The Queen’s Baton Relay – Cayman Islands
The Queen’s Baton Relay to celebrate the XX Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 will visit the Cayman Islands from April 11th- 15th 2014. The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC) is excited to celebrate the Glasgow 2014 Queen’s Baton Relay, the traditional…
The Editor Speaks: statistics – are they really useful?
“U.K. Economy size may be revised upward on EU Statistics changes” is one of our stories in today’s iNews Cayman from Bloomberg, showing the importance of statistics. Important but is their usefulness exaggerated and figures capable of misinterpretation? Yesterday I was helping…
U.K. Economy size may be revised upward on EU Statistics changes
By Jennifer Ryan and Scott Hamilton From Bloomberg The size of the U.K. economy may be revised upward as officials change the way they calculate output to reflect new European Union standards. The changes may add 2.5 percent to 5…
iNews Briefs
Cayman Water awards SWRO DB contract From GWI Desalination Consolidated Water Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Ltd, has been awarded a contract by the Cayman Water Authority to design and build a 3,000 m3/d (0.8 MGD) SWRO system…
Music For Your Palate
From Pirates Week Festival “Sip, Sample and Celebrate” Event: Music for your Palate Date: Saturday, 26th April 2014 Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm (Bubbles Reception) 8:00pm – 11:45pm (Live entertainment and Global Cuisine) Cash Bar available all night Location: The ARC…
2 Celebrity deaths – one aged 25, the other aged 93
Peaches Geldof dies aged 25 From BBC Peaches Geldof: Irish President Higgins leads tributes Irish President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to Bob Geldof’s daughter Peaches, who has died at the age of 25. Actress Susan Sarandon, singer Boy…
Third Annual Slow Food Day celebrates eating local in the Cayman Islands with two events on Saturday 12 April 2014
Who: James Beard Award -winning international chefs Michael Schwartz (Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, Miami, FL and Grand Cayman, (CI) and Andrea Reusing (Lantern, Chapel Hill, NC); local chefs Thomas Tennant (Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink ), Mike Fischetti (Ortanique),…
Shifting drug smuggling routes bring contraband to Florida
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau From Sun Sentinel WASHINGTON — Under cover of night, speed boats sneak into Florida coves and inlets, hauling bundles of marijuana and cocaine. Drugs wash up on shore. Radar aircraft hover, searching for smugglers….
Multiple Emmy Award-Winning news anchor for Invest Caribbean Now 2014
Invest CaribbeanCaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY – New York Hall of Fame Broadcaster and winner of more than 30 Emmy awards and nominations, Ernie Anastos, is set to emcee the biggest investment summit on the Caribbean outside the region, Invest…
$10m for equine flu court battle goes missing [involving 2 companies based in Cayman]
By Ben Butler From Sydney Morning Herald Bolted: Money invested to fight an equine influenza court case is subject to a major probe. More than $10 million invested in litigation funder Centaur Litigation has gone missing, according to documents seen…
