Cayman Islands Employers’ Forum meets for breakfast
The Career Services team hosted a breakfast meeting this week for employers taking part in the Year 12 Internship Programme. The early morning forum on Wednesday, 16th March was to listen to and receive feedback on the programme, which caters…
Cayman Islands college students provide consultation for small-business owners
For the eighth consecutive year, a number of small-business owners are getting free consultations from University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) business students. This year’s entrepreneurs, who are members of the Cayman Islands Small Business Association (CISBA), are Ms…
Kaisa’s debt restructuring plan gains support from over 80 per cent of overseas creditors
By Summer Zhen From South China Post Investors led by Farallon Capital Asia and BFAM Partners (Hong Kong) agree to restructuring plan after ‘certain modifications’ to terms Troubled Chinese developer Kaisa Group, which has been struggling to restructure its debt…
Cayman Islands: RUNDOWN 2016 – SOON COME!
Living in the Cayman Islands today is fascinating in every way, so once a year we have to sit down and laugh at all of it in RUNDOWN!” FRIENDS! In a blink of the eye, it will be RUNDOWN time!…
The curious case of Alan Grayson
By Geoff Dutton From Counter Punch No matter what your political persuasion or what you think of him, you must admit that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL9) is a piece of work. If you were on his mailing list, you’d be…
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Immigration and trade in politics – Part Two
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now In the first part of this commentary on immigration and trade in politics, the focus was on the present primaries of the US presidential election. Both issues have been hotly debated, particularly…
Water Corp success costs supplier $8.1m
By Neil Hartnell From Tribune 242 Consolidated Water’s Bahamian revenues have decreased by more than $8 million over the past two years, as the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s leak and loss reduction programme bears fruit. The BISX-listed water producer, in…
Most Gold! Lucky 13 as Red win most Gold ADDY awards in the Caribbean
The number 13 was lucky for Red advertising&marketing Ltd. as they won 13 Gold in the recently concluded American Advertising Federation 2016 ADDY Awards. Serendipitously, this was matched by the milestone of being the top agency in Barbados for a…
Canada: $48,000 spent on grounded flight crew during PM’s Caribbean vacation
From CTV News Taxpayers are on the hook for an estimated $48,000 spent so that the prime minister’s flight crew could sit on a tarmac during his family vacation to St. Kitts and Nevis, CTV News has learned. For security…
The Plan to Turn the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Into a Caribbean Ocean Research Laboratory
From The Daily Catch In December 2015, Julia Rodriguez travelled to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. Rodriguez, whose brother Gregory died in 9/11, was invited to the US military base, all expenses paid, by the Department of Defense, after her name…
