Cayman insolvency petitions on the rise
From hedgeweek Insolvency petition filings in the Cayman Islands spiked more than 30 per cent in 2013 when compared with 2012, resulting in the highest number of filings in the past three years, according to Appleby. The increase reversed a…
Heroes Day 2014
Heroes Day 2014 celebrates ‘Cultural Heritage’ iNews Cayman’s Publisher Joan Wilson was one of the recipients of The Pioneers Award at Monday’s (27) Heroes Day. Message from The Premier, Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, MLA, JP Minister for Home & Community…
Lifestyles: new classes starting
Please see the attachment with details on new weight management and other programmes beginning soon. Please note that pre-registration is required in order to determine our enrollment. I hope you will enroll in a program option. For more details, please…
PFL Playoffs: Finals and Third-Place Review
Cayman Prep and Red Bay win double titles The always entertaining 2013/2014 CUC Primary Football league (PFL) concluded this past Saturday, January 25, with Cayman Prep and Red Bay Primary emerging as the season’s clear winners with two titles a…
Provisional and temporizing solutions not the answer to Caribbean problems
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday January 24, 2014 – The extent of the damage and human suffering on the island of St Vincent caused by unprecedented rainfall and flooding over the Christmas holiday period is much…
Fitch expects to rate Comcel Trust’s senior notes ‘BB+(EXP)’
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, January 23 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings expects to rate Comcel Trust’s (Comcel) proposed USD500 million senior unsecured notes ‘BB+(EXP)’. Fitch has also assigned a Long-Term Foreign-Currency and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings…
A new sports person?
Kaiya Sade Streete-Thompson, born on 10th April 2013, was baptized a few weeks ago at St. George’s Anglican Church. As Kaiya is the daughter of Kareem Streete-Thompson, Cayman’s famous long jump and 100 metres athlete, there should be good genes…
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,…
Jamaica: Mass burial site claim
From The Daily Herald JAMAICA–A stunning claim has been made by a former gang member in the eastern belt of the Jamaica capital, that men in the criminal underworld, often assisted by rogue policemen, have been killing people and burying…
iNews Briefs
Reporting app revealed The Department of Environment (DoE) has announced it is launching an app that will enable people to make reports to staff in real time on their iPads and smart phones whenever they see someone executing infractions in…