Cayman Islands: Migrants back in custody
Two Cuban migrants who went missing from a landing site at Beach Bay at the end of January 2016, are back in the custody of the Immigration Department. They were apprehended in the vicinity of Lantern Point yesterday afternoon (16…
iNews Briefs & Community Events (From BIG FISH 95.5)
ICTA Facebook Page gives reasons for Cayman Islands telecommunications problems on Tuesday (16) NEW UPDATE: C&W reports that the problem in Miami is fixed and initial test calls are ok. Now analysing what went wrong in order to improve network…
Traffic survey in Cayman Islands begins
The first all-island traffic count since 1999 is now taking place. Motorists may have noticed significant numbers of workers with clipboards along the roadsides over recent days. They are engaged in the National Road Authority’s (NRA’s) 2016 Traffic Data Collection…
Grammy winning electric cellist joins Cayman Islands’ Cayfest lineup
Grammy Award-winning electro-jazz cellist, trombonist and composer Dana Leong will be performing at the 2016 Cayfest showcase on Saturday 27th February, the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) has announced. Known for his musical stylings that fuse classical, jazz and pop…
Folk singers to feature at Cayman Islands Cayfest
The Cayman Islands Folk Singers will be performing their concert, Home and Away, at the Harquail Theatre on Friday, 26th February as part of the 2016 Cayfest Festival of the Arts. The much-anticipated show will feature Cayman’s best-loved folk songs…
Cayman Islands: TEDxLIVE@UCCI a success
TEDxLIVE@UCCI provided 124 registered attendees on the UCCI campus a chance to view all the TED 2016 Talks presented on Tuesday, February 16th, in Vancouver, Canada. The simulcast of the biggest TED event of 2016 included presentations on a wide…
The Editor Speaks: Why do we plant flowers and not fruit and vegetables?
My wife and iNews Cayman publisher, Joan (Watler) Wilson asked this question after I read her the story we published today “Increased investment needed for smallholder agriculture” She said when she grew up her mother and father’s garden in George…
Pie Face turns to Cayman Islands investment fund
By Ben Butler & Christine Lacy From THE AUSTRALIAN Back-from-the-dead fast food franchise Pie Face has turned to a Cayman Islands investment fund associated with its director, veteran stockbroker Bruce Wookey, “to address the immediate cashflow problems of the company”….
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs concludes first Caribbean visit as ILO Regional Director
PORT OF SPAIN – “Important discussions need to be had on how to diversify the economy and create new sources of growth and new engines of job creation,” said the Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Latin America…
Caribbean tourism sets new performance records
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – For the first time ever since the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) began keeping records, the Caribbean outperformed every major tourism region in the world in setting new arrival and spend records in 2015 while exceeding expectations. International…