Jamaica: Yellow fever lockout
From Jamaica Gleaner Nine sent home; eight quarantined – Visitors can’t prove vaccination Jamaica has carried out its threat to deny entry to the island persons who could not prove that they were vaccinated against the yellow fever virus by…
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Cayman Islands: Proactive traffic stops in Bodden Town last Thursday yield four arrests From RCIPS Last Thursday afternoon, 23 June, Bodden Town officers conducted a proactive traffic operation along Bodden Town Road. A black Mitsubishi, which attempted to avoid…
Cayman Islands Under 20 National Team travel to Haiti for CFU World Cup Qualifiers
The Under 20 Boys’ National Football Team travelled to Haiti last Monday, June 27 to compete in the first round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under 20 World Cup Qualifiers, which are scheduled for July 29 to July 3, 2016…
Ogier scoops major award for rebrand
10th award in 12 months for top law firm Ogier won the Best Rebranding Campaign award at the Citywealth Brand Management and Reputation Awards in London on Tuesday night. The firm was also awarded silver in the Best Website category….
Gadget of the week
Simple Habit aims to de-stress you with 5-minute meditations It’s mindfulness for the rest of us. By Devindra Hardawar From engadget Yunha Kim knows a lot about stress. She founded Locket, an app that put ads on the Android lock…
The Editor Speaks: Open but prefer shut
Everyone now preaches openness when they actually would prefer SHUT! Being open and not secretive, especially when you are in government, is the ideal concept all governments like the public to believe. It has, to some degree, been forced on…
Cayman Islands Minister’s Statement on “Danger, Construction at Work”
Statement to the Legislative Assembly 7th Meeting of the 2015/2016 Session of the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly By the Honourable Tara Rivers, JP, MLA Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs Compliance of Recommendations Made by the Office of the…
4 women charged with using cruise ship to smuggle cocaine
By Chris Bonanno, Florida Today , WTSP 10 News CBS Four women have been charged with conspiracy to import cocaine on a cruise ship that docked in Port Canaveral, Fla. in May, according to a criminal complaint from the U.S….
Cayman Islands Minister’s Statement on “Penny Pinching Pensions”
Statement to the Legislative Assembly 7th Meeting of the 2015/2016 Session of the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly By the Honourable Tara Rivers, JP, MLA Minister of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs Compliance of Recommendations Made by the Office of the…
Peter Binose: Sorry Eustace you cannot have the PetroCaribe or PDV S.A. accounts because you have not sworn allegiance to the Chavez revolution
By Peter Binose PetroCaribe is part of PDV Caribe which is wholly owned by Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. PDV S.A. Most of us thought it was the other way around. PDV SVG Ltd is a 55% owned subsidiary of PDV…