The Editor Speaks: Turkeys and scumbags
I hope you all had a typically Merry Christmas and remembered whose day we were celebrating – Jesus Christ. Did you all eat the traditional turkey dinner? We did at our house and it was scrumptious. However, some of our…
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Caribbean Journal says: Three new reasons to visit Grand Cayman this season
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Grand Cayman has long been one of the most popular Caribbean destinations but this season there are several new reasons – beyond Stingray City and those famous Seven Mile sands – to visit the…
Cayman Islands firefighters bring Christmas cheer
At a happy afternoon party that was attended by over 300 kids this year, firefighters of the Cayman Islands Fire Service once again provided some seasonal cheer as well as food and gifts from Santa on Saturday 20 December 2014…
Christian Aid welcomes pressure on UK tax havens [and Cayman Islands]
From Ekklesia UK tax havens have come under new pressure to end their extreme financial secrecy after the European Union moved last week to shine a light on who really owns millions of companies. “Europe’s decision to create national registers…
Cayman Islands Seventh Day Adventist Church announces Cayman Islands Conference 2015
GREETINGS & SALUTATIONS “The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you.” (Jer. 31:3 NKJV) CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING The Cayman Islands Conference of…
Jamaica commission probes CWC, Columbus merger
By Patrick Nixon – From BN Americas Jamaica’s Fair Trading Commission (FTC) says it is holding a public consultation on the proposed merger of Caribbean telcos Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus International. UK-owned CWC, which operates the LIME…
Campari selling Federated Pharmaceutical for US$14 million
Kirk Distributors the buyer From Jamaica Observer THE Italy-based Campari Group announced plans to sell its Federated Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, a division of J Wray & Nephew Limited, for US$14.4 million (J$1.6 b) to the Glen Christian-led Kirk Distributors Limited….
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
A living masterpiece [Chatsworth House]
From Yorkshire Post If you had more than 100 acres of land, what would you do with it? Build houses and retire to the Caribbean – or grow a garden? You could pack a lot of properties into that sort…
The dark side of El Dorado: Illegal gold mining in Peru generating more money than drug trafficking
By Patricia Rey Mallén From international Business Times Peru is the sixth-largest producer of gold in the world. Creative Commons The legend of “El Dorado” has taken a decidedly dark turn in the South American nation of Peru, where soaring…
