FGBMFI breakfast (Sat 25) has been cancelled
The Grand Cayman chapter of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International monthly meeting on Saturday January 25th at 7:30am, at The Holiday Inn Resort, Crystal Harbour has been cancelled due to an illness.
The Editor Speaks: Compromise and diplomacy do work
When one is confrontational it rarely succeeds. This has been the biggest problem with ex-premier McKeeva Bush and surprisingly he doesn’t seem to have ever owned up that confrontation is even part of his persona. Quite the contrary. He often…
Clifton Hunter High School gets support from Rotary Sunrise
Students can not learn when their stomachs are hungry and as an organization committed to youth, education and literacy the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise has recently made a donation of CI$5,000 to Clifton Hunter High School in support…
Jamaica showcases offerings at Caribbean Travel Marketplace
From Breaking Travel News Jamaica is showcasing some of its spectacular tourism offerings this week as Montego Bay plays host to the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association’s (CHTA) premier tourism marketing event, Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2014. The marketplace, which is…
National Heroes Day Celebrations
National Heroes Day celebrations will honour the achievements, traditions and people of the Cayman Islands at Heroes Square in the heart of George Town on Monday, 27 January 2014, a public holiday. “On this day, we come together annually to…
Feds free to ‘liquidate’ seized silk road Bitcoins worth $25M
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchiera From Mashable Federal prosecutors are now free to cash in on the Bitcoin seized from the online drug marketplace Silk Road. United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken signed off on the forfeiture order for the Bitcoins,…
St Lucia police to charge three in murder of British tourist
[*see update below – 2 more arrests] From Caribbean360 The results of a post mortem on Robert Pratt indicate that he died of asphyxia secondary to blunt force trauma. CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday January 22, 2014, CMC – Charges are…
Aud Gen announces five reports on Cayman governance
The Auditor General, Alastair Swarbrick, made public on Wednesday January 22nd 2014 five reports on Governance in the Cayman Islands Government. The five reports describe how governance works in the Cayman Islands Government and provide an assessment of how well…
Alice Jane Ebanks retires from Public Health
After more than 42 years serving the Cayman Islands community as a public health nurse, Alice Jane Ebanks is hanging up her stethoscope. One of the longest-serving Cayman Islands Hospital employees will not be spending her upcoming free time resting,…
OAS anti-corruption mechanism to visit six Caribbean countries
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — The Anticorruption Mechanism of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold on-site visits in April to Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname, in the framework of the…