My Name is Wendy
By grainedit.com My Name is Wendy is a Paris-based design studio founded in 2006 by Carole Gautier and Eugénie Favre. Uniting their expertise in graphic and plastic art, they create highly expressive work that is bold and dynamic …
Canada announces $15 million in assistance to Caribbean
By Lincoln Depradine From PRIDE TORONTO, Ontario – Canada is providing $15 million in funding “to enhance public financial management in the Caribbean’’, federal finance minister Joe Oliver has announced. Jamaica is receiving five million of the $15 million that…
Electronics register policy should be abolished immediately says Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce
By Johann Moxam From Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce The Chamber Council urges Government to abolish the policy for registering electronic devices with Customs at the airport which only frustrates travelers and adds another layer of bureaucracy. “We live in…
Egypt plans to dig new Suez Canal
From Otago Daily Times Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project to expand trade along the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia. The project, to be run…
Cayman Islands: Vantage reports 2nd 1/4 results
From BYM Marine & Maritime News Vantage Drilling Company (“Vantage” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: VTG) reports net income for the three months ended June 30, 2014 of $15.1 million or $0.05 per diluted share, excluding charges for the early…
Belize U-15 female football team leaves for the Cayman Islands
From The San Pedro Sun Belize’s national Under-15 female football team traveled on Monday, August 4th to the Cayman Islands for the inaugural Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) U-15 Female Championship scheduled to take place…
Time to move forward
From The Barbados Advocate No more excuses for not lifting your country out of this global financial crisis. This was one of the messages that Founding Partner of Riverwood Capital, Nicholas Brathwaite, sent out during his presentation on “Innovation, Entrepreneurship…
NYPD stories (3): All involve officers – none good
#1. NYPD officer arrested for beating woman after drunkenly breaking in to her apartment By Caroline Bankoff From New York Mag In mid-June, NYPD officer Eugene Donnelly was given the department’s second-highest honor, the Police Combat Cross, for arresting a…
Risk of Ebola in Caribbean low, says CARPHA
By Toni Frederick From West Indies News Network St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The risk of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) being imported to the Caribbean is low, according to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). In a statement issued…
Russian tourists stranded on vacation after travel companies go bust
From Mashable (AP) MOSCOW — Last week, tens of thousands of Russians sunning themselves on Italian beaches and Turkish resorts received an unpleasant surprise: Their tour companies had gone bust, stranding them and forcing them to pay double for a…
