Minister Bodden gets Councillor
New Ministers sworn is as Justices of the Peace GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Councillor Alva Suckoo has been appointed to Minister Hon. Osbourne Bodden to help in the areas of Sports, Youth and Culture in the Ministry of Health,…
Southwest adds international flavor with Caribbean flights
By McClatchy News Service From MailTribune DALLAS, Texas — To the sound of steel drums playing Caribbean music, Southwest Airlines announced Aruba, Jamaica and the Bahamas as its first-ever international destinations. The flights, to depart from Atlanta, Baltimore and Orlando,…
Rick Bayless on his podcast, his upcoming restaurants, and the new wave of Mexican cuisine
By Raphael Brion From EATER As part of the Cayman Cookout 2014, Eater interviewed chefs poolside at the Ritz-Carlton. Up next: Chicago chef Rick Bayless. (Check out last week’s interview with Anthony Bourdain at: http://eater.com/archives/2014/01/23/anthony-bourdain-cayman-2014-q-a.php) [Photo: Raphael Brion / Eater]…
Integrity violations found in Caribbean Netherlands
From The Daily Herald THE HAGUE–Violations of integrity have been found on all three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, not only in Bonaire, where two (former) politicians have been prosecuted. This according to a recent report on security and crime…
The Obama administration’s frustrating NSA week
By Alex Wilhelm From Tech Crunch While Congress and the nation at large have done little except talk and embark on preliminary legal skirmishes regarding the United States’ mass surveillance practices, the forces in favor of reform and change had…
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,…
‘Change the law’ says wife of businessman who faced trial for beating up thieves
From Wales Online Lisa Woodhouse calls for more protection for her husband Andrew, who was cleared by a jury of assaulting two thieves on his property Abergavenny businessman Andrew Woodhouse who was accused of causing grievous bodily harm against a…
2013: Stock markets at highs but can they do it again next year?
By Jamie Robertson Presenter, BBC World News Many share indexes around the world are at record highs. Will this continue next year? Well, it all seems fine and dandy when you look at the numbers: the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Fitch Upgrades PEMEX Finance Ltd.’s Ratings to ‘A+’
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the following ratings for notes issued by Pemex Finance Ltd. , a Cayman Islands special purpose company wholly owned by Petroleos Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (PEMEX): — Series 1998 9.15 percent notes due 2018 to ‘A+’…
Chinese banknotes stamped with QR codes breach great firewall
By Alex Magdaleno From Mashable Centuries of invaders couldn’t break the Great Wall of China, but a Chinese yuan can. Well, the “Great Firewall,” at least. A series of one yuan banknotes became a whole lot more valuable after being…
