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Cayman Islands college students to discuss draft student policy The International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI) student body is holding a meeting Wednesday night (17) to discuss the college’s recently released draft student policy. The group wants clarification on…
CAYMAN ISLANDS CHAPTER: Mergers and Acquisitions
By Marco Martins1 From “the Mergers & Acquisitions Review Eighth Edition I OVERVIEW OF M&A ACTIVITY The Cayman Islands experienced a significant increase in new company registrations in 2013 compared to 2012; 9,433 new companies were incorporated compared with 8,971…
The Editor Speaks: All talk but where are the results?
We in Cayman have like many other countries seem to have an increase in home invasions and aggravated burglaries, robberies of small business and street muggings. We in Cayman have like many other countries much talk and long term strategies,…
Girls’ Brigade makes a case
A Girls’ Brigade donation that had languished unseen for over four decades is back in the public eye. Girls’ Brigaders Jennelle McLaughlin and Kayla Powell, accompanied by Ms Olive Miller, President of the Cayman Islands National Council and International Vice…
Will the Ebola virus go airborne?
By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American From Nature.com Experts say the possibility remains remote. Could Ebola go airborne? That’s the fear set off last week by a New York Times op-ed entitled “What We’re Afraid to Say about Ebola” from…
Cable & Wireless chooses Comverse for managed services
Comverse CNSI, a global leader in service provider business enablement solutions, today announced that LIME, the Caribbean’s leading communications company and a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications, selected Comverse to provide managed services for an array of Comverse and…
Caribbean less competitive due to increasing aviation taxes IATA warns
By Ernie Seon From caribbean360 ST THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, Wednesday September 17, 2014, CMC – The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) Tuesday urged regional aviation authorities to adhere to the key principles set out by International Civil Aviation Organization….
Falkland Islanders vote to become Caribbean
From NewsBiscuit In a surprise outcome to Sunday’s sovereignty referendum, 98% of Falklanders have voted to ditch British nationality and switch allegiance to the sunnier, more laid back Caribbean. ‘At the end of the day, we don’t have that much…
Cayman Islands Health City to feature at world medical tourism meet
One of the Caribbean’s newest medical facilities will be introduced to the world as an excellent Caribbean contribution to the rapidly expanding medical tourism landscape at a major global meeting this month. Health City Cayman Islands will be offered up…
Will Scottish referendum encourage Africa’s separatists?
Many African countries have secessionist movements, partly because their borders were drawn up by colonial powers in the 19th Century. Will the Scottish referendum lead to a greater push for independence on the continent? In one of the few referendums…