UPDATE: Cruise ship spends Christmas stuck in ice off Antarctica – rescued by helicopter
UPDATED: Antarctic rescue of Akademik Shokalskiy ship completed From BBC Rescuers in Antarctica have safely transferred all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy. The Australian rescue operators said the scientists and tourists were now all aboard the…
Cayman Airways flight turns back amid safety concerns
On Saturday 28th December a Cayman Airways plane, flight KX105, departed Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) for Cayman Brac at 6:40 p.m., and experienced “an anomaly with one of the aircraft’s flight control systems approximately 10 minutes into the flight,”…
The Editor speaks: Cayman passport concerns
Cayman’s premier, Alden McLaughlin, on December 15th 2013, issued a statement concerning the issuance of passports by the United Kingdom (UK). He said he had “grave concerns” on the issue of replacing locally printed non-biometric “Cayman Islands” passports with UK…
Cayman won’t rush to embrace gambling
Don Burgess, Deputy Editor BDA Sun Cayman Islands Tourism Association has put the brakes on any talk of adding casinos to the British Overseas Territory. In a report on CayCompass.com the CITA said energy would be better spent on other…
CEC achieves successful outreach in London’s Tech Industry
With its North American marketing programmes in place and gleaning good results, Cayman Enterprise City (“CEC”), the Cayman Islands’ award winning Special Economic Zone is now focused on raising its profile in London, the centre of the world’s financial services…
Cayman Islands Cancer Registry Awareness Month
The Cayman Islands Cancer Registry Needs You! The month of January is Cancer Registry awareness month. The Cayman Islands Cancer Registry collects voluntary cancer patient information to help better compare the Cayman Islands to other Caribbean countries as well as…
Caribbean chikungunya outbreak grows, poses threat to US
Via CIDRAP, Lisa Schnirring writes From croftsblogs Health officials are reporting a sharp rise in the number of patients sickened in a chikungunya fever outbreak centered on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, which may signal an increasing risk to…
Cayman Cookout 2014 events
Thursday, Jan. 16 Wine Fair & Auction Presented by Jacques Scott and the Chefs of The Ritz-Carlton Cayman Islands Ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman A celebration to feed body and spirit. Wine connoisseurs amble amongst an assemblage of wine…
Corporate executive goes off the deep end as a scuba diving entrepreneur
Ron Kipp was a rising star at IBM during the company’s heyday in the 1970s when he abruptly made a career change—he left the corporate world to own and operate a scuba diving business in the Cayman Islands. His story…
The biggest car show in the Cayman Islands!
January 18, 2014 @ Camana Bay Festival Green Welcome to the home of the largest car show Cayman has ever seen – The Cayman Islands International Car Show Presented by Tony’s Toys. Be sure and mark your calendars for Saturday,…
