergovernmental agreements with a half dozen jurisdictions, including several traditional offshore tax havens, to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA. Over the past week, the…
Antigua issues stamps in memory of Nelson Mandela
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica – Antigua and Barbuda earlier this week issued stamps designed to commemorate Nelson Mandela in Memorial 1918-2013. They went on sale at the General Post Office on Monday. The Caribbean Times reported that the stamps…
A second red algae Gloiotrichus species discovered in the Caribbean
From Plant Press Vol. 16 no. 4, October 2013 A most unusual genus of red algae, Gloiotrichus (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta),previously known only from Australia and later Hawaii, has been found for the first time in the Caribbean Sea. Katina Bucher, James…
Cayman Island Trade in Services continued to be the sole net Foreign Exchange Earner in 2012
The Cayman Islands’ Balance of Payments (Current Account) Report 2012 which summarizes the country’s economic and financial transactions on goods and services Grand Cayman, Dec. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Cayman’s Trade in Services Continued to be the Sole Net Foreign…
Grand Cayman really lights up for Christmas
By BlogSherpa, From Travelogged It was hard to leave Grand Cayman yesterday and return to frosty NYC. The weather was ridiculously good during the entire time I was there and the Caribbean sea always looked so inviting, with its different…
Christmas colours in San Pedro
Winners of the annual Caribbean Christmas Colours Contest shine bright in San Pedro From The San Pedro Sun It was another joyful ride for The San Pedro Sun elves – er…staff – as they rode around San Pedro Town on…