Jack Warner made huge profit on World Cup TV rights
From Irish Examiner Disgraced former FIFA official Jack Warner made a profit of around £11m (€14.97m) on World Cup television rights that Sepp Blatter sold him for a fraction of their true value, it can be revealed. Swiss television channel…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Community Events RENT: The Musical Opened Thursday September 10th, 2015 Runs to October 3rd, 2015 Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Doors open at 6:30 PM for Happy Hour try our special Tom Collins cocktail! at The Prospect Playhouse Do not miss…
The Editor Speaks: Cayman Islands teachers get a very low grade. But is it all due to them?
It is staggering for me to read the reports on our education system that despite significant progress in schools over the last few years most Caymanian schools would be in ‘special measures’ if they were in the United Kingdom! So…
The Wesleyan Holiness Church conducts its first ordination in the Cayman Islands
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (Monday, September 14, 2015) The first ordination by the Wesleyan Holiness denomination in the Cayman Islands was conducted on Sunday, September 13. Rev. Michael Leroy Doughlin, a Barbadian, was ordained an elder in the Wesleyan Holiness…
Cayman Islands utility company in talks on hydrothermal systems
The Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) is currently in talks to potentially enter into a power purchase agreement with Cayman OTEC International Ltd, a privately financed developer of hydrothermal systems to provide the country with a sustainable energy source. Using ocean…
[Jamaican] Churches stumped in efforts to build low-income houses
From Jamaica Gleaner Efforts by at least two of the country’s leading Christian denominations to provide low cost housing to thousands of needy Jamaicans have stalled because developers are reluctant to invest in low-income houses or build on lands in…
Cayman Islands cable TV provider reports earnings
KEYTECH REPORTS EARNINGS -COMPANY REPOSITIONS AS FULL-SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER IN BERMUDA AND CAYMAN AND STRENGTHENS INFRASTRUCTURE-September 13, 2015 The KeyTech Group of Companies today announces a total comprehensive loss from continuing operations of $1.9 million for the year ending March…
Schoolboy football rights to SportsMax
Partners with TVJ for local coverage Sunday, September 13 2015 – Kingston, Jamaica: SportsMax can now add schoolboy football to its impressive lineup, as it has been awarded the exclusive three year broadcast rights the ISSA/FLOW Schoolboy Manning and Dacosta…
New hope for Caribbean patients with end-stage heart failure
September 14, 2015 – A new alternative to heart transplants could change the outlook for many patients in the advanced stages of congestive heart failure. The procedure is called left ventricular-assist device (LVAD or VAD), and it involves a mechanical…
China stocks take another steep dive
By Chris Sester From Wall Street Observer China stocks take another steep dive: YY Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:YY), Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd (NASDAQ:QUNR), 58.com Inc (ADR) (NYSE:WUBA) Chinese equities were walloped on Monday as smaller stocks fell nearly 7 per cent…