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Cayman Islands placed high in Trip Advisor Awards From Oasis Land The 2014 Trip Advisor Awards are in The 2014 Trip Advisor Awards are in. Where did the Cayman Islands fall during 2014? Here are the results: Trip Advisor 2014…
The Editor Speaks: More discrimination against the aged
I am aged. You might be too and if not happily you might get to be aged. Actually ‘happily’ does not generally go with being aged. This is not the first time I have written on this subject but nothing…
Cayman Islands Kiwanis and Sir John A. Cumber Primary School promote the love of BUGs!
The students at the Sir John A. Cumber Primary School love BUGs now that the Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman has started a new programme at the school called Bring Up Grades or as the students know it, the BUG…
Cayman Island winners in regional Rotary Storybook contest
Three primary school children broke through a chrysalis-hard literary competition involving 102 entries from eight schools on Grand Cayman and emerged victors in the third annual Rotary Butterfly Storybook competition. Winners 10 year old Ellie Nickason, of Cayman Prep and…
2015 CFA Curriculum donation to Cayman Islands George Town Public Library
For more than a decade the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute has offered local societies a complimentary set of the CFA curriculum for use in their communities. The CFA Society Cayman Islands continued its long-held tradition of donating the books…
Large inflow of money witnessed in WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (ADR) Shares
By Jerad Winslet From Winston View WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:WX) traded negative at $39.81. On an intraday basis, the price dropped -0.23 points or -0.58%. The composite uptick value was $2.89 million while the combined downtick value was…
Cayman Islands Alternative Investment Summit releases draft agenda
The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit scheduled for Thu & Fri February 12 -13 at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman have announced their draft ageneda Agenda Day 1 MORNING (To 12;30PM) 7:00-8.15AM BREAKFAST AND NETWORKINGTERPRISES Chris Duggan,Vice President, Dart Enterprises Ltd 8:20…
Sebastian Martinez offered Apprenticeship at Swindon Town
Grasspiece Promotions is very pleased to announce that 16-year old Sebastian Martinez makes history yet again as the first young Caymanian to receive a two-year apprenticeship contract to commence in July 2015 with English professional football club Swindon Town FC….
Chikungunya in the Caribbean: An Update on the Outbreak
By Caitlin Bradford From Passport Health In 2014, many Caribbean nations experienced an outbreak of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease for which there is not a vaccine. Over one million people in the western hemisphere contracted chikungunya in 2014—an unprecedented number….
Opinion: Caribbean Joe Biden misses his big opportunity
From Investors Business Daily Energy: At a Caribbean summit, Vice President Joe Biden promised oodles of wind and solar schemes as the U.S. way of helping these nations with energy needs. Coming from the shale superpower, what a wasted opportunity….