2016 Rum & Rhythm Battle of the Mixologists Winner to Compete in Cayman Islands Competition
From Food & Beverage Magazine Winner of the 2016 Rum & Rhythm Battle of the Mixologists to Compete in the Cayman Islands’ Seven Fathoms Rum Challenge Grand Prize Winner to Fly to Grand Cayman for Final Competition at Taste of…
Summit of Caribbean States embraces ECLAC’s proposal for debt relief
The United Nations regional organization’s initiative proposes a Caribbean resilience fund for the countries that benefit from debt reduction. (June 9, 2016) The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) fully supported the debt relief initiative presented by the Economic Commission for…
Cayman Islands pastors oppose LGBT event/Bishop Alan Wilson to speak
We, the pastors of the Cayman Ministers Association, have been constrained by recent developments to use this medium to publicly express our grave concern over a planned two-day conference on June 11 and 12 by an entity called “Queering Paradigms”…
First Look: Margaritaville Resort Orlando, Grand Cayman
By PATRICK CLARKE From Travel Pulse Orlando, Florida may be considered the Theme Park Capital of the World, but the destination will soon be known as Margaritaville to Parrotheads. This week, Margaritaville Resort Orlando revealed the first renderings of the $750…
Inaugural Caribbean showcase provide landmark opportunities for Caribbean athletes
From St Lucia Times (Saint Lucia, June 8th, 2016) – Young, talented sportsmen and women from the Caribbean and Brazil are being urged to take advantage of a landmark opportunity to gain the attention of United States-based colleges and universities….
Tourism Matters: How we partner with our sister islands is key
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean news Now Next week the first Caribbean Aviation Meet-Up event takes place in Dominica and the objective, if I fully understand the concept, is to attract a number of highly qualified ‘experts’ in their own…
Muhammad Ali memorial begins with Muslim prayer service
From BBC Worshippers and fans of Muhammad Ali are attending a Muslim prayer service to honour the legendary boxer in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The two-day funeral was planned by Ali in the years before his death, according to…
Holness exploring increased bilateral co-operation with C’bean neighbours
BY BALFORD HENRY From Jamaica Observer PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says he expects a number of high-level visits to Jamaica and increased bilateral co-operation, emerging from discussions he started at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) summit in Havana, Cuba,…
Bride is forced to miss her £1,000 Caribbean honeymoon after a fall on her wedding day left her in a wheelchair for TWO YEARS
By Amy Sharpe and Emily Chan For Mailonline Janice Williams, 49, from Croydon, married John, 62, in August 2014 Mother-of-three fell on her back while going to sit down at reception dinner She fractured her spine and was left in…
Facebook might start encrypting all your chats
By Chris Smith FromBGR Facebook Messenger, a chat service that has more than 900 million users, is going to get end-to-end encryption later this year, a new report. However, it’s not the kind of end-to-end encryption available on iMessage or…