Calypso to promote Magna Carta
By Charles Kong Soo From T&T Guardian As part of the UK Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee’s activities in promoting the understanding of Magna Carta in the Commonwealth Caribbean, renowned Trinidadian philatelist and numismatist Albert Sydney has drafted several stamp…
WuXi PharmaTech Cayman : Schedules third-quarter 2014 earnings release
SHANGHAI, Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, with operations in China and the United States, today announced that…
Ebola could be mutating to become more contagious, scientist warns
From Caribbean360 VIRGINIA, United States, Monday October 20, 2014 – Amid warnings from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within 60 days, a leading US scientist has said…
Catholic Synod: Cardinal ‘demoted’ by Pope Francis
From BBC A leading American cardinal has told BuzzFeed that he is to be demoted from his position running the Catholic Church justice system. Cardinal Raymond Burke is a staunch critic of Pope Francis’ moves to soften the Church’s stance…
Male arrested Coconut Joe’s robbery /UPDATED: Cayman Islands: Attempted Robbery – Shedden Road, Grand Cayman Sunday (19)
Male arrested Coconut Joe’s robbery From RCIPS Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:08 PM At 8:45pm Monday 20th October 2014, a 34 year old male from the district of George Town was arrested by RCIPS officers as a person of interest…
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Jamaica seeks help from Cuba in warding off Ebola From Caribbean National Weekly Jamaica’s Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson will be leading a delegation to Cuba to seek support in light of the threat of Ebola. Ferguson made the…
The Editor Speaks: What steps are being taken in Cayman to make directors more accountable?
I am asking this question more especially to the hedge fund boards. There is a tightening up of the banking rules in other financial jurisdictions but I haven’t heard of anything being proposed here in the Cayman Islands. In a…
Ebola is ‘jerking us back to the 19th century’
By Erin Fuchs From Business Insider Americans being quarantined for Ebola experience a terror and isolation that recalls long-past epidemics like cholera, typhus, and the bubonic plague, an expert on the history of medicine told The New York Times. “Ebola…
Sir John A. Cumber’s Under 9s secure second win of the season
Sir John A. Cumber Primary’s Under 9 team secured their second successive victory of the 2014/2015 CUC Primary Football League (PFL) season with a hard-fought 3-0 victory over Truth For Youth at the Annex Field in George Town this past…