Cayman Finance hosts second annual New York event
Cayman Finance hosted its second annual New York Breakfast Briefing on 21 January at the Harvard Club of New York City with a guest list including senior industry representatives from Cayman’s financial services firms and their New York based key…
4 Cayman Islands athletes reach CARIFTA qualifying standard at first Trinity meet
From Trinity Track Club With the first meet of the season completed Trinity Track Club would first like to thank all the athletes who participated, the parents who came out and the CIAA officials. We also extend our thanks to…
Cable & Wireless Continues IT Transformation through Cloud Infrastructure Partnership with Virtacore
From heraldonline.com MIAMI — Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), a leader of full-service telecommunications solutions serving Latin America and the Caribbean, announced its continued long-standing partnership with Virtacore Systems to provide infrastructure and cloud-related services for CWC’s diverse business units….
Special Olympics Cayman Islands: They need funds for LA Games
Special Olympics Cayman Islands or SOCI is a non-profit programme of sports training that caters to athletes with intellectual disabilities from 5 years old and up. Strongly based on the premise that with sports training and competition, athletes lead fuller,…
United World Colleges seeks 2015 Scholars
UWC Cayman Islands, the local national committee of the global educational movement, is seeking applicants for its 2015 selection process, which begins with a written application due Tuesday, 3rd February. Since 1952, the mission of the United World Colleges has…
Lee Westwood saved me from drowning on a Caribbean beach,’ says Solihull millionaire
By Mike Lockley From Coventry Telegraph Colin Davies tells how golfing champ, Lee Westwood, rescued him from Atlantic Ocean during his trip to Barbados A Solihull pensioner has told how his life has been saved on the paradise island of…
US Congress passes bill to impose Venezuela sanctions
From BBC The United States Congress has passed a bill which would impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials found to have violated protesters’ rights. The vote was passed by the House of Representatives and received similar approval by the Senate. Venezuela’s…
World Bank Group launches first country partnership strategy in Suriname in 30 years
From The World Bank New strategy aims to support a more sustainable, inclusive and diversified growth WASHINGSTON, December 18, 2014 – The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors discussed today a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Suriname for…
New regulations force cruise companies to publish online crime list documenting statistics for thefts, rapes and murders committed on ships
By John Hutchinson From Daily Mail UK Previously only crimes that had been investigated were published Now all allegations and ongoing cases available for public viewing Chairman of Senate Commerce John D Rockefeller instrumental in move A law has been…
‘Designer babies’ debate should start, scientists say
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News Rapid progress in genetics is making “designer babies” more likely and society needs to be prepared, leading scientists have told the BBC. Dr Tony Perry, a pioneer in cloning, has announced precise DNA…